{"id":17790,"date":"2025-08-24T16:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=17790"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:11:16","slug":"sodma-hands-over-700000-for-drought-relief-in-awdal-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/08\/24\/sodma-hands-over-700000-for-drought-relief-in-awdal-region\/","title":{"rendered":"SoDMA hands over $700,000 for drought relief in Awdal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MOGADISHU &#8212;<\/strong> The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has affirmed the commitment of the central government in Mogadishu by handing over $700,000 to the Drought Relief Committee in the Awdal Region. This amount is part of a broader national relief effort, combining $500,000 in donations from the Council of Ministers and $200,000 from the Benadir Regional Administration, reflecting the unity and solidarity of government institutions in the face of humanitarian challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, Chairman of the Somali Disaster Management Agency, stated in a press release following the handover ceremony that this step &#8220;is a first gesture and not the end of our relief efforts,&#8221; calling on all partners and other institutions to intensify their actions. He added that humanitarian work requires a concerted effort to ensure aid reaches all those affected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The handover ceremony was attended by several high-ranking government officials, including His Excellency Dr. Ilmi Mohamud Nur, Minister of Public Works and Housing, who affirmed the central government&#8217;s commitment to providing full support to citizens in all regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ali Hagaa, State Minister for Internal Security, stressed that humanitarian work is a national duty and a collective responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other officials, including Dr. Mohamed Hassan Bulaale, Abdiwahab Abdi Omar, and MP Aisha Kos Mohamud, expressed their gratitude to the country&#8217;s top leadership and the Benadir Regional Administration for their generous initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This move demonstrates the pivotal role played by the Somali Disaster Management Authority in coordinating humanitarian work in the country, ensuring a rapid and effective response to the urgent needs of the Somali people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU &#8212; The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has affirmed the commitment of the central government in Mogadishu by handing over $700,000 to the Drought Relief Committee in the Awdal Region. This amount is part of a broader national relief effort, combining $500,000 in donations from the Council of Ministers and $200,000 from the Benadir &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17796,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions\/17796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}