Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship in Mogadishu, Emirati charity organisations have begun distributing aid to residents in drought-affected areas of Mahas and Mataban in Hiran Governorate, Hirshabelle State, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and other authorities responsible for distributing relief aid.
According to Mohammed Ahmed Al Othman, UAE Ambassador to Somalia, this aid is being provided in collaboration with UAE donor entities such as the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, and the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation to help the Somali people.
The assistance also follows the UAE’s objective of assisting affected people worldwide in the aftermath of crises and disasters by undertaking relief and humanitarian programmes and projects.