ICRC Delivers Food to 25,000 Persons at Rann IDPs Camp

January 25, 2017
ICRC Delivers Food to 25,000 Persons at Rann IDPs Camp

ICRC Delivers Food to 25,000 Persons at Rann IDPs Camp

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

More than 25,000 people in Rann received food during a three-day distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that ended on Monday.

The recipients received rice, beans, oil, salt and Corn Soya Blend in quantities that should last for five weeks. The distribution was carried out by the ICRC and community volunteers.

“People in Rann were happy to receive food. They have been isolated by rains and poor quality roads since June and running very low on food supplies” said Mohammed Sheikh-Ali, ICRC economic security coordinator. “At the beginning of January, we laid sand bags on the road for our trucks to be able to cross. We got 12 trucks full of food to Rann last week on the day of the airstrike, which prevented us to distribute. As soon as medical evacuations were over, we organised the distribution with the help of the community”.

Last week’s airstrike killed and wounded scores of people, including twenty aid workers from the Nigerian Red Cross Society.

Modupe Gbadeyanka

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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