Emergencias
EMERGENCIES
The AECID has previously intervened in natural disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the tsunami in Indonesia in 2004, the earthquakes in Haiti in 2010, Nepal in 2015, Ecuador in 2016, Hurricane Matthew in Haiti in 2016, the floods in Sierra Leone, the earthquake in Mexico in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean in 2017. In 2018 and 2019, this humanitarian action was present in Indonesia after the earthquakes, in Guatemala after the eruption of the Fuego volcano, in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai, and in Haiti in 2022.
Subsequently, it has continued to respond to emergencies such as hurricanes Eta and Iota, the COVID-19 health emergency with direct shipments to nine countries—Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Lebanon, Nepal, Paraguay, and Tunisia—the invasion of Ukraine, and the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey in 2023.
Emergency response takes two different forms: indirect operations, in which actions carried out by other institutions or organizations are financed, and direct operations, carried out directly by the AECID's Emergency Department.
In addition, due to the humanitarian emergency in places such as Gaza and Ukraine, and in response to the numerous offers of help from Spanish citizens, the AECID has made available these recommendations from its Humanitarian Action Directorate:
Signed with five Spanish NGDOs: Spanish Red Cross, Cáritas Española, Oxfam Intermon, Action Against Hunger, and Save the Children for the 2023-2026 period. These agreements are valid for four years, at a rate of 750.000€ per year, which may be released in response to crises where both parties consider it appropriate to act.
In this regard, the responses in recent years to calls from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) stand out, in contexts as diverse as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Yemen, Cuba, Haiti, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Madagascar, and Pakistan.
La mayoría de las operaciones directas se enmarcan en el paraguas del TEAM EUROPE, en cuyo caso la Comisión Europea co-financia el transporte a través de la Dirección General de Protección Civil y Acción Humanitaria de la Unión Europea (ECHO).
Deployment of the START team, either as an emergency medical team or to provide a response in terms of water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Sending direct aid in the form of essential supplies.
