The project, an orphanage complex, whose foundation was laid in last September in Jazeera area along the Somali coast on the outskirt of Mogadishu, is set to cost $2.5 million.

The project which is funded by a Turkish aid agency, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation is said to be one of the biggest projects in Somalia.

The construction of the complex which is now said to be at a halfway is implemented by Zamzam Foundation.

A total of 1,200 children will receive education at the school in the orphanage complex which will provide accommodation to 300 orphans, according to the Zamzam Foundation’s project officer, Omar Jamaa Adan.

The complex will include a well equipped school of 24 classrooms, two separate living blocks for boys and girls and a deep water well as well as a healthcare center. A supermarket, a mosque and Koranic class will also be built within the orphanage complex.

Omar said a total of 300 orphans will be given accommodation within the compound while 900 other children will operate outside the school, adding that the school will be free of charge for all the children.