A federal inter-ministerial committee on drought has started distributing financial support to needy families.
The committee launched the distribution on January 5.
Millions of Somalis in different regional states around the country are at risk of drought and starvation.
According to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in conjunction with international organizations, over 7.7 million Somalis are at risk from the drought.
On Wednesday, the government committee began distributing the cash to help needy families tackle the effects of the drought.
The financial support will get to all regional states.
Thereafter, regional authorities would then disburse them onward to needy families.