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Mali: ICRC and Mali Red Cross distribute emergency aid

25-01-2013 Photo gallery

Some 7,000 people have just received emergency supplies of food and other basic necessities in the towns of Niono, Kala Siguida and Mariko, in the central part of the country. The aid was distributed by the ICRC and the Mali Red Cross. Each displaced family received rice, millet, beans, salt and cooking oil, plus blankets, mosquito nets, clothing, kitchen utensils and other basic necessities. The displaced are benefiting above all from residents' willingness to help them by sharing their meagre resources and, when they can, by taking them in. The ICRC and the Mali Red Cross are also providing food to these generous host families.

  • ICRC vehicles arive at the distribution point ready to begin the delivery of food and other essentials to people forced to flee their homes by the fighting.
    • Niono, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      ICRC vehicles arive at the distribution point ready to begin the delivery of food and other essentials to people forced to flee their homes by the fighting.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • Staff begin unloading supplies from an ICRC truck.
    • Niono, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      Staff begin unloading supplies from an ICRC truck.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • Distribution begins with the symbolic handing over of sacks containing essential household items.
    • Niono, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      Distribution begins with the symbolic handing over of sacks containing essential household items.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • A woman collects her family’s sack of essential household goods, such as blankets, mosquito nets, clothing and kitchen utensils. All things that she had to leave behind when she fled her home.
    • Niono, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      A woman collects her family’s sack of essential household goods, such as blankets, mosquito nets, clothing and kitchen utensils. All things that she had to leave behind when she fled her home.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • ICRC and Mali Red Cross staff check stock lists as they prepare to distribute aid to people displaced by the fighting.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      ICRC and Mali Red Cross staff check stock lists as they prepare to distribute aid to people displaced by the fighting.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • Displaced people collect food and essential household goods from the ICRC distribution point.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      Displaced people collect food and essential household goods from the ICRC distribution point.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • An ICRC worker keeps a watchful eye as a beneficiary loads a donkey cart with sacks of food and basic necessities.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      An ICRC worker keeps a watchful eye as a beneficiary loads a donkey cart with sacks of food and basic necessities.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • A donkey cart leaves the distribution point bearing its precious load of emergency supplies.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      A donkey cart leaves the distribution point bearing its precious load of emergency supplies.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • An ICRC worker explains the distribution procedure.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      An ICRC worker explains the distribution procedure.
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • The distribution point is a hive of activity, as staff and beneficiaries move sacks of supplies. Those yellow sacks of rice weigh 50 kg!
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      The distribution point is a hive of activity, as staff and beneficiaries move sacks of supplies. Those yellow sacks of rice weigh 50 kg!
      © ICRC / T. Touré
  • The emergency supplies include oil and rice.
    • Kala Siguida, 200 km west of Mopti, central Mali.

      The emergency supplies include oil and rice.
      © ICRC / T. Touré

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