{"id":8878,"date":"2021-09-03T21:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2021-09-05T12:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:15:30","slug":"un-urges-urgent-support-to-scale-up-life-saving-assistance-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2021\/09\/03\/un-urges-urgent-support-to-scale-up-life-saving-assistance-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"UN urges urgent support to scale up life-saving assistance in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MOGADISHU &#8212;<\/strong> The UN humanitarian agency on Thursday called for sustained funding to enable aid agencies to scale up life-saving assistance in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adam Abdelmoula, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said in a statement issued in Mogadishu that with limited resources and funding, humanitarian agencies in Somalia need urgent support to provide timely response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdelmoula said as the Somalia Humanitarian Funding (SHF), a multi-donor country-based pooled mechanism that allocates funding for the most urgent life-saving interventions, said it has allocated 26 million U.S. dollars to scale up assistance for about 1.2 million people in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These critical funds, part of the SHF 2021 Reserve Allocation, will support national and international non-governmental partners operating in Banadir, Bay, Galgaduud, Gedo, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle Shabelle, and Mudug regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This allocation will enable humanitarian agencies in Somalia to boost life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable communities in areas where needs are the highest,&#8221; said Abdelmoula.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the 26 million dollar allocation will provide strategic support for selected cluster-specific priorities and integrated interventions, focusing on areas with acute water shortages brought about by prolonged drought, as well as on flood-affected populations in hotspot locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said close to two-thirds (17 million U.S. dollars) of the funding will support priority activities for food security, health, nutrition and Global WASH Clusters while about 36 percent will bolster response to flood-affected people through integrated and complementary packages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN said the 2021 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan, which is seeking 1.09 billion dollars, is only 41 percent funded as of Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;With multiple shocks persistently causing high levels of humanitarian and protection concerns in Somalia, life-saving assistance must be sustained alongside livelihood support,&#8221; said OCHA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: Xinhua\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/world\/Off_the_Wire\/2021-09\/02\/content_77730301.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU &#8212; The UN humanitarian agency on Thursday called for sustained funding to enable aid agencies to scale up life-saving assistance in Somalia. Adam Abdelmoula, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said in a statement issued in Mogadishu that with limited resources and funding, humanitarian agencies in Somalia need urgent support to provide timely response. 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