Somalia - Red cross reaches stranded civilians

(27 Nov 1997) T/I: 10:24:11
At least ten thousand people stranded in the lower Jilib Valley in Somalia have finally been reached by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) relief teams bringing medical supplies, blankets, tarpaulins and high protein biscuits.
The convoy of 24 trucks reached the water's edge about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from Jilib after travelling about 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Mogadishu.
SHOWS:
JILIB REGION, SOUTHERN SOMALIA 23-26 NOVEMBER 1997
Somali Red Cresent vehicle driving along muddy road,
trucks parked in ICRC convoy,
security men with guns,
man with gun and ICRC men walking along track,
ICRC worker with old man at camp;
VS Arbay-Abci camp, child intent,
red cross sign on boxes,
woman carrying grass through camp,
woman with baby;
Villagers wading through water,
supplies being carried through water,
ICRC boat loaded with aid being pulled through water,
man punting barge,
boat on river;
SOT Markus Fogel (ICRC): "There's floods, there's logistical problems. Our trucks got stuck just before reaching the area where the people are stuck and it is of course very difficult to bring the goods to the really needy people who are stranded."
VS unloading of boats,
CU wheel of cart,
aid being taken away on cart;
Donkey cart struggling through mud;
SOT Omar Warsame Mohamed (ICRC Volunteer): "These people, most of them, their families, their properties, their storages were swept away or washed away by floods already. That's why the ICRC has spent a lot of time to transfer food to these people."
Box of biscuits being carried aloft through floodwaters.
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