NRC Hands Over 450 new Homes to Shelter IDP’s in Somaliland

[Deeq A.]

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) built 450 shelters to house of hundreds of Internally Displaced People in Saraar, Togder, Sanaag and Sool regions in Somaliland. The handover ceremony was attended by head of National Refugee Agency, Hon. Abdikarim Ahmed Mohamed and regional authorities.

Most of the officials who spoke at the function called on agencies to assist families that have been impoverished by the recurrent droughts that impacted the nation. They said that the IDP’s are in dire situation and need urgent aid to alleviate their poverty. It is said that most of those people in the aforementioned regions particularly in the rural face shortage of water. International agencies are accused of appropriating much of the funds earmarked for implementing humanitarian projects to families affected by the droughts and famine in Somaliland.