by NAPAD | Oct 29, 2020 | COVID19, Education, Somalia
NAPAD commemorates #GlobalHandwashingday2020. If there was ever a time when people accepted the importance of handwashing using soap, it has to be 2020. Most especially in Somalia, apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, the region has also grappled with flooding. ...
by NAPAD | Oct 28, 2020 | Access to Justice
COVID-19 has unearthed another global epidemic of gender-based violence and child rights violations. The coronavirus lockdowns have exposed that the most intimate spaces of the home are not always safe places and especially to the girl child. In Mandera County, Kenya,...
by NAPAD | Oct 16, 2020 | Education, Food Security, Somalia
Belet -Hawa located along the border in Gedo Region shares a long insecure border line with Kenya and Ethiopia. Cyclic drought, armed conflict, limited services and severe food insecurity are key recurrent problems experienced in the district. Children have been the...
by NAPAD | Sep 25, 2020 | Education, Livelihoods, Somalia
Mr. Abdifatah Mohamed Muhumed, a 28-year-old headteacher of Alqalam primary school in Balethawa In Somalia, school absenteeism not only stems from the lack of children in the schools but also the empty teacher’s desk. Teacher absenteeism has been caused mainly...
by NAPAD | Sep 21, 2020 | Education, Food Security, HEALTH, hygiene, Somalia
Every day hundreds of traders and consumers flock into markets in Kismayu to purchase various commodities, especially food items. Bread and meat are a staple and typical food in Kismayu. Currently, meat and bread in Kismayu and broader Somalia is sold in the market...
