Source: International Committee of the Red Cross
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, World
Dropping food to hungry people in remote areas of South Sudan. Treating the injured in Mali. Supporting hospitals in Libya. All over Africa, the ICRC is helping people affected by war and other violence.
The ICRC in Africa
- 29 delegations and missions
- 5,200 employees
- 610 million Swiss franc budget
- 40% of the ICRC's global budget for field operations
Some of the ICRC's key Africa operations: See map
The ICRC's Africa operations in 2014 – some figures
- Visited 288,000 detainees in 680 places of detention
- Distributed 84,000 Red Cross messages
- Facilitated 430,000 phone calls between relatives
- Reunited 950 children with their families
- Distributed food to 1.8 million people
- Distributed essential household items to 1.1 million people
- Distributed seed and fertilizer to 2.7 million people
- Provided 3.1 million people with water and/or shelter
- Supported 170 hospitals and 35 physical rehabilitation centres
- Provided physical rehabilitation services for 23,000 people
All figures are rounded. We will publish figures for our work in 2015 as soon as possible.