Over the past ten years, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Works has provided a lot of urgent humanitarian assistance to the Somali people to provide their basic needs and relieve them from the burden of drought and crises faced by the brotherly Somali people by alleviating the suffering of the brothers in Somalia and improving their humanitarian conditions.
Immediately after the occurrence of famine in Somalia, the UAE sent urgent aid to the needy in the drought-stricken areas and opened a bridge to transport humanitarian aid, as the country is quick to respond to the call to face every ordeal faced by any people in the world.
In 2017, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Works inaugurated the largest concrete dam in Somalia, to supply the city of Hargeisa and the surrounding areas with water to irrigate the irrigation departments in the region and store it for use in the dry season..
A number of Somali officials expressed their thanks and appreciation to the UAE for its support of the Somali people from the crisis and tribulations that Somalia is facing, noting that the efforts undertaken by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Works are not strange to the UAE, as it always provides a helping hand and is keen to provide Aid and relief for the afflicted and the needy everywhere.
They praised the honorable positions taken by the UAE under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, “may God protect him”, and expressed their thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, for his role in supporting the development process and completing the development process. Elements of state building in Somalia.
They added: This support contributed to alleviating the suffering of the Somali people, as the UAE was at the forefront of those who stood by the Somali people and opened schools and hospitals, built dams and provided food baskets. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for Humanitarian Works