latafia, 50 miles southeast of baghdad.ackages contain a month's supply of food also kerosene and blankets. the icrc goes to areas other organizations won't go. there are now three million displaced iraqis, many of them don't are access to help. >> they need the food assistance they need clean water, most importantly they need medical assistance. there are tons of hospitals around the country that are not receiving the required medicine to operate. they have no electricity to operate their equipment. >> reporter: to minimize the risk of aid being diverted the icrcrc oversees the distribution itself instead of through local participant. this administration was delayed when staff members were stopped at military checkpoints. between the numbers of of dismissdisplacedpeople even the distribution of aid is difficult and there are hundreds of thousands of people that aid agencies canned get to. >> a widows lives in an abandoned shop with her five children and grandchildren. three of her daughters are blind and disabled. she says

they found temporary refuge here in latafia. the packages contain a month's worth of food as well as supplies and blankets. there are now 3 million displaced iraqis. many of them the don't have access to help. >> they need food assistance, clean water most importantly they need medical assistance. there are tons of hospitals around the country that are not receiving the required medicine to operate. they have no electricity to operate their equipment. >> reporter: to minimize the risk of aid being diverted the icrc oversees the distribution itself instead of local partners. staff members were stopped at military checkpoints. displacing people across the region and ongoing fighting this is a crisis that no one is equipped to deal with. even the simplest is difficult. widow lives in an abandoned shop with five of her children and three grandchildren. three of her daughters were blind and disabled. she said, they left the village when they were attacked. >> there were mortars and air strikes. everyone left. we were the only ones st