KISMAYO: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has laid the foundation stone on a project to construct 200 houses for families affected by floods in Somalia’s Jubaland state.
The ceremony was attended by Abdirahman Mohamed Dhiriq, Jubaland’s minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management; Yazeed Abdullah, KSrelief’s Africa office’s regional director; and several officials.
The project aims to build the houses for flood-affected families who have lost their homes. The scheme will be complemented by health and education facilities, the establishment of basic water and road infrastructure, and the implementation of tree-planting activities within the project site to support environmental sustainability.
It is also hoped the initiative strengthens social stability in the area.
The minister expressed his gratitude to the Kingdom for its humanitarian and relief assistance. He affirmed that the project is the first of its kind in the country, offering a sustainable housing solution for affected families, and noted that the recent floods required urgent intervention to improve the living conditions of hundreds of households.
The initiative forms part of the humanitarian and relief projects provided by Saudi Arabia to alleviate the suffering of the Somali people.
