FAQ : ICRC forced to suspend humanitarian activities in support of communities in Niger

Ensuring that aid gets to those who need it most is our top priority. We have put in place solid surveillance and risk-reduction measures to make sure that aid gets to the communities we work with.

Our activities are not intended to support the activities or aims of the parties to an armed conflict, be they states or non-state armed groups. We are therefore highly vigilant to the potential for diversions of aid, which could damage acceptance of and trust in our organization, impede access to humanitarian aid in the future and create security concerns for our staff in the field.

We work tirelessly to keep aid from being diverted and over time have developed internal policies and due diligence measures to reduce the risk of that happening. These measures cover the selection of suppliers and other partners, painstaking needs assessments, direct implementation and supervision of activities, audit of distribution processes, and the implementation of internal mechanisms to evaluate our impact and accountability to affected people.