Niger: Aid for people fleeing violence in Nigeria

18-06-2013 Photo gallery

Violence in Northern Nigeria has forced people to flee to villages in the area of Diffa, on the Niger side of the border.
Many of these people originally came from Niger, so they were returning to their home regions, particularly in the case of those who have settled in Kabléwa, Tchoukou-Djani and Bosso. The ICRC and the Red Cross Society of Niger have been providing the returnees with food and basic household items.

- Offices of the Red Cross Society of Niger, Diffa, Niger.
  Staff load the ICRC lorries that will deliver food to distribution points at Kabaléwa, Bosso and Tchoukou-Djani.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  Volunteers from the Red Cross Society of Niger unload food for people currently living in Kabaléwa who have just returned from Nigeria.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari / v-p-ne-e-00073
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  Volunteers from the Red Cross Society of Niger explain the purpose of the ICRC aid distribution operation.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari / v-p-ne-e-00065
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  An ICRC employee hands out distribution cards so that returnees can collect food from the ICRC.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari / v-p-ne-e-00064
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  A woman who has returned from Nigeria to Kabaléwa waits her turn, holding the distribution card that will enable her to collect food from the ICRC.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari / v-p-ne-e-00071
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  A family recently back from Nigeria pose next to the sacks of food they have received from the ICRC. Violence across the border in Nigeria has forced people from Niger to return to their home regions.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari
- Bosso, Diffa, Niger.
  A man who has recently returned from Nigeria with some of the food and salt he has received from the ICRC.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari / v-p-ne-e-00080
- Bosso, Diffa, Niger.
  A man with his precious load of food. The ICRC and the Red Cross Society of Niger have been distributing food and essential household items to people who have returned to Niger from Nigeria.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari
- Kabaléwa, Diffa, Niger.
  A family who have returned to Niger from Nigeria, with the supplies they have just collected from the ICRC.
  © ICRC / Z. Grema Ari