Start Ready Risk Pool 1 Summary Report

In the first Start Ready risk pool, Start Network provided protection to 590,019 people in 8 countries, from 10 climate risks. Over the course of 12 months, Start Ready was activated 8 times. NGOs received preagreed funding so that they could anticipate, and respond early, to drought in Zimbabwe, Senegal and Somalia; heatwaves in Pakistan; a cyclone in Madagascar and riverine/fluvial flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A total of £2,854,861 was disbursed to 15 agencies as a result of thresholds being met, funding 19 projects and directly reaching around 283,275 people before, during, and after hazard or impact onset. Seven donors contributed to the first Start Ready risk pool: The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, IKEA Foundation, Irish Aid, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Swiss Re Foundation.