§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects in Somalia supported by her Department as part of (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral projects; and if she will make a statement. [109487]
§ Clare ShortWe do not have a bilateral aid programme to Somalia. Humanitarian projects currently funded by DFID are as follows
Action Centre La Faim: "Emergency Nutritional Intervention in Gedo and Bakool Regions" (£96,122)AMREF UK: "Luuq District Health Programme" (£288,735)World Vision: "Primary Health Care in Juba" (£281,703)World Vision: "Agricultural Rehabilitation Programme, Middle Juba" (£198,230)431WIn addition the following Civil Society Fund Projects are funded:Action Aid: "Pastoralism and Peace Building" (£440,896)Africa Educational Trust: "Educational Incentives—Girls/Young Ex-Militia Men" (£83,411)Africa Education Trust: "Organisation/Skills Training in Community Schools" (£51,660).There is currently one multilateral project funded by DFID: UNICEF "Supplementary Feeding Programme, Bardera" (£00,000). Britain also supports the work of other multilateral agencies in Somalia including the World Food Programme. In addition we are contributing £4.38 million as our contribution to a Euro 47m EC Rehabilitation Programme.
We are monitoring the humanitarian situation in Somalia closely and will continue to respond to urgent needs as they arise. Many of the problems facing the Somali people are, directly or indirectly, the result of political instability. We believe the problems of Somalia as a whole must be resolved by the Somalis themselves and we fully support the current initiative of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to promote a peaceful solution.