The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) handed over 2,000 meals packages to the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SODMA) for these impacted by the current floods on Saturday.
Ahmed Abdi Adan, vice chairman of SODMA, expressed gratitude to Türkiye and mentioned they’d be certain that the help reaches these in want, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
The deputy head of the Turkish Red Crescent Somalia Delegation, Taner Kurt, famous that they proceed their support efforts within the nation: “We continue to spread goodness to the whole world by delivering aid to those in need in Somalia.”
On Wednesday, the demise toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has risen to 101, with 1 million folks displaced and 1.5 million affected nationwide, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud mentioned.
Mohamud mentioned Somalia is dealing with a humanitarian disaster attributable to the local weather change-enhanced El Nino that’s devastating many elements of the nation.
“The ongoing heavy rains and floods are expected to swamp at least 1.5 million hectares of farmland through December,” the United Nations warned in its report on Nov. 30.
“Thousands of people have been cut off from markets and supplies or marooned in isolated villages,” it added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com