{"id":3359,"date":"2019-08-07T22:34:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T22:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2019-08-09T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T14:44:47","slug":"mudug-high-school-students-devote-holidays-to-teaching-literacy-to-pastoralists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/08\/07\/mudug-high-school-students-devote-holidays-to-teaching-literacy-to-pastoralists\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudug: High school students devote holidays to teaching literacy to pastoralists"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) –<\/strong> High school students and teachers from a school in central Somalia\u2019s Mudug region have been spending the school holiday giving adult literacy classes to pastoralists.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A team of\u00a0<\/span>50 students and\u00a0<\/span>10<\/span>\u00a0teachers from Amara secondary school in\u00a0<\/span>Amara,\u00a0<\/span>Hobyo<\/span>district<\/span>, have\u00a0<\/span>travelled to six villages to\u00a0<\/span>give classes to\u00a0<\/span>150 people<\/span>\u00a0from pastoralist communities<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hassan\u00a0<\/span>Dahir<\/span>\u00a0Hussein, 40, who lives\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Qoriley<\/span>\u00a0village 15<\/span>\u00a0km east of Amara<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0has been attending class<\/span>es<\/span>\u00a0with his 12<\/span>\u2013<\/span>year<\/span>\u2013<\/span>old son every morning for the last\u00a0<\/span>few weeks<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u00a0<\/span>was proud to be able to\u00a0<\/span>read\u00a0<\/span>text messages in<\/span>\u00a0Somali on his phone<\/span>, which he was unable to do before.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe d<\/span>id not know how\u00a0<\/span>to read and write before but\u00a0<\/span>now both of us are able to read and\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>rite Somali and<\/span>\u00a0also we can do<\/span>\u00a0multiplication of numbers,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hassan<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0who<\/span>\u00a0has<\/span>\u00a010 camels and 100 goats<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0leaves\u00a0<\/span>his<\/span>\u00a0livestock\u00a0<\/span>to be tended by<\/span>\u00a0his\u00a0<\/span>wife and si<\/span>x other children as he\u00a0<\/span>and his son\u00a0<\/span>attend<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0literacy classes<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The programme began in July and runs for two months<\/span>, targeting the villages of\u00a0<\/span>Qoraley<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Koradi<\/span>\u00a0Silgo<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Meygag<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Qonjar<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Dhagahley<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0Amara division.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hassan Ali Ahmed, a teacher<\/span>\u00a0at Amara<\/span>\u00a0school,\u00a0<\/span>said they were teaching\u00a0<\/span>Somali and mathematics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe m<\/span>ajority of these people are adul<\/span>ts<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0who\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>never attended school<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0but<\/span>\u00a0want\u00a0<\/span>to learn\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>read and writ<\/span>e<\/span>. They<\/span>\u00a0are now interested in learning.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yussuf<\/span>\u00a0Salad Mohamed<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0Amara\u00a0<\/span>area\u00a0<\/span>chief<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>commend<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0the project saying it is important\u00a0<\/span>these days\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>people to\u00a0<\/span>be literate.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Nowadays, nobody uses cash;<\/span>\u202feverything including sending money via mobile service depends on writing and reading<\/span>, so for this reason<\/span>\u00a0we decided to teach them,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span>concern over\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lack of shelter to house the\u00a0<\/span>visiting\u00a0<\/span>students.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The local administration helps the students and teachers\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0transportation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Books and pencils have been donated by two local NGOs,\u00a0<\/span>Iftin<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Rajo<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – High school students and teachers from a school in central Somalia\u2019s Mudug region have been spending the school holiday giving adult literacy classes to pastoralists.\u00a0 A team of\u00a050 students and\u00a010\u00a0teachers from Amara secondary school in\u00a0Amara,\u00a0Hobyodistrict, have\u00a0travelled to six villages to\u00a0give classes to\u00a0150 people\u00a0from pastoralist communities.\u00a0 Hassan\u00a0Dahir\u00a0Hussein, 40, who lives\u00a0in\u00a0Qoriley\u00a0village 15\u00a0km east of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-education-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t