How Somali girls with disabilities are overcoming barriers to education
For most of 17-year-old Katra’s* life, school has been a distant dream. Born with a physical disability that impacted her legs, Katra wasn’t allowed to leave her family home in…
For most of 17-year-old Katra’s* life, school has been a distant dream. Born with a physical disability that impacted her legs, Katra wasn’t allowed to leave her family home in…
A new school for disabled children in Qardo, north-eastern Somaliais providing a stable and well equipped learning environment for 180 boys and girls. Gaheyr School, built by the UN’s children’s…
Five new schools opened by the Jubbaland state authorities in villages around the southern Somali town of Kismayo have enabled hundreds of children to begin education for the first time…
Nujuum Hashi, who has overcome traditional prejudice to become a respected artist in Somalia, decided on her career as she drew pictures in the sand as a seven year old…
Mohamed Hersi Jama’s son, 11, and daughter, 10, are enjoying their third year in school in Lafta-Farweyne village, 60 km south of Hargeisa, whilst keeping up with their duties herding…
More than 3.5 million children are at risk of dropping out of school due to the drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has said, amid warnings the crisis…
When Deqa Aden arrived as an exchange student at Worcester Academy from her native Somaliland, she found a space where she could reach her fullest potential. The experiences and educational…
Leading telecommunications company Somtel has donated a telecommunications systems laboratory (TSL) to the University of Burao, Togdheer region. The laboratory will help the university conduct research, development, and educational activities…
SOMTEL Telecommunications International, one of the leading companies of the giant Dahsbhiil Group of Companies has donated a full-pack Telecommunications Systems Laboratory (TSL) to Amoud University. The TSL equipment is…
By Hussein Ali Hussein “Call him a thinker, a philosopher, an intellectual, a revolutionary, a critic, a teacher, at every turn in the checkered history of his homeland, Hadrawi has delighted…