In Baidoa, Somalia, Qatar Charity has laid the foundation for an integrated residential village for the displaced.
The hamlet has 67 homes, a health facility, a primary and middle school, a mosque, a center for vocational training, an artesian well, and a place where people can memorise verses from the Holy Quran. More than 12,000 displaced persons in Baidoa, in the Somali region of Bay, are anticipated to profit from it.
In his speech, the President of the Southwest State of Somalia, Abdul Aziz Hassan Mohamed, said, “the construction of the residential village will ease the burdens on thousands of families who have been displaced from their homes and villages due to drought,” praising the pioneering role of Qatar Charity through interventions that address the needs of the displaced and the affected.
He claimed that Qatar is a brotherly nation to the Somali people for supporting them during a time of hardship and responding to their calls for aid.
He claimed that the delay in the rainy seasons, which exposed half of the Somali population to a drought, was to blame for the Somali people’s need for immediate aid.
According to Nawaf Al Hammadi, Assistant CEO of the International Operations and Programs Sector at Qatar Charity, Baidoa, the second-largest city in which the displaced live, was chosen as the site for an integrated village to support displaced families suffering from malnutrition and a lack of essential services, as well as to lessen their suffering by improving their living and housing conditions and by creating a suitable learning environment.