Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
13 July 2011
Mogadishu — One of Somali parents on Wednesday delivered 800 US dollars to the drought committee of Shabelle Media Network to help the drought displaced Somalis in Mogadishu.
Sheikh Yahye Cali Ibar, the dad of prominent Somali peace activist who was assassinated in Mogadishu years, said he paid the aid in cash to get prayer from Allah to his dead son in assisting those starving people whom the drought forced them into the capital to get water and food.
Abdulkadir Yahya Ali, a Somali peace activist, was assassinated in Mogadishu on July 11, 2005.
Nonetheless, Ibar called upon Somalis where they ever they to help their brothers harshly effected by the severe drought.
Ibar was a school teacher for more than fifty years working inside the war-torn horn of Africa nation.
Shabelle Drought Committee cordially welcomed the aid and promised they will soon deliver it the people who are in desperate need for the help.
After days of airing a program intended for Somalis to help each other and collected hundreds of dollars, Shabelle’s aid committee on Tuesday has distributed over 28 millions of Somali Shillings about ($ 920) in cash to more than three hundred destitute families who were struggling lack of food, water and healthcare and as well as shelters to hide themselves from the cool and the rains and also sunshine.
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U.S.$ 800 Delivered to Shabelle Drought Committee