# DEC East Africa Crisis appeal raises £12 million in one day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/16/dec-east-africa-crisis-appeal-raises-12m-one-day/
- Published: 2017-03-16T13:30:47+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**In less than 24 hours the UK public has donated £12 million to the Disasters Emergency
Committee’s (DEC) appeal for the crisis in East Africa.**

 

The first day’s total was made up of **£7 million** in donations by the public, 
the first **£5 million** of which were matched by the UK Government through the 
Aid Match Fund.

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The [DEC launched the East Africa Crisis appeal](http://www.dec.org.uk) yesterday,
15 March. Drought and conflict have left 16 million people on the brink of starvation
and in urgent need of food, water and medical treatment.

 

> AMAZING! You've raised £12 million for the DEC East Africa Crisis Appeal. Thank
> you! [https://t.co/ajddbyHdNr](https://t.co/ajddbyHdNr) [#FightingFamine](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightingFamine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/eQZt2882mu](https://t.co/eQZt2882mu)
> — DEC (@decappeal) [March 16, 2017](https://twitter.com/decappeal/status/842352328015527938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

On its website the charity acknowledges the latest donors by first name and sum 
in a ticker-tape style feed across the bottom of the page.

 

DEC Chief Executive Saleh Saeed said:

 

“People in the UK have, once again, shown their huge generosity and we’re very grateful
for their response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in East Africa.

 

“The powerful TV appeals highlighted the desperate situation of families, children
and older people. This has really struck a chord with the public, who have recognised
the urgency of the crisis.”

 

> 16 million people at risk of starvation. We must move now to reduce the scale 
> of the crisis [https://t.co/iTRhczAR2X](https://t.co/iTRhczAR2X) [#FightingFamine](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightingFamine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/J3J1bMvdlw](https://t.co/J3J1bMvdlw)
> — DEC (@decappeal) [March 15, 2017](https://twitter.com/decappeal/status/842145590788124672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

 

 

The DEC does not compare totals of different campaigns. Nevertheless, this first
day’s total compares favourably with other emergency appeals. You can read our [September 2014 summary of recent DEC emergency appeal totals](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/08/dec-gaza-appeal-reaches-14m-one-month/)
in chart form.

 

Meanwhile the Scottish government has confirmed that it will donate £200,000 to 
the appeal.

 

> FM [@NicolaSturgeon](https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) confirms
> [@ScotGov](https://twitter.com/scotgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will donate £200k 
> to East Africa [@decappeal](https://twitter.com/decappeal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#fightingfamine](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fightingfamine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [https://t.co/vmrhgWexPW](https://t.co/vmrhgWexPW)
> — Scottish Government International (@ScotGovInter) [March 16, 2017](https://twitter.com/ScotGovInter/status/842347997841260545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

 

 

_Main photo: six-month-old Dahir in Somalia – (c) Colin Crowley/Save the Children_

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