By M.A. Egge
The Vice President H.E. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saili’i) has inaugurated the preparation plans of projects for the development of community infrastructural services of the country in the city of Hargeisa.
The projects known as ‘inclusive projects’ provided by the international agency UNICEF are planned for children under the age of five in the years 2026 and 2030.
While giving priority to the basic services of the community such as education, water, the environment, and maternal child care to promote basic social services.
The opening of the conference was attended by the ministers of planning and water, and the directors general of the ministries of health and water, as well as officials from UNICEF’s cooperation agencies.
The VP indicated that the government welcomes projects related to the development of projects to improve basic services.
“We believe that UNICEF plays a major role in the development of basic social life services and I welcome the project which is progressive and a very positive one”, he said.
The Minister of Water Resources Mr. Saleeban Ali Koore, also indicated that the political plans of the Kulmiye Party and the Ministry of Water include the development of water services in the country.
“The reason why we put more focus on water resources in dams is because it’s easily ample and readily realized than those of boreholes”, he said.
The head of UNICEF, who spoke at the meeting, said that the projects that UNICEF will implement in Somaliland in the next five years, especially the basic social services, are being prepared and that it would support Somaliland in promoting project’s related services, to improve the care of mothers and babies.