Syria : bringing essential aid to a population under siege

21-02-2012 Photo gallery

An ICRC/Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy of trucks, the second in four days, carried food parcels and blankets to the Homs branch of SARC on 15 February. On the same day, SARC volunteers began distributing assistance to residents of Homs through distribution points in various areas of the city affected by the violence.

- Syria. The four-truck SARC/ICRC convoy on its way to the city of Homs on 15 February. The trucks carried 2,000 food parcels (food for 12,000 people) and blankets.
  © SARC / I. Malla / sy-e-00101
See also :
- Syria: urgent call for daily halts in fighting, news release
- More photos of SARC volunteers at work
- Homs, Syria. SARC volunteers and members of the local community unload trucks of humanitarian assistance.
  © SARC / I. Malla / sy-e-00107
- Homs, Syria. SARC volunteers and members of the local community unload trucks of humanitarian assistance.
  © SARC / I. Malla
- Homs, Syria. Food parcels are brought to a locally donated warehouse in Al-Ghuta, where the SARC's main Homs office is located.
  © SARC / I. Malla / sy-e-00106
- Homs, Syria. SARC volunteers established a relief point inside Al-Ikhlass mosque in Karm Elshami. The facility serves as a registration and distribution centre, and as a medical point where the sick are diagnosed and given medicines.
  © SARC / I. Malla / sy-e-00108
- Homs, Syria. SARC volunteers established a relief point inside Al-Ikhlass mosque in Karm Elshami. The facility serves as a registration and distribution centre, and as a medical point where the sick are diagnosed and given medicines.
  © SARC / I. Malla / sy-e-00109

Syria : bringing essential aid to a population under siege

21-02-2012 Photo gallery

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