The international humanitarian system has been
stress-tested by historic crises such as these in
recent years.
We can’t go on like this.
The IFRC has changed its approaches and sys-
tems so we can better meet the escalating needs
of today and can be agile enough to meet the
new challenges that are sure to emerge.
But one thing will not change: our commitment
to local action. Some 16.5 million volunteers
worked to support communities in need
through 197,000 local branches across the
world in 2022 – an unparalleled permanent local
presence, backed up by the global reach and
solidarity of the IFRC. This is the IFRC network:
as local as possible, and as global as necessary.
In this Annual Report, one can see how the IFRC
has evolved its methods of addressing the global
challenges outlined in our five Strategic Priorities,
and how it has strengthened and streamlined
the four Enabling Functions that underpin our
collective work.
At the same time, our global to local sys-
tems responded to 2022’s major crises from
Afghanistan to Ukraine, including hunger and
cholera on the African continent, population
movement in the Americas, and floods in Yemen.
We overhauled the Disaster Response
Emergency Fund (DREF) to include an anticipa-
tory action pillar and have diversified its resource
base through an innovative Insurance mecha-
nism and Federation-wide Emergency Appeals.
The gaps between needs and resources are
being addressed through dedicated platforms
such as the Global Climate Resilience Platform,
which launched at COP 27, and the Global
Route-Based Migration Programme, which
expands the assistance and protection avail-
able across borders and along routes through
Humanitarian Service Points on land, and one on
the Mediterranean Sea.
In public health, the IFRC worked with the African
Union and the African Centre for Disease Control
to create REACH, a programme to expand
community healthcare work. National Society
and community capacities were strengthened
through One WASH, an integrated water, sani-
tation, and hygiene and public health initiative.
We also placed greater focus on digitalization, risk
management, safeguarding, community engage-
ment and accountability, and organizational
agility. Our commitment to localization through
National Society development is stronger than
ever, alongside humanitarian diplomacy and our
constitutional commitment to representation
and coordination.
This 2022 Annual Report showcases the work
done by IFRC to support this local action through-
out the year, with a strong focus on country-level
data. I am proud of every member and volunteer
of our diverse global family, and of how staff,
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