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IFRC dispatches critical medical supplies from Türkiye to support urgent needs in Iran; calls for scaled up support

Ankara/Geneva, 10 April 2026 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in coordination with the Turkish Red Crescent, is delivering life-saving medical supplies and humanitarian relief items from Türkiye to Iran, as humanitarian needs in the country continue to grow sharply.The operation is underway, with a convoy departing Ankara on Friday April 10, which will proceed through eastern Türkiye and into Iran over the weekend (with timings subject to confirmation). The shipment includes trauma kits designed to provide immediate, life-saving care in critical situations, alongside additional humanitarian supplies including tents, blankets and hygiene items provided by the Turkish Red Crescent.The operation is critical as humanitarian supply chains into Iran have been severely disrupted in recent weeks due to the conflict, making it increasingly difficult and more costly for essential medical and relief items to reach those in need. As a result, the supplies are being transported overland from eastern Türkiye into Iran.The IFRC is mobilising 200 advanced trauma kits for the Iranian Red Crescent, marking one of the first cross-border shipments of medical supplies since the start of the conflict. These trauma kits contain essential equipment to treat serious injuries and stabilise patients, designed to provide immediate, life-saving care in critical situations.The operation highlights how humanitarian supply chains are adapting in real time under significant pressure, with sourcing shifted to Türkiye to prioritise speed and ensure that urgent medical needs can be met. Working through its global network, the IFRC is able to quickly identify suppliers, activate logistics capacity and use available corridors to move aid despite severe constraints.“These trauma kits are used by Iranian Red Crescent rescue teams in the most critical moments, when immediate care can mean the difference between life and death. This shipment is about ensuring that vital support reaches people as quickly as possible, despite the challenges to global supply chains. This aid will save lives, we will continue to scale it up. This operation demonstrates how the IFRC’s supply chain is adapting in real time under immense pressure,” said Cecile Terraz, IFRC Director of Global Humanitarian Services and Supply Chain Management.This coordinated effort with the Turkish Red Crescent highlights the role of the IFRC in mobilising support across borders to respond to urgent humanitarian needs.The IFRC and its partners continue to work closely with national authorities and humanitarian actors to support the delivery of assistance and respond to evolving needs on the ground.With humanitarian needs growing rapidly, the IFRC is calling for urgent international support to its CHF 120 million Emergency Appeal to sustain and scale up life-saving assistance for people affected across Iran.For more information or to request an interview, please contact: [email protected] At the Türkiye/Iran border:Scott Craig, +41 76 370 3575Sevil Erkus, +90 536 644 91 22In Budapest:Nora Peter, +36 70 265 4020

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IFRC unveils 2026 Global Plan to address rising humanitarian needs with stronger locally led action

Geneva, 12 December 2025 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has today launched a summary of its Global Plan for 2026, outlining the organisation’s operational priorities for the coming year as humanitarian needs reach unprecedented levels - while funding for humanitarian action continues to shrink.The plan highlights the urgent challenges facing communities worldwide, from more frequent climate related disasters to protracted conflicts, rising displacement, health emergencies and growing vulnerabilities. In many crises, IFRC, Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers are increasingly the only humanitarians still present as other actors scale down or leave.“Humanitarian needs are rising, challenges are growing and funding is shrinking. Many organisations have to leave communities just when they are needed most. Not us,” said IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain. “The IFRC network is local, everywhere, and in 2026, that is not going to change.”A 3.4 billion CHF plan focused on protecting people most at riskThe IFRC network’s total funding requirement for 2026 is 3.4 billion Swiss francs (a breakdown is available in the Global Plan summary document). Some of the key areas of IFRC investment include:• Disasters and crises• Health and wellbeing• Migration and displacement• Climate and environment• Values, power and inclusion• Emergency appeals• Scaling special purpose funds including the IFRC DREF (Disaster Response Emergency Fund) and the National Society Investment Alliance.Increased support for locally led actionUnder the Global Plan, the IFRC will channel 75 percent of all internationally mobilised resources to the national level, placing more people and expertise closer to communities. It will strengthen National Societies’ ability to lead in emergencies, expand volunteer networks and deepen accountability to affected communities.The plan builds on IFRC’s ongoing ‘Renewal’ process, a transformation started by the IFRC Secretary General to make the IFRC Secretariat more agile, locally led, impactful, efficient and accountable, with wide consultation amongst staff, National Societies and Partners.Doing things differently with lessWith 191 National Societies, 17 million volunteers and 289,000 local branches, the IFRC remains the world’s largest humanitarian network. Yet the context in which it operates is becoming more fragile, with rising humanitarian needs and risks to humanitarian personnel. Fifty-seven Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers have been killed in the line of duty in the past two years. Protecting humanitarian personnel to deliver effectively on our mandate is a key priority for the IFRC in 2026.A call to invest in proven and cost-effective local actionInvestment in locally led response remains one of the most cost efficient and high impact ways to address humanitarian needs. Regular Resources, the IFRC’s unearmarked funding, will be especially important in 2026, providing the flexible resources needed to anchor locally led action, sustain core services and support National Societies on the frontlines of rising humanitarian needs.With the Global Plan 2026, the IFRC renews its commitment to being local, everywhere, ensuring that communities have trusted support close to home when it matters most – and we invite our donors and partners to fund the Plan.Read the summary of the Global Plan for 2026.The full plan will be published in January 2026.More information, visit the Global Plan 2026 web page.For media requests, please contact: [email protected] Geneva: Tommaso Della Longa, +41 79 708 4367 Scott Craig, +41 76 370 3575

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IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Disaster Response Emergency Fund (IFRC-DREF) is an efficient, fast, transparent, and localized way of getting funding directly to local humanitarian actors – both before and after crisis hits.

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