Reference :
V-P-IQ-E-01500
Date :
12/09/2014
Caption :
Baghdad, Al Amerya. ICRC and Iraqi Red Crescent staff overseeing a relief distribution for displaced people.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, article of 30.10.2014:
"Iraq: ICRC scales up activities to help over 1.5 million people
As armed conflict expands in Iraq, the ICRC is stepping up its humanitarian work. It has brought food and other aid to more than 1.5 million people since January. (...)
Conflict causes more displacement and suffering
The ongoing fighting in different parts of Iraq has resulted in the displacement of more than 1.8 million people. Thousands have died and many more thousands have been injured. "In Iraq, displaced civilians have been caught in the fighting, low on supplies, running for safety, and stranded at checkpoints or in makeshift shelters and camps," said Patrick Youssef, head of the ICRC delegation in the country. "After bearing the heat of summer, they are now enduring the rain and freezing winter weather. Their plight has been heart wrenching."
So far, the ICRC has distributed one-month food rations and other relief items such as blankets, tarpaulins, jerrycans and kitchen sets to more than 400,000 displaced people in 118 locations in 15 of the country's 18 provinces. In addition, to restore the ability of conflict-affected people to earn a living, the ICRC is currently distributing about 1,800 metric tonnes of seed and fertilizer to over 5,000 farming families in the provinces of Babel, Karbala, Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk and Ninewa." (...)
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4496x3000
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
