Charity spends QR25.5mn on relief projects in Somalia

Qatar Charity has continued its longstanding commitment to the people of Somalia through the provision of life-saving relief, recovery and rehabilitation programmes worth QR25.5mn.More than 40 water wells were drilled in the Somalia regions of Hiran, Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle where the need for water is great amongst both the native and displaced communities residing there.Other project interventions ranged from free food distributions to the rehabilitation of health centres and schools, from the sponsorship of more than 7,000 orphans and other at-risk families and students to the provision of Shariah-compliant income-generating projects. Income-generating projects included the donation of 40 modern fishing boats to the federal government of Somalia and the establishment of a range of 1,500 other income generating programmes, many of them focused on animal husbandry.