Reference :
V-P-LY-E-00324
Date :
2012
Caption :
Bani Walid. Packages of emergency aid await distribution to a local organization for onward distribution to displaced people in and around the city.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Operational Update, 12-04-2012
Libya: ICRC continues to respond to emergencies
The conflict has ended but many humanitarian needs remain. In recent weeks, the ICRC renewed its agreement with the Libyan authorities for several years, and provided urgent assistance for wounded people following clashes in Sabha and close to the Tunisian border.
Aid for vulnerable communities and displaced people
The ICRC continued to closely monitor the humanitarian situation in Al Kufra and Ribyana, in the south-east of Libya, following clashes that occurred in February. While most internally displaced people have returned home, their situation remains precarious.
On 3 April, rice, sugar, pasta, sunflower oil, diapers, blankets, tarpaulins, kitchen sets and buckets were distributed to 5,000 people in Al Kufra and Ribyana.
To make sure that the 15,000 people in Al Kufra have clean drinking water, the ICRC donated seven submersible pumps to the local water board. The town was without a regular supply of drinking water for five months owing to the lack of maintenance on the water network during the conflict in Libya.
People of the Tawargha, Gwalish, Mashashia and Tamina communities are still displaced in the areas of Bani Walid, Urban and Tarhuna. Over the past two weeks, the ICRC delivered food and other essentials to a local organization in Bani Walid for further distribution to the displaced people living in and around the city.
The local organization is the Libyan National Development Forum.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3648x2736
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
