 A UAE aid ship carrying more than 1,000 tonnes of various food and relief supplies arrived on Friday at Mogadishu port in Somalia to meet the needs of 2.5 million people affected by drought.
This initiative comes as part of the directives of the President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide all forms of humanitarian support to the Somali people facing drought.
The shipment was dispatched in cooperation with the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, and the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
Authorities distributed relief aid to families and those displaced in their areas and camps.
The UAE is making significant effort to deliver relief to Somali regions affected by the drought caused by a lack of rain for three consecutive seasons.
Somalia is one of the Horn of Africa’s most drought-affected countries, which causes severe suffering to thousands of people.