Qatar Charity (QC) has drilled two artesian wells within the villages of Kalyak and Oshoti within the Warshiekh area in central Somalia. The wells will profit almost 10,000 individuals who have been affected by vital difficulties accessing water sources.
Earlier than the opening of those wells, residents of Kalyak needed to journey 10 kilometers to fetch water, whereas residents of Oshoti traveled 7 kilometers, severely impacting their every day lives and exposing them to well being dangers related to unsafe water.
Through the inauguration ceremony, Minister of Water and Vitality in Hirshabelle State, Saleh Mohammed Hassan, praised QC’s efforts to help the native inhabitants, stating that the venture arrived at a vital time to handle the area’s extreme water scarcity. He emphasised that the nicely would considerably enhance every day life and supply water for agriculture and livestock.
For his half, director of QC’s workplace in Somalia, Abdul Fattah Adam, highlighted that QC offers foremost precedence to water and sanitation tasks, noting that this initiative is a part of QC’s ongoing efforts in numerous elements of Somalia.
In 2023, QC carried out roughly 327 water and sanitation tasks in Somalia, benefiting 285,000 folks.
Supply: QNA
