KSrelief and UK Foreign Office Sign Agreement to Support People Affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition in Somalia


Riyadh: Advisor at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and the United Kingdom (UK) Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, signed a joint cooperation agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support multisectoral actions to combat severe acute malnutrition in Somalia. The $5 million agreement was signed today at KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh.

KSrelief and the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will contribute $2.5 million each. The agreement aims to provide access to nutrition, water, and hygiene services in 15 high-risk areas across six sectors in Somalia, benefiting 101,000 Somali children.

The agreement comes within the framework of joint humanitarian and relief projects between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UK FCDO to alleviate the suffering of the Somali people.

Source: Saudi Press Agency