Doha: Qatar Charity and the Somali Olympic Committee (SOC) organised a peace run in Mogadishu under the slogan “Day of Peace to the Capital”. It was aimed at lifting Mogadishu residents from the ruins.
As the stability of the Somali capital is rapidly improving, SOC and Mogadishu authority have jointly organised a flourishing mile-long peace run to encourage its residents and to emphasise the importance of peace and its relationship to health.
The mayor of Mogadishuf, SOC officials including, the secretary general, athletes, students of various universities and schools, Qatar Charity’s orphans and hundreds of youth participated in Friday’s run which is the first of its kind in Mogadishu and was widely welcomed by the residents of the war-ravaged city, who had lined up the streets to cheer the peace initiative.
“I am pleased to share with you today here in Mogadishu that the first peace run event organised by Somali Olympic Committee and Mogadishu council has gone successfully. We are very grateful to the Mayor of Mogadishu Mohamud Nur for his tireless support and understanding of peace promoting and national awareness initiatives such as this” said the SOC Secretary-General Duran Farah who addressed the crowd and the media at the finishing line of the run.
“The aim of the run was mainly to encourage the peace progress of the city and to promote sports activities within the country after such a lengthy time of insecurity and disorder and SOC is very committed to play its role of raising the awareness and the hope of Mogadishu’s youth and children and to turn them away from taking part of violence and extremism” added the recently elected secretary of SOC.
“Mogadishu is recovering with its people from more than two decades of war which prevented all sporting loving community to freely participate sports competitions and activities and what you have witnessed today verifies that the people of Mogadishu are fully supportive of government’s efforts to promote peace and stability as well as the Somali Olympic Committee’s willingness to organise peace supporting sports activities in the town” said the mayor.
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