Khalifa Foundation completes water project in Somaliland

Mogadishu, 15th March 2012 (WAM) — The Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation has built 20 basins in valleys at south west Hargeisa, and drilled 14 water wells at north east Hargeisa and nine water wells and watershed basins at Boru.
The water projects were carried out in collaboration with the Somali Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources.
In inauguration ceremony attended by a delegation from Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation and Somaliland Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Hussein Abdi Duale, Deputy Governor of Somaliland Abdi Al Ruhman Zilei, praised efforts being made by the leadership, government and people of the UAE for assisting Somali people.
He credited the Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation for its positive role in saving lives of those affected drought and famine by providing food and medicine.
”The Foundation’s plan to tackle water crisis in Somaliland has brought relief to hundreds of thousands of affected population there,”he added.
The UAE foundation aims to provide pure drinking water to Somalis, especially children, who were dying in hundreds of thousands of thirst and drought.
In last July, the UN appealed to over 40 international relief agencies to save three million Somalis facing death of famine and drought.

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