START READY RISK POOL 2 (2023-24)

This page will provide information on Start Ready activations in specific countries for Risk Pool 2 which is live from May 2023 - April 2024. Funding can now be disbursed to any of the seven countries that applied for protection against heatwaves, droughts, riverine and fluvial floods and cyclones.

The pool of funds is live for 12 months. In this period, risks are monitored during each country’s risk season. Each disaster risk financing system will have a contingency plan that defines the danger thresholds for these risks. When these thresholds are met, funding is immediately released so that NGOs can anticipate and respond to risks earlier.

The countries and hazards that are part of Start Ready’s second pool include:

  • Bangladesh - Cyclones, Riverine / Fluvial Flood
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo - Riverine / Fluvial Flood
  • Madagascar - Cyclones, Drought
  • Pakistan - Heatwaves, Riverine / Fluvial Flood and Drought
  • The Philippines - Cyclones
  • Senegal - Drought
  • Somalia - Drought

The following tables outline which of the systems above have been activated so far in pool 2. 

MADAGASCAR, CYCLONE, 26 MARCH 2024

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
015/Ma/Cy Madagascar Cyclone 26 March 2024 26 March - 25 May 2024 
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
87,825 approx. £1,130,000 CRS, SCI, WHH, Care Int, HI, ACF, Medair, Doctors of the World  (MDM)

n/a

 Sambava , Analanjirofo

MADAGASCAR, DROUGHT, 12 FEBRUARY 2024

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
014/Ma/Dr Madagascar Drought 12 February 2024 February - 31st August 2024 
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
71,440 approx. £1.8million CRS, SCI, WHH, Care Int, HI, ACF

n/a

 Androy, Anosy , Atsimo Andrefana Region

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, FLOODING (RIVERINE), 8 FEBRUARY 2024

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
015/DRC/Fl DRC Flooding (riverine) 8 February 2024 16 February - 16 May 2024 
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS

26,620 direct support

250,632 indirect support

 £1.125m CAFOD, Caritas Kindu

n/a

 Kindu

PHILIPPINES, TYPHOON, 23 JULY 2023

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
013/Ph/TY Philippines Typhoon 23 July 2023 23/07/2023 
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
36,600 £358,975.38 Humanity and Inclusion

Tearfund/PhilRads, RI, GMDFI, and SPUP

 Cagayan

PAKISTAN, HEATWAVES, 17 MAY 2023

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
012/Pak/HE Pakistan Heatwaves 17 May 2023 17/05/2023 - 16/07/2023
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
89,765 £59,782.29 Help Foundation n/a Multan

PAKISTAN, HEATWAVES, 15 MAY 2023

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
011/Pak/HE Pakistan Heatwaves 15 May 2023 15/05/2023 - 30/06/2023
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
20,621 £60,000 ACTED Community Development Foundation Jacobabad

PAKISTAN, HEATWAVES, 15 MAY 2023

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
010/Pak/HE Pakistan Heatwaves 15 May 2023 15/05/2023 - 30/06/2023
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
174,500 £60,774 Bright Star Development Society Balochistan (BSDSB) N/A Sibi

PAKISTAN, HEATWAVES, 15 MAY 2023

ID NO COUNTRY HAZARD TYPE DATE OF ACTIVATION START AND END DATE
009/Pak/HE Pakistan Heatwaves 15 May 2023 15/05/2023 - 30/06/2023
ANTICIPATED REACH AMOUNT DISBURSED MEMBERS INTERVENING PARTNERS SUBNATIONAL AREAS
307,900 £59,999.50 HelpAge International Health and Nutrition Development Society - HANDS Larkana