YOUTH AND WOMEN IN MANDERA BENEFIT FROM TRAININGS
In 2014, Fatuma Sheikh, a 30-year-old mother of four and a passionate entrepreneur, witnessed the high demand for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) – relatively low-cost products and sold quickly. After seeing this unmet need, Fatuma decided to start her own small...
GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY 2020: HAND HYGIENE FOR ALL
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. ...
FEEDING THE HUNGER FOR EDUCATION IN GEDO REGION 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...
EDUCATING CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN IN KAHDA AND GARASBALEY IDP CAMPS, SOMALIA
Ismail Hussein (right) together with his classmates Ibrahim Hussein, a 15-year-old student in Al-Hidaya camp in Garasbaley district, Banadir region, Somalia, attends Nadifo Primary School as a sixth-grade student. He and his family were forced to move from Daare village in the Lower Shabelle region due to conflict and severe drought conditions. Their journey to the IDP camp took 15 days and was challenging, with a lack of food and water, and walking barefoot in the heat. Eventually, they...
