{"id":8658,"date":"2026-03-08T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=8658"},"modified":"2026-03-08T10:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:38:22","slug":"china-donates-2-million-and-food-aid-to-support-drought-affected-people-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/china-donates-2-million-and-food-aid-to-support-drought-affected-people-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"China Donates $2 Million and Food Aid to Support Drought-Affected People in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"599\">The <strong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"354\">Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mr. Mahmoud Moallim Abdulle<\/strong>, officially received the donation from the <strong data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"444\">Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Mr. Wang Yu<\/strong>. The contribution includes <strong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"518\">$2 million in cash assistance and food aid<\/strong> intended to help communities impacted by the ongoing drought across the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"941\">Ambassador <strong data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"623\">Wang Yu<\/strong> stated that the Government of China will continue to support the Somali people, particularly in <strong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"784\">drought response efforts and disaster prevention initiatives<\/strong>. He also emphasized the importance of strengthening <strong data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"878\">cooperation between the two countries<\/strong>, especially in humanitarian assistance and social development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1281\">The <strong data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"998\">SoDMA Commissioner, Mr. Mahmoud Moallim Abdulle<\/strong>, expressed his gratitude to the Government and people of China for their continued support. He noted that the donation will assist communities in <strong data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1176\">72 districts across Somalia<\/strong> that have been affected by drought, particularly <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1280\">45 districts currently facing emergency conditions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1512\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He further highlighted that the assistance will play an important role in <strong data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1413\">protecting the lives of drought-affected populations<\/strong>, especially <strong data-start=\"1426\" data-end=\"1472\">children, women, and vulnerable households<\/strong> in urgent need of humanitarian support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1512\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1512\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8659\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649705885_930185609821985_9173683947034162782_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8660\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649522569_930185663155313_8118505617605537896_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8661\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649551693_930185713155308_5332791032519705501_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8662\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649672078_930185769821969_9016895771821635929_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8663\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649522935_930185776488635_3240388742979390558_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8664\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/649538078_930185636488649_2397599335377916347_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mr. Mahmoud Moallim Abdulle, officially received the donation from the Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Mr. Wang Yu. The contribution includes $2 million in cash assistance and food aid intended to help communities impacted by the ongoing drought across the country. Ambassador Wang Yu stated that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8665,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions\/8665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}