{"id":256882,"date":"2023-04-07T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/african-union-transition-mission-in-somalia-atmis-donates-food-to-internally-displaced-persons-idps-in-mogadishu?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T09:23:59","slug":"african-union-transition-mission-in-somalia-atmis-donates-food-to-internally-displaced-persons-idps-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/african-union-transition-mission-in-somalia-atmis-donates-food-to-internally-displaced-persons-idps-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) donates food to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/99eb677aa57e4c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/99eb677aa57e4c0\" alt=\"African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/99eb677aa57e4c0\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=249493&amp;press_source=African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), on Thursday donated an assortment of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Somalia&rsquo;s capital, Mogadishu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The donation was made by ATMIS&rsquo; senior leadership led by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, Police Commissioner, Hillary Sao Kanu, and Acting Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Marius Ngendabanka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the ceremony held at the ATMIS basecamp, Ambassador Souef described the donation &ndash; consisting of rice, wheat flour, cooking oil, dates, and sugar &ndash; as a symbol of solidarity with IDPs during the holy month of Ramadan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We came to wish you a happy Ramadan, which is a month of solidarity. As you break the fast, pray for peace and security of this country,&rdquo; Ambassador Souef told the IDPs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ATMIS Sector One Commander Brig. Gen. Peter Omola who accompanied the SRCC, said the Mission will continue aiding and protecting vulnerable groups affected by conflict and natural disasters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Omola lauded the cordial relationship between ATMIS and the local community, which he noted had contributed immensely to the stabilization process of Somalia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We value your support and we urge you to continue supporting us until we totally achieve peace in Somalia,&rdquo; said Brig. Gen. Omola.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ATMIS Senior Humanitarian Liaison Officer, Abdul Diabagate, who spearheaded the food distribution exercise said the initiative was critical in supporting the livelihoods of those affected by the devastating drought.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The foodstuff that is here before you, will cater for 75 households and is worth a total capacity of 3.5 metric tonnes,&rdquo; added Diabagate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Displaced by the ongoing drought in Lower and Middle Shabelle, the IDPs relocated to Dhaglocad camp, Daynile district, Southeast of Banadir, in search of food and shelter among other necessities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thank God we have just received the food package courtesy of ATMIS and we hope to receive more in the future,&rdquo; said Saido Mohamed Hassan, a mother of five children, and a Dhaglocad camp representative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the face of humanitarian catastrophes, ATMIS continues to play a critical role in supporting livelihoods and creating peace and stability in Somalia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), on Thursday donated an assortment of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Somalia&rsquo;s capital, Mogadishu.&nbsp; The donation was made by ATMIS&rsquo; senior leadership led by the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-256882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/african-union-transition-mission-in-somalia-atmis-donates-food-to-internally-displaced-persons-idps-in-mogadishu.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}