Solar-powered boreholes (UNDP, Saudi Fund for Development)
Solar-powered boreholes built with UNDP under a USD 2 million Saudi Fund for Development initiative. UNDP reported in January 2026 that two, at Awrboogays in Sanaag and Bacadweyn in Galkayo district, were handed over in late December 2025, each 200 m deep with a 22 kW solar system and a 40 m³ tank, and that nine more were under construction.
- Under construction, as of 5 January 2026
- Sourced, not yet verified
The project in brief
- Place
- Galkayo, Puntland
- Type
- Water supply
- Status
- Under construction, as of 5 January 2026: A 200 m borehole, 22 kW of solar and a 40 m3 tank: the UNDP borehole package
- Value
- USD 2 million, initiative total, as UNDP states it
- Start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Completed
- Not published
- Progress
- Not published
- Last checked
- 21 September 2026
Organisations named
- Funder: Saudi Fund for Development.
- Implementing agency: UNDP, implementer's own account.
What the sources report
- 5 January 2026
Solar boreholes handed over at Awrboogays in Sanaag and Bacadweyn near Galkayo
UNDP reported that two solar-powered boreholes, one at Awrboogays in Sanaag and one at Bacadweyn in Galkayo district, were handed over to communities in late December 2025 under a USD 2 million Saudi Fund for Development initiative.
- 5 January 2026
A 200 m borehole, 22 kW of solar and a 40 m3 tank: the UNDP borehole package
UNDP describes each completed borehole as 200 metres deep with a 22 kW solar system, a 40 cubic metre elevated tank, a water kiosk, piping and two animal troughs, with nine more boreholes under construction.
Related coverage
Sources and their limits
- UNDP: Solar-powered boreholes in Sanaag and Galkayo
Implementer story, 5 January 2026. Checked 21 September 2026.
What it does not establish: UNDP's own account; beneficiary numbers are project estimates; sites are named for the two completed boreholes only.
How this record was put together
Two facts from one UNDP story. Filed under Galkayo as the brief does; one of the two named sites is in Sanaag.