Questions fréquemment posées : l’action du CICR au Mali

Despite an increasingly challenging context and a decrease in funding, the ICRC remains firmly committed to working alongside the most vulnerable communities, including in the most isolated areas where few humanitarian actors are present. This proximity reflects the ICRC’s commitment to stand by those who need support the most.

In 2025, our support in the health sector enabled us to care for more than 24,000 patients, including close to 14,000 people who were injured, otherwise in need of urgent care or particularly vulnerable, and whose care was entirely provided by the ICRC.

We also strengthen the resilience of affected communities through concrete, sustainable initiatives. In this way, nearly half a million people have received support for livestock vaccination, market gardening, microeconomic initiatives and seed multiplication, contributing to their resilience and enabling families affected by armed violence to regain a degree of autonomy, despite the challenging context. In addition, more than 160,000 people have regained access to water owing to the construction or rehabilitation of water sources across the country. 

All too often, armed conflict separates families. In 2025, the ICRC and the Mali Red Cross facilitated 22,222 telephone calls and the exchange of 641 Red Cross messages to maintain or renew contact. We also facilitated the reunification of eight families, and opened 212 new tracing requests, of which 167 have been resolved.

None of this would be possible without close collaboration with the Mali Red Cross and partners of the International Red Cross Movement. It is thanks to this cooperation, founded on the principles of humanity, neutrality and impartiality, that we can continue to carry out our mission.