(Girls staying at an orphanage in Somali capital eats meals delivered by Turkish Religious Foundation.)
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Friday, October 07, 2011
Turkish Religious Foundation (TDV) extended on Friday 200 tons of food aid to Somalia.
TDV's representative in Somalia, Yuksel Sezgin, said the assistance was distributed to the needy in the south of Somalia.
"We have been working to overcome problems in transporting aid to Somalia, and we have sent 200 tons of foodstuff to the needy in the south of the country," Sezgin told AA correspondent.
Sezgin said this was the most comprehensive aid to people living in the south of Somalia.
The TDV representative said those living in the south of the country were in need of more assistance as aid from Turkey had been extended to many people in capital Mogadishu.
"There are some problems in dispatching the aid to the south of the country due to internal clashes, and therefore people continue to set to challenging journeys in order to come to the capital," he said.
Sezgin said agricultural season was about to begin in Somalia, and there were fields suitable for agriculture in the south of the country.
"If people in this region travel to Mogadishu, agricultural fields cannot be cultivated, which will be a bigger problem for the country," he said.
Sezgin also said the foundation was trying to prevent recurrence of such a problem.
Somalia is currently facing with one of the worst droughts in the past 60 years.
The epicenter of the drought lies on the three-way border shared by Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, a nomadic region where families heavily depend on the health of their livestock. Uganda and Djibouti have also been hit by the disaster.
Tens of thousands of people have so far been displaced due to the humanitarian situation in the region.