# International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Somalia

> What the ICRC does in Somalia: its offices, its work with the Somali Red Crescent, detainee visits, family links and aid; its funding 2024 to 2026.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it does

The ICRC says it first carried out work in Somalia in 1942 and has kept a permanent presence since 1977 ([ICRC](https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/somalia)). It is a neutral, independent humanitarian organisation whose mandate comes from the Geneva Conventions. In Somalia it reports:

- emergency help, including cash assistance;
- support for people to earn a living again, for example fishing as a new source of income during drought;
- visits to people in detention;
- restoring contact between separated family members;
- promoting and monitoring respect for international humanitarian law ([ICRC](https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/somalia)).

## Where it works

## Work with the Somali Red Crescent

The ICRC says it works alongside the [Somali Red Crescent Society](/en/institutions/somali-red-crescent-society/) to help people affected by "decades of armed conflict and climatic shocks" ([ICRC](https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/somalia)).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by the ICRC for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.4 million |
| 2025 | 25.8 million |
| 2026, to November | 15.1 million |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

## What it reports

On 13 October 2026 the ICRC warned that El Niño flood risks could bring further hardship to millions in Somalia. Its [Galmudug](/en/states/galmudug/) head of office has described people displaced both by fighting and by drought ([ICRC](https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/somalia)).

## How to use it

People looking for a missing relative can ask the ICRC or the Somali Red Crescent for help through the family links service ([ICRC](https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/africa/somalia)).

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