{"id":6499,"date":"2025-08-09T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2025-08-30T11:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:36:28","slug":"sodma-and-lm-international-hold-historic-meeting-to-forge-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/sodma-and-lm-international-hold-historic-meeting-to-forge-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"SoDMA and LM International Hold Historic Meeting to Forge Strategic Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mogadishu, Somalia &#8212; <\/strong>In a pivotal step to strengthen Somalia&#8217;s disaster management capabilities, the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) held its first meeting with LM International. This historic encounter yielded a mutual understanding to initiate a strategic partnership aimed at bolstering national capacities to face humanitarian and environmental disasters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commissioner of the Agency, Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, welcomed a high-level delegation from the Swedish organization, led by Ms. Josephine Sundqvist, at the agency&#8217;s headquarters in Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting explored potential avenues for collaboration, with Commissioner Abdulle providing a comprehensive overview of SoDMA&#8217;s strategic goals and its ambitious plans to build a cohesive and effective crisis response system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For her part, Ms. Sundqvist highlighted LM International&#8217;s expertise in humanitarian and development work, affirming the organization&#8217;s commitment to providing technical and logistical support to Somalia&#8217;s efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two sides agreed that this meeting marks the beginning of a sustainable partnership, which aims to protect lives and property and enhance community resilience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a direct outcome of this fruitful meeting, both parties agreed to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). 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This historic encounter yielded a mutual understanding to initiate a strategic partnership aimed at bolstering national capacities to face humanitarian and environmental disasters. 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