By: Mark Leon Goldberg on July 27, 2011 The UN declared a famine in two regions of Somalia last week. Thousands of people are pouring into over crowded refugee camps everyday, while thousands more are languishing in a persistant state of food insecurity. $1.1 billion dollars has been committee so far for the Horn of Africa food crisis, but there is still a gap of $1 billion to fulfill basic humanitarian needs caused by the worst drought in 60 years. Below is a list of the top 30 donors to humanitarian programs in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djbouti. From OCHA. United States – $448,017,213 ($46,704,961) European Commission – $167,237,380 ($8,111,588) Japan – $90,386,480 UN Central Emergency Response Fund – $86,298,912 ($11 million) United Kingdom – $65,334,968 ($122,734,183) Canada – $26,050,674 ($3,902,440) Denmark – $22,754,682 Sweden – $20,175,100 Norway – $22,187,271 Brazil – $22,095,646 The Netherlands – $13,635,563 Germany – $13,159,162 Spain – $12,194,066 ($4,977,729) Switzerland – $10,767,113 ($572,738) Finland – $7,701,130 Australia – $7,455,698 ($47,169,811) France – $5,564,352 ($1,353,276) Ireland – $4,852,895 ($569,801) Italy – $3,012,512 ($1,430,615) United Arab Emirates – $1,927,649 Sudan – $1,788,000 Islamic Development Bank – $1 million Russian Federation – $1 million New Zealand – $762,777 Saudi Arabia – $738,487 African Development Bank – $507,898 Luxembourg – $276,578 South Africa – $146,199 Czech Republic – $112,676 Estonia – $42,254 The UN is holding a pledging conference in Nairobi today in order to raise $1.6 billion, which is needed to cover humanitarian assistance over the next 12 months. More donors to step up–and fast. This is a famine.
