# DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal raises £72 million in 100 days

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/10/17/dec-east-africa-crisis-appeal-raises-72m-100-days/
- Published: 2011-10-17T08:56:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The public has donated £72 million Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) East Africa
Crisis Appeal since it was launched 100 days ago on 8 July 2011. This is one of 
the most successful appeals it has run and is the highest total it has ever raised
for a food crisis.

The DEC does not normally make comparisons between appeals “because we take the 
view that all giving is generous and should be welcomed unreservedly.” However, 
it has made an exception in this case because of the scale of the public’s generosity.
The East Africa Appeal’s total so far is the third highest total of any appeal in
the charity’s 45 year history, and the largest for any African appeal.

Only the 2004 Tsunami Earthquake Appeal (£392 million) and the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Appeal (£107 million) raised more.

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The DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal will remain open until the end of the year. It
has already enabled the DEC member agencies and their partners to provide aid to
nine million people in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

www.dec.org.uk

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