Islamic Relief provides clean water for 19,000 people in Somalia

Nearly 19,000 people affected by drought in Somalia now have access to clean, safe water thanks to an Islamic Relief project.

The scheme repaired hand pumps and dug shallow wells in 32 villages in the Galgadud State region, and also repaired two shallow wells in Benadir.

“Truly, we have been trying to get clean water for years,” explained mother-of-three Shamsa Ali Kulane, as she and her young son, Fahad, collected water from a well repaired by Islamic Relief. For four years, their neighborhood in the Abdi Aziz district of Mogadishu had been without a functional well.

Altogether, 12,800 people now have access to water through the scheme, which completed in November 2018. Local communities have been empowered to maintain their new facilities through water management committees formed by the project.

Islamic Relief has been working in Somalia since 2006, and now delivers transformative development projects and lifesaving humanitarian aid, including responding to the devastating impacts of drought in Somaliland and neighboring Kenya.

Original source: Islamic Relief
Published on 04 March 2019