IGAD inspects migration fund infrastructure in Ali-Sabieh
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ADI
Representatives of IGAD member states inspected in Ali-Sabieh, southern Djibouti, infrastructure financed by the Regional Migration Fund (RMF) for refugees and host communities. The delegation, led by Ibrahim Kasso, visited a shopping centre and a technical high school on the sidelines of the fund’s sixth annual steering committee meeting.
Representatives of member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) inspected a shopping centre and a technical high school in Ali-Sabieh, southern Djibouti, on Wednesday, built with support from the Regional Migration Fund (RMF). The visit took place on the second day of the sixth annual meeting of the fund’s steering committee, to assess the progress of the projects and the use of the buildings, reports ADI.
The shopping centre visited is one of the two community commercial facilities financed by the RMF in Djibouti, alongside the one in Ali-Addeh. The technical high school comprises classrooms, administrative buildings and workshops for vocational training for young people in the region. Both projects benefited in particular from German funding, while other facilities supported by the fund are already operational or still under construction, according to ADI.
The delegation was led by Ibrahim Kasso, RMF operations coordinator, and received by Ali-Sabieh deputy prefect Saïda Waberi Assoweh and Regional Council president Charmake Hassan Allaleh. Ambassador Moussa Meigague, representing the director of IGAD’s Health and Social Development Division, said these investments support infrastructure, livelihoods and social cohesion between refugees and host populations.
The visit came the day after IGAD opened the annual review of the Regional Migration Fund in Djibouti on 12 November. It continues work devoted to assessing RMF investments in areas hosting refugees.
