ICRC activities in Libya 2021

ICRC activities in Libya 2021

While large-scale hostilities in Libya have subsided since 2020, the repercussions of a decade of armed conflicts still reverberate across the country. Peace remains fragile as the political landscape remains in flux, with any deterioration of the security situation bound to have an overall impact on all sectors and segments of life in Libya. The most affected would be the civilians and those displaced due to fighting.
Article 20 April 2022 Libya

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continues its response to meet Libya’s significant humanitarian needs in 2022.

The ICRC in Libya delivers assistance in the realms of healthcare, economic security and water, and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical rehabilitation centers with equipment and consumable materials. We implement water and sanitation projects in support of public institutions to ensure water and sanitation services are provided to the communities. We distribute food and non-food items (such as blankets and kitchen material) to internally displaced communities including returnees, and also provide cash grants and other support to help them build their livelihoods.

Through our protection programme, we visit detention centers, restore family links by tracing individuals who have lost contact with their families as a result of armed conflict or migration, run a forensic program to ensure that Libyan institutions have sufficient technical knowledge  for dignified management of the dead and deliver training sessions on international humanitarian law. Together with our partner, the Libyan Red Crescent Society (LRCS), the ICRC has scaled up its response through four offices in Libya – Tripoli, Benghazi, Misrata and Sabha – supported by an  office in Tunis. We share with you some highlights of our humanitarian activities carried out in 2021.

221
contacts and more established between family members separated by conflict, violence and migration, including detainees, unaccompanied minors and vulnerable adults.
1,000,000
consultations, including 118,000 hospital admissions, and 70,000 vaccinations were carried out in ICRC supported health facilities
1,000,000
people in 35 towns and cities benefitted from an improved access and availability of clean water and better sanitation, through numerous ICRC interventions of supplying essential materials and technical advice.
256,800
people including those internally displaced, returnees and vulnerable families and female-headed households, received various forms of assistance including food parcels and multi-purpose cash grants/
3,500
persons with disabilities received various services in 3 physical rehabilitation centers in Tripoli and Misrata

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