Following last week’s airstrike that killed and wounded scores of people, including twenty aid workers from the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delivered 12 trucks of food to more than 25,000 people in Rann.
The recipients received about five week’s supply of rice, beans, oil, salt and corn soya blend in quantities. The distribution was carried out by the ICRC and community volunteers.
ICRC economic security coordinator, Mohammed Sheikh-Ali, who is confirmed this, said that, “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.”
He stated further that “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.”