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India: Red Cross aid for displaced people in Assam
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"The humanitarian situation in the camps housing the displaced is quite worrying," said Thomas Russell, an ICRC delegate who visited the area.
"The people there had to run for their lives.
They couldn't take anything with them.
Their houses burned down, they lost their cattle, and now they can no longer fend for themselves." After assessing needs, the Assam Branch of the Indian Red Cross, in cooperation with the ICRC, proceeded with a distribution of blankets, mosquito nets, kitchen sets, tarpaulins, clothing, hygiene items and other supplies.
Assam Branch Red Cross volunteers also promoted good hygienic practice and proper sanitation.
"Together with our colleagues from the ICRC, we will keep on monitoring the humanitarian situation of the displaced population," said Ms Renuka Devi Barkatak of the Indian Red Cross.
"That way, we'll be able to meet their most urgent needs."
For further information, please contact:
R.M.
Talukdar, Indian Red Cross Society, Assam State Branch, tel.
0361 2665114 or 09864208272
Stéphanie Bouaziz, ICRC New Delhi, tel.
+91 11 422 110 00 or +91 98 717 98385
Simon Schorno, ICRC Geneva, tel.
+41 79 251 93 02
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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