Supplies and provisions will be provided for displaced families, and food security programs will be launched in coordination with KSrelief’s partners, including the UN. (SPA)

RIYADH, Broadcasting news corporation : Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) will launch the second phase of its emergency intervention plan to help the people of Somalia affected by drought and famine next week. Supplies and provisions will be provided for displaced families, and food security programs will be launched in coordination with KSrelief’s partners, including the UN, international organizations and civil institutions, a Saudi Press Agency report said Friday. Supervisor General Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said drinking water and more than 52,000 food baskets will be distributed in the worst-hit areas of Somalia, while Dates will also be distributed to the neediest people in the country. Projects to be carried out as part of the second phase are worth more than SR47 million ($12.5 million) and will be followed up on site by KSrelief’s branch in Somalia. Al-Rabeeah also said that during the first phase 78,000 food baskets were distributed, drinking water was provided and meat distributed to families affected by the drought, amounting to almost SR23 million. Emergency relief to Somalia is an extension of the Kingdom’s humanitarian efforts to help brotherly peoples during crises and hardships, he said. NEWS COLLECTED FROM ARAB NEWS.