The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday it has spent 13 million U.S. dollars in August to assist over 150,000 families, located in south and central Somalia, amid drought and inflation.
The charity said the families had received enough money to buy food for a month, the first in a series of monthly payments intended to provide emergency relief to people pushed out of their homes by the severe drought battering the country.
“The purpose of cash assistance is to help the most vulnerable people to survive and to minimize debt,” the ICRC said in a statement.
More than 1 million people are assumed to have been displaced because of the drought Since January 2021.
The ICRC stated that it supports agricultural cooperatives with training, drought-resistant seeds, farming tools and cash for the fuel needed to irrigate to help people build resilience in the face of the worsening impact of climate shocks.
Source: Somali National News Agency