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GLOBAL: Top 25 ECHO cash recipients
06 Jul 2009 15:42:05 GMT
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NAIROBI, 6 July 2009 (IRIN) - The European Commission's humanitarian aid department (DG ECHO), released its annual report on 1 July [see: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0290:FIN:EN:PDF).

According to the 110-page financial report [see: http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/funding/figures/financial_report2008.pdf], overall spending in 2008 was 937 million euros (about US$1.302 billion) across 60 countries. Of that, about three-quarters went to the top 25 recipient non-profit agencies and an aviation contractor.

UN agencies took 46 percent of the overall spend, while 44 percent went to NGOs, and the rest to international organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross. NGOs from the UK, France and Germany account for over half of NGO funding.

More than half of the funds were spent in Africa. The top five countries and territories receiving the most funding, including food aid, were (in euros):

• Sudan (161.3m) • Occupied Palestinian Territories (75.1m) • Democratic Republic of Congo (53.9m) • Ethiopia (48.5m) • Kenya (36.7m)

The top 25 recipients (with receipts in millions of euros):

Agency                                                                                  Thousands of euros 

                                                                                           

UN World Food Programme                                                           228,035

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)                            78,865 UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR                                                         53,545 UN Relief and Works Agency – UNRWA                                         38,000 UN Children's Agency – UNICEF                                                     32,572 UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)                                   26,356

OXFAM-UK                                                                                   24,923

Action Contre la Faim (ACF) – France                                             21,106

Save the Children – UK                                                                 15,566

German Agro Action (GAA)                                                            11,999

International Rescue Committee (IRC) - UK                                    11,670

Merlin                                                                                          10,899

Solidarites                                                                                    10,743

World Health Organization (WHO)                                                  10,240 Cooperazione Internationazionale (COOPI)                                      9,797

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)                                                       9,542

Accion Contra el Hambre                                                               8,965

DAC Aviation International                                                             8,000

Agence d'Aide à la Cooperation Technique et au Developpement       7,925

Danchurchaid                                                                                7,901

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)          7,335

CARE-UK                                                                                       7,275

CONCERN Worldwide                                                                      6,795 International Organization for Migration (IOM)                                   6,778

Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID)    6,331

TOTAL (for top 25)                                                                        661,164

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