International Federation o Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
annual report 2010
www.ifrc.orgSaving lives, changing minds.
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The International Federation o Red Cross and RedCrescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network, reaching 150 millionpeople each year through our 186 member NationalSocieties. Together, we act beore, during and aterdisasters and health emergencies to meet the needsand improve the lives o vulnerable people. We do sowith impartiality as to nationality, race, gender, religiousbelies, class and political opinions.Guided by
Strategy 2020
– our collective plan o actionto tackle the major humanitarian and developmentchallenges o this decade – we are committed to ‘savinglives and changing minds’.Our strength lies in our volunteer network, ourcommunity-based expertise and our independence andneutrality. We work to improve humanitarian standards,as partners in development and in response to disasters.We persuade decision-makers to act at all times in theinterests o vulnerable people. The result: we enablehealthy and sae communities, reduce vulnerabilities,strengthen resilience and oster a culture o peacearound the world.
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Humanitarian trendsand challenges
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Year in review 2010
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A tale of two disasters:Haiti and Pakistan
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Finances
Strategy 2020
voices the collective determination o theIFRC to move orward in tackling the major challengesthat conront humanity in the next decade. Inormed bythe needs and vulnerabilities o the diverse communitieswith whom we work, as well as the basic rights andreedoms to which all are entitled, this strategy seeks tobenet all who look to Red Cross Red Crescent to help tobuild a more humane, dignied, and peaceul world.Over the next ten years, the collective ocus o the IFRCwill be on achieving the ollowing strategic aims:1. Save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthenrecovery rom disasters and crises2. Enable healthy and sae living3. Promote social inclusion and a cultureo non-violence and peace
© International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,Geneva, 2011
Any part o this publication may be cited, copied, translated into other languagesor adapted to meet local needs without prior permission rom the InternationalFederation o Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, provided that the source isclearly stated. Requests or commercial reproduction should be directed to theIFRC at secretariat@irc.orgAll photos used in this study are copyright o the IFRC unless otherwise indicated.Cover photo:
At a Pakistan Red Crescent camp in Khairpur, Sindh province, a group o displaced women learn how to read and write. Many women in rural Pakistan are illiterateand have ew opportunities to learn to read and write. Valérie Batselaere/IFRC
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It is always worthwhile or leaders in any organizationto review and analyse the challenges it aced and theemerging trends it observed during the previous year.For an organization like the International Federation o Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, these refectionsare crucial.The size and reach o our network mean that we needto regularly re-evaluate what is working in our sector,what can be improved and what tomorrow might bring.Doing this together osters a collective commitmentto make the Red Cross and Red Crescent evenstronger and better positioned as a humanitarian anddevelopment leader with the interests o the vulnerabledriving our actions. Just as many o the people we serve must adapt to anew post-disaster reality, we too need to adapt ourstrategies to the ast-changing world we operate in.Only by doing so can we continue to assist those inneed whilst upholding our undamental principles andadvancing the goals laid out in
Strategy 2020
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th chgs w sw i 2010
Demographic evolution
One o the greatest challenges o our time is huge,and oten uncontrolled, migration or economicreasons, especially into urban centres. Hal the world’spopulation now lives in cities and the largest cities o all, megacities, are in developing countries. Populationgrowth and urbanization are combining to present newhumanitarian challenges.I they are well managed, cities can be among the saestplaces to live on earth – with access to schools, healthcareand employment, good transport links and regulatedbuilding controls. But cities can also be the most dangerousplaces on the planet. For those who live on the peripherieso cities in low- and middle-income countries, barelysurviving on one US dollar or less a day, urban living can bea dangerous venture. And urban poverty and squalor canall too easily result in tension, violence and crime.Conversely, in many parts o Europe and NorthAmerica, and some parts o Asia, birth rates havedropped steadily over the past 50 years and peopleare living longer. As a result, social security systems insome countries are showing signs o strain, with ewertaxpayers supporting a growing number o pensioners.Governments are taking drastic action to cope with theeconomic consequences o demographic change – andthe recent global economic crisis has only exacerbatedan already critical situation.However, people aced with austerity measures willcontinue to put pressure on their governments to cutspending that does not benet them directly – and thatmay include opposing oreign aid payments.
Economic globalization
With the right regulatory rameworks in place,economic globalization could have a positive eect– enabling countries with weaker economies togrow and thereby reducing economic inequalities.However, the risk is that globalization simply resultsin the exploitation o developing countries and poorcommunities. Another danger o a global economy is
humanitarian trends and Challenges
Bekele Geleta,Secretary GeneralTadateru Konoé,President
A u r e l i o S a l a / I F R C J o r g e P e r e z / I F R C
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