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31-07-2007  Photo Collection  
Central African Republic: a matter of survival for the displaced
Thousands of people in north western Central African Republic abandoned their homes and took refuge in the forest when fighting between government forces and armed rebels broke out in 2006. The ICRC is providing essential household items to over 13,000 families living a precarious existence between stability and flight.

© ICRC / J. Björgvinsson/ cf-e-00129

Boniface Sibi, president of the local branch of the Central African Republic Red Cross, checks that each beneficiary has received his or her supplies. Altogether, hundreds of families were assisted during the distribution. Each family received two mats, two blankets, one kilogram of soap and a large aluminium basin. The soap and the basins were bought locally. The blankets and mats were sent by air from the ICRC’s logistics base in Nairobi, Kenya.




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