{"id":2793,"date":"2019-04-22T23:04:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T23:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:06:36","slug":"sanag-children-happy-for-their-first-school-under-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/04\/22\/sanag-children-happy-for-their-first-school-under-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanag children happy for their first school under a tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

ERIGAVO (SoOHA) –<\/strong>\u00a0For the first time in her life, 11-year-old Saynab Farah Mohamed wakes up every day to go to school instead of herding her family\u2019s livestock.<\/p>\n

Saynab and 49 other children, whose nomadic pastoralist families have been forced from one place to another by successive droughts affecting northern Somalia regions, joined a community school that opened in a remote part of Sanag region last month.<\/p>\n

Concerned about the future of their children, the pastoralist communities in Jingad village near Hingalol town joined together to establish a school.<\/p>\n

Saynab and other children are taught Somali, mathematics, science and social studies, sitting under a tree.<\/p>\n

The lack of facilities does not dim the excitement for Saynab who has never been to school before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started school recently and I want to continue until university to pursue my dream of becoming a doctor,\u201d Saynab told Radio Ergo. \u201cI am very happy to have got this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saynab now looks forward to another her days, learning instead of doing chores.<\/p>\n

Hingalol Education officer, Mursal Saeed Ali, helped the school committee to get some uniforms and exercise books for the children.<\/p>\n

Ali told Radio Ergo that the area, which had no schools, is desperate for help from well-wishers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe teachers use a chalkboard hung on a tree, they have no classrooms,\u201d said Ali. \u201cWe spoke to government but we will have to do what we can to keep it going until we get support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ali appealed to well-wishers to contribute towards building a classroom for the children.<\/p>\n

Mohamud Jama, who is one of the two volunteer teachers in the school, told Radio Ergo that concentrating sitting under the moving shade of the tree is hard for the 30 girls and 20 boys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hot and we are always disturbed by winds carrying dust. We also fear that in future the learning will be interrupted when it rains unless we get classes before then,\u201d the teacher noted.<\/p>\n

According to Jama, the class is made up of teenagers and younger children. They cannot be split up because there is no other suitable tree with enough shade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to separate the lessons for the groups but we have no alternative.\u00a0 Sometimes the different groups may have same lessons which creates confusion,\u201d Ali explained.<\/p>\n

Twenty new aspiring students have been turned away due to lack of space and learning materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the students are girls.\u00a0 They feel shy and always want to sit on the outside of the circle of shade. At noon, the shade shrinks forcing the children to squeeze in to a very small space,\u201dAli said.<\/p>\n

Kaltun Dahir Ali, whose family lost all their livestock in recent drought, has three children in the school.<\/p>\n

She welcomed the initiative saying it solved her long concern over the lack of education for her children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a bright future for our children now, we had been lacking a school for them for years,\u201d said Kaltun. \u201cWe call upon well-wishers and other agencies to help us get classrooms for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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