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Nairobi, November 16, 2005. The World Bank has announced support for post-tsunami recovery efforts in Somalia through two generous grants from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) for a total of US$2 million.
Building on the emergency support provided after the tsunami hit the northeastern coastline of Somalia in December 2004 and in order to ensure more long-term recovery efforts to the affected communities, the two areas of support under these grants will be:
- Support the affected fishing communities along the coastal area with the necessary production means to enable them to restart their productive activities and to restore their livelihoods through CARE International (US $1.5 million); and
- Provision of continued outreach health response activities to tsunami-affected areas to reduce the morbidity and mortality from the impact of tsunami-related diseases and to prevent and provide an early response to epidemics in the affected areas through the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC)/Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) (US$0.5 million).
“Today’s event is a signal of our continued commitment to the communities affected by the tsunami last year along the Somali coastline. We are particular grateful to Japan for its generous contribution,” said World Bank Country Director, Colin Bruce. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Japanese Ambassador noted that “The Government of Japan is keen to support areas and people affected by disasters because Japan has had its own experience of natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunami and typhoons.”
The Bank had previously supported the multi-sectoral assessment mission conducted in February 2005 to identify the medium- to long-term recovery needs of affected communities in Somalia.
World Bank Contact:
Keziah Muthembwa (+254 20) 3226448; kmuthembwa@worldbank.org
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Remarks by Colin Bruce (pdf), World Bank Country Director, at the Signing Ceremony
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