Somali Federal has on Wednesday donated $1 Million to help the flood-stricken residents in the country.
The amount pledged by Somali government will be the first fund to be used to help flood-hit areas in Hiran region.
Speaking to the media, Somali Deputy Prime Minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled announced the fund saying it would be dealt with the intensifying humanitarian crisis in Beledweyne.
“The government will pay one million USD which will be used to deal with the humanitarian situation in the areas hit by floods,” said Guled.
Over two hundred thousand people have been displaced by floods after River Shabelle breached its banks in Beledweyne and several other towns.
Humanitarian agencies in Somalia have appealed funds to cope up with the situation in the country.
“The internally displaced people remain the most vulnerable to the impact of the flooding with many camps located in Low-lying areas,” said the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphen Dujarric, “humanitarian partners on the ground have to prioritize water, sanitation, hygiene (health), shelter and food response in their interventions.”
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the current floods are some of the worst in the region has ever seen and the current water level exceeds a 50 year return period in most locations.
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