2024-25 total Australian ODA [budget estimate]

$27.5 million

2023-24 total Australian ODA [budget estimate]

$27.5 million

* Australia's development efforts are set out in Australia's International Development Policy.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) protects the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and provides them with assistance. It works to promote and strengthen international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles, in accordance with its special mandate. The ICRC works closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies across its unique network to reach those most in need. It can reach people in need in the most difficult environments, such as protecting people affected by fighting in Sudan, or providing life-saving healthcare in rural Myanmar.

Australia's work with ICRC is guided by a multi-year partnership which ensures in ICRC's life-saving operations, our priorities of protection, gender and disability inclusion are effectively addressed.

In 2023, Australia's assistance helped ICRC:

• provide more than 5.9 million people with food assistance and income support
• distribute basic household items, such as blankets, cooking sets and hygiene kits, to more than 1.9 million people in need
• provide support to 1,557 hospitals, primary-health-care facilities and physical rehabilitation centres to deliver health services to those in need
• provide more than 36 million people access to clean water for drinking, household use or irrigation
• work with Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to reunite unaccompanied minors, affected by conflict or other violence, with their families
• protect civilians affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence, including victims of sexual violence
• promote and strengthen adherence to international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles, including through training and advocacy.

More information: ICRC 2023 Annual Report.