World victim assistance day 04 April 2019 marked in Somalia

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Guests at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan

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on Thursday 04 April 2019 The international day of the mine action and VA the victim assistance  04 April 2019  organized by the  Somalia DPOs, UNMAS  and the SEMA participated both local and international interesting the elimination of mine awareness and explosion in the country and  Somalia federal government members

The speaker of the event were the EU, DFID, UNMAS,  federal state ministry , Benedir local authority and DPOs disabled people organization. Who all made their concerns for the elimination of  the all mine and bombs causing the death, wounds and the destruction of property in the country.

UNMAS presented survey made the victim assistance report 2019 covered most Somalia regions in the country,  demonstrating the scale of the VA in Somalia. And the long time without intervention the key pillar for the mine action works in the

UNMAS mine action works is training, collection, destruction of mine and ammunitions and the VA victim assistance supporting the people damaged by the weapons’ and the mine in the world

Somali DPOs members express their concern the massive prevalence of the mine, ERW and bombs in the country causing the death and wounds of more people.  With result of the more = disability people. Where there is no strategy for prevention and care.

SEMA director Mr. Hoshow  closed the event  with message to start action for the VA in Somalia with cooperation of the local and international as well as Somali federal states and federal government.

Mohamud Mohamed Bonow, the State Minister of Internal Security in the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), speaks during an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
Guests at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
Guests at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
Guests at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
Guests at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, organised by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Mogadishu on 4 April 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan
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