It also escorted into the northern Vanni region a convoy of 13 trucks bringing about metric tonnes of food provided by the World Food Programme. The patients, who were accompanied by family members, travelled in three ambulances and four buses. The convoy also comprised a light vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Health and empty vehicles that will be loaded with supplies to be taken to people trapped in the Vanni.
The convoy was escorted by the ICRC over a stretch of four kilometres between areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and by the government. It means hope for the future for other people in need.
Food stocks have been depleted and sustainable ways of producing food locally have become almost non-existent. It is therefore vitally important - and urgent - that the parties to the conflict continue to allow humanitarian organizations to bring food into the Vanni.
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