MOGADISHU — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has on Sunday unveiled the construction of three new schools in a Hiiraan district. USAID in conjunction with other partners successfully constructed the three schools in Mahaas district, Hiiraan region in Hirshabelle State. The agency said the construction of the …
Read More »KSrelief steps up aid, medical projects in 5 countries
RIYADH — The Saudi aid agency KSrelief has stepped up relief efforts in Yemen, Lebanon, Turkiye, Somalia and Pakistan. KSrelief’s prosthetics center in Yemen has provided help to hundreds of people in the war-torn country through physical therapy and other services. The rehabilitation center in Marib governorate provided 2,121 services …
Read More »UNICEF sensitizes children on flood response in Kismayo
MOGADISHU — Officials from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have carried out a sensitization program for thousands of high school children from Somalia on outbreak response. UNICEF in a statement said, they sensitized 1,500 high school children in Jubbaland’s administrative capital on different aspects of natural calamity response including …
Read More »Mahaas school re-established after Al-shabaab attack
JOWHAR — The deputy minister of education for the federal government of Somalia, Ahmed Osman Ibrahin, officially re-launched a school in the Mahaas area that had been demolished a few months earlier by Al-Shabaab militants The district commissioner of the Mahaas district, Mumin Mohamed Halane, and the minister of education …
Read More »ATMIS hands over new classrooms to boost access to education in Jubaland
KISMAYO — The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Wednesday handed over two newly built classrooms at Kuda Primary School in Kuday Island as part of an ongoing initiative to improve access to education in remote areas. The classrooms, constructed with funding from the Italian government, were inaugurated …
Read More »ATMIS contributes to improving quality education in Jubaland
KISMAYO — As part of its Quick Impact Projects, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has built and equipped a five-classroom block at the Ahmed Gurrey School complex in Kismayo. This new educational facility, funded by the Italian government, was officially handed over by ATMIS on Monday. “Education …
Read More »Turkish aid agency installed training greenhouses in Som
MOGADISHU — To strengthen Somalia’s agricultural infrastructure, two agricultural training and practice greenhouses were installed in the National University’s (UMMADA) Department of Agriculture in Mogadishu, each with a 250 sq meters area. The opening ceremony of the greenhouses was attended by Provincial Director of Agriculture of Mogadishu, Prof. Mohamud Mohamed; …
Read More »Free language App builds Horn of Africa literacy
WASHINGTON — The Horn of Africa might be reeling under a myriad of challenges including drought, hunger, and poverty over the devastating impact of climate change, but a local charity is poised to help develop literacy skills in the Somali language to improve education in the region. Sahamiye Foundation is a …
Read More »QC provides financial support to PhD students in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Qatari entity has worked on various projects around the world to boost education for vulnerable communities. Doctoral students in Somalia are to receive financial support under a new agreement signed between Qatar Charity(QC) and the University for Peace of the United Nations (UPEACE). The move is part …
Read More »33 thousand students take the annual high school exams in Somalia
MOGADISHU — The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Salah Jama, officially launched today the 2023 national secondary school examination, which started in the city of Mogadishu and all the regional capitals. A total of 33,700 students have sat for this year’s annual secondary school examination, at …
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