Senegal: Red Cross distributes food

Volunteers from the Senegalese Red Cross Society have provided food to 3,800 displaced people living in and around Kolda, in the Casamance region. Most fled their homes last April as a result of the dangerous conditions in the border area with Guinea-Bissau.

After being registered by Red Cross staff, each beneficiary received five kilograms of rice and three of millet from the volunteers, who were assisted by an ICRC delegate.

Last year the ICRC and the Senegalese Red Cross distributed 159 tonnes of food to displaced people living around Ziguinchor, also in Casamance.