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Bankiga
Adduunka oo Deeq Lacageed u ansixiyay Somalia.
(Washington, Sept
11,
2008 Ceegaag Online)
Bankiga
Adduunka ayaa u ansixiyay wadanka Soomaaliya 7 million oo
Doollar oo wax lagaga qabto saboolnimada iyo wax soo saarka
dalagga beeraha,
BankigaAdduunka ayaa sheegay in deeqdaasi lacageed lagu
bixin doono gargaarka deg dega sida wax soo saarka beeraha
iyo horumarinta xoolaha ay Soomaalidu dhaqato.
Waxaana
lacagahaasi Soomaalida loo soo gudbin doonaa iyadoo lala
shaqeynayo dhowr Hay’adood iyo kuwa NGO-yada ah ee ku sugan
gudaha Soomaaliya.
Waqtigan Soomaaliya dadka u baahan gargaarka bani’aadamnimo
waxaa lagu qiyaasay 3.2 Million oo ruux.
Shaqaalaha samafalka ah ee ku sugan gudaha Soomaaliya waxaa
la soo gudboonaaday dilal iyo afduubyo kuwaas oo keenay inay
hoos u dhacaan kaalmooyinkii bani’aadamnimo ee la gaarsiin
jiray dadka tabaaleysan.
Warbixinta
Bankiga Adduunka ayaa u qorneyd sidan:
World Bank approves US$7
million for Somalia to increase crop and livestock
production in project areas affected by the food crisis.
The World
Bank has approved a grant of US$7.0 million to support
Somalia’s urgent need to increase crop and livestock
production in rural areas adversely affected by the drought
and the current global food crisis.
The emergency
grant for the
Somalia
Rapid Response Rehabilitation of Rural Livelihoods
Project will be funded under the Bank’s recently
launched Global Food Crisis Response Program.
“Somalia is
one of the countries most affected by the global food price
crisis and has a dire humanitarian situation affecting over
3.2 million Somalis,”
says
James Christopher Lovelace, Country Manager for
Somalia.
The project
seeks to address the immediacy of the situation by: (i)
responding to the urgent need for financial assistance
arising from the impact of the current food crisis
identified by authorities in
Somalia and
by the international community and (ii)
putting in place inputs and infrastructure for the short run
that will serve to improve food production. Activities under
the project will build on the ongoing projects in
Somalia to
assist in addressing the crisis with increased attention to
crops and livestock productivity, particularly in
mainstreaming nutrition and gender concerns in the
interventions.
The Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations unit for
Somalia based in Nairobi will manage the grant. It will also
implement and monitor the project through partnerships with
international and local non-governmental organizations with
a strong operational presence in project areas. Other
partners, if necessary, will also be involved.
“We are
responding collectively with the World Bank and other
agencies to avert a crisis that continues to deteriorate at
a rate and severity that we have not seen in over fifteen
years,”
says
Graham Farmer, Officer in Charge of FAO
Somalia.
“This important and crucial grant will enable Somali
people to avoid stripping of productive assets and protect
their livelihoods,” adds Farmer.
In
its 26 August, 2008 report, the FAO Food Security Analysis
Unit (FSAU) warned of the devastating impact of sky
rocketing food prices on the poor and vulnerable people of
Somalia. The situation has been aggravated by the extreme
devaluation of the Somali Shilling, deepening drought
following an abnormally harsh dry season, delayed and poor
start of the mid-April to June rains and prolonged civil
conflict.
The grant,
which was endorsed by the World Bank Board of Directors,
will address the urgent need for financial support to
finance gaps in existing programs being implemented by
international, national and non-governmental institutions.
Somalia remains a fragile state and a high risk country.
Press Release
No:2009/075/AFR
Contacts
In
Washington: Rachel McColgan-Arnold (1+202) 458-5299
rmccolgan@worldbank.org
In Kenya:
Peter Warutere (254-20) 3226444
pwarutere@worldbank.org
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