Ten disasters of 2023 you’ve likely never heard of
These ten deadly emergencies didn’t get much love from global media but they were just as heart-breaking and life-changing to the people affected as the big crises that make headlines.
Maybe it’s because the disaster happened in a remote, rural area, far from media hubs. Maybe it’s “too small” to warrant a global reaction. Whatever the reason, some emergencies don’t get as much attention as others. For the people living through these crises, however, they are just as real, heartbreaking and life-changing as the big catastrophes that go viral or that benefit from the ‘CNN effect’.
And when you’ve lost your home to a flood, fire or landslide – or you’ve had to leave town with nothing but the clothes on your back – you don’t have time for the world to catch on.
This is why the IFRC has a rapid-response funding mechanism called the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (IFRC-DREF) that gets funds quickly to all crises, large or small.
Here are ten of the least-known disasters that IFRC-DREF responded to in 2023:
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