Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Program:
Well, we had the opportunity to go in.
And I wanted to, first of all, see our truck routes and see exactly how we get in, the problems that we encounter, et cetera. But also part of what our trip was about was also going into many of the areas where food insecurity is at its highest and also seeing what they have to endure each day to be able to survive.
I had the opportunity to meet with a family of 11 that had come all the way from the north, and they brought pictures with them in their belongings. And the photographs were of the family two years ago. Of course, I’m sitting in front of them looking at them as they are today.
And the difference, the drastic difference in their health and in their size as well is just — is mind-boggling. The important thing for us to remember is that it continued. What I do each time, the things that I ask for is a cease-fire and to be able to get WFP food in at scale, unfettered and safely, making sure that our humanitarian aid workers are not targets.
