{"id":401866,"date":"2020-11-22T08:36:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T05:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=401866"},"modified":"2020-11-22T08:36:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T05:36:55","slug":"amisom-troops-donate-to-communities-in-hirshabelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/amisom-troops-donate-to-communities-in-hirshabelle\/","title":{"rendered":"AMISOM troops donate to communities in HirShabelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu<strong>(SONNA)\u2013<\/strong> African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops continue to engage with communities in their areas of operation in order to cement<br \/>\npeaceful co-existence and mutually beneficial relations between the mission and the local population.<\/p>\n<p>Under Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) activities, AMISOM troops have been engaged in the implementation of quick impact projects and programmes meant to improve the socio-economic lives of local communities.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Burundian troops serving under AMISOM distributed an assortment of items to residents of Rage-Celle district in HirShabelle State.<br \/>\nThe items distributed included jerry cans, mosquito nets, basins, blankets, tents and buckets to be distributed to families in need. Families who live close to river Shabelle<br \/>\nare prone to malaria infections, especially during the current rainy season. The donated items were officially handed over to Rage-Celle District Commissioner,<br \/>\nOmar Ali Nur.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the handover ceremony Christopher Aria, AMISOM Civil Affairs Officer in HirShabelle State, reiterated the mission\u2019s commitment in supporting the<br \/>\nimprovement of lives for the civilian population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, under the command of Sector Five Commander, we have handed over donated items to the District Commissioner of Raga- Celle, who will in turn take<br \/>\nthese to the deserving people. As we implement the AMISOM mandate, we will continue to support the population of Somalia in improving their lives,\u201d Aria said.<\/p>\n<p>Omar Ali Nur, the District Commissioner of Rage-Celle thanked AMISOM for the support saying that the donation will improve the lives of the local residents who<br \/>\nhave had to deal with drought and floods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the timely support which will assist our people in a big way. We thank AMISOM for this donation, and we have requested them for more support<br \/>\nbecause the needs of our people are numerous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony which took place at the Jowhar airstrip was attended by Sector 5 AMISOM commander, Brig. Gen. Richard Banyakibona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu(SONNA)\u2013 African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops continue to engage with communities in their areas of operation in order to cement peaceful co-existence and mutually beneficial relations between the mission and the local population. Under Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) activities, AMISOM troops have been engaged in the implementation of quick impact projects and programmes meant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401869,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401866\/revisions\/401869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}