Somalis Receive Iran’s 2nd Batch of Humanitarian Aids

The drought-hit Somali refugees received the second batch of Iran’s humanitarian aids sent for the North African country by Iran’s Red Crescent Society.
The 40-ton consignment of the Islamic Republic’s humanitarian aid was distributed among the refugees on Saturday to help save people’s lives in one of Africa’s poorest countries.

The shipment, consisted of rice, legumes, canned food, sugar, and medication, was flown to the capital Mogadishu and handed over to the Somali Red Crescent on Thursday.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced that it will soon send its third batch of aid to Somalia.

Earlier in the day, deputy head of Iran’s Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, Saeed Sattari, said the organization’s first humanitarian aid shipment would be sent to Somalia by the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan.

The United Nations has warned that more than thirteen children out of every 10,000 aged less than five die in the Somalia famine zone every day.

“This means that 10 per cent of children under five are dying every 11 weeks. These figures are truly heart wrenching,” The UN representative to Somalia Augustine Mahiga told the UN Security Council on Aug. 10.