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Annual Report 
2022

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CONCLUSION
The IFRC network continued to respond to 
the world’s most pressing humanitarian chal-
lenges in 2022. 
As crises continue to increase in number, and 
with more protracted crises, needs are out-
pacing the ability of the humanitarian sector 
to respond. The effects of the crisis in Ukraine 
and impacted countries are being felt across the 
world, and the network is providing immediate 
and forward-looking support to those in need 
in one its biggest responses in history, with 42 
National Societies responding domestically. 
The response has also enabled the network to 
advance its goal to provide more cash assistance 
to give vulnerable people the most control in 
their own assistance and ensuring their needs 
are met, with 101 Swiss francs in cash and 
voucher assistance provided to 1 million people 
through the response. 
The IFRC is ensuring its ability to provide assis-
tance at scale for the biggest challenges of today, 
including climate change, through its new Global 
Climate Resilience Platform which will fund the 
scaling up of local and community-based climate 
action in many of the 100 countries most vulner-
able to climate. 
COVID-19 may no longer be a pandemic, but its 
effects will continue to be felt for years to come. 
The IFRC network’s global COVID-19 appeal 
ended in 2022, but assistance to the millions still 
suffering both direct and secondary impacts of 
the pandemic will continue to be provided as 
part of the network’s longer-term support of 
vulnerable communities. At the same time, the 
network has invested in community-level epi-
demic and pandemic detection to ensure that it 
can respond quickly to health crises in the future. 
The IFRC network remains committed to serving 
the most vulnerable communities and is working 
together to increase efficiency and effectiveness, 
including working to ensure that the right assis-
tance is in the right place at the right time. New 
initiatives like the New Ways of Working and uni-
fied planning are helping the network to increase 
coordination and efficiency. 
While it is true that needs far outstretch the 
ability to respond to them, the IFRC is more 
committed than ever to working to the network’s 
fullest potential, through innovative solutions 
and by harnessing the competencies and knowl-
edge of the network so that those who need 
help will receive it – today and tomorrow.
Conclusion