2026-27 total Australian ODA [budget estimate]

$27.5 million

2025-26 total Australian ODA [budget estimate]

$27.5 million

2024-25 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 conflict in Sudan, or providing life-saving healthcare in rural Myanmar.

Australia's work with the 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 2025, Australia's assistance helped the ICRC:

• provide food assistance to over 3 million conflict-affected people
• carry out 8.47 million consultations at ICRC-supported primary-health-care centres
• improve access to clean water for over 33 million people
• clarify the fates or whereabouts of 28,693 people and reunite 796 people (including 715 children) with their families
• support 265,589 people with disabilities to receive rehabilitative care or support for social inclusion
• promote and strengthen adherence to international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles, including through dialogue and advocacy.

More information: ICRC 2025 Annual Report.