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GSR, 3rd Distribution in Daffur Kenya

GSR, 3rd Distribution in Daffur Kenya

This is the 3rd trip made by  Global Somali Response team. This time we went to Daffur, Kenya to bring the first wave of supplies directly to the refugees fleeing drought and famine. The 80 families we fed are mainly from the Somali-Kenyan border villages on the Kenyan side.   [...]

Why I Founded SAFE (Somali and American Fund for Education)

Why I Founded SAFE (Somali and American Fund for Education)

SAFE’s mission to improve the quality of schools in Somalia depends on your support! There are several ways you can get involved as a volunteer. You can help spread the word about SAFE’s work by A) distributing informational brochures in your community, B) inviting a SAFE staff to give a presentation at your company/community group [...]

Jama began playing the sport as a teenager in Liverpool

GB Paralympian Abdi Jama grateful for basketball chance

By Elizabeth Hudson Monday, May 23, 2011 Great Britain wheelchair basketball player Abdi Jama admits that the sport has saved him from going down a potentially dangerous path.   The 28-year-old was born in Somalia but moved to Toxteth in Liverpool, when he was six. One of 32 children – his father had five wives [...]

Samia Yusuf Omar competes for Somalia in the Beijing Games in 2008 in the 200m heats [GALLO/GETTY]

Somali inspiration battles against the odds

“It was the happiest moment we ever had because we took our flag. We raised our flag. We felt like we were very important people.”     The 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies hold much more sentimentality for Somalia’s Samia Yusuf Omar, but it was her performance in a single 200-metre heat that sealed people’s [...]

Here today, gone tomorrow? Saving Somaliland’s heritage

Here today, gone tomorrow? Saving Somaliland’s heritage

Every week CNN International’s African Voices highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE (CNN) — When Sada Mire fled war-torn Somalia as a frightened teenager, the nation was descending into darkness, mired in the grip of a long civil [...]

Somali Survivor & Gold Medalist Abdifatah Dhuhulow to run the London Marathon to raise money for the ‘Gift of Education’

Somali Survivor & Gold Medalist Abdifatah Dhuhulow to run the London Marathon to raise money for the ‘Gift of Education’

This is Abdifatah Dhuhulow. His story is an exceptional one. In 1991, Dhuhulow was living with his family in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when civil war broke out. While trying to escape the city on a lorry, the family came under fire. Dhuhulow was shot in the ankle and fell off the lorry, and his [...]

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TED: A historic moment in the Arab world

TED: As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what’s happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond — at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change Source: [...]

Ahmed Hassan to take part in the Finish parliamentary elections

Ahmed Hassan to take part in the Finish parliamentary elections

Helsinki: Ahmed Hassan waa musharax somaliyeed oo dhalinyara ah una sharaxan doorashada barlamaanka 2011 ee Finland , xisbiga (RKP) Hadafka siyaasaddaydaFik-radahayaga siyaasadeed baa ah kuwa isbedel ku samayn doona siyaasadda wadanka Finland. Waxaan rabaa inaan xooga saaro arrima kala duwan oo ay ka mid yihiin sida isdhexgalka bulshada ama loo yaqaan integrationpolicy, ka horta taga [...]

Worldwide Somali Students – Meet Some Of The Members

Meet some of the members of Worldwide Somali Students. Find out about ‘Operation Restore Hope 2012′. This is one of the initiatives of WSS. We are aiming to get a 1,000 Somali Educated individuals from the diaspora going back together on the 25th June 2012. Free your diaries for 6 weeks from that date. Lets [...]

Ismahan Mohamed Hassan, a lawyer in Hargeisa

In court with the first women lawyers of Somaliland

Koos was just granted her divorce. She filed for divorce after her husband deserted her, just a few months after their wedding. She gave birth to their son but never heard from her husband again. She asked Ismahan Hassan Ahmed, one of the ten women lawyers in Somaliland, to advise her and represent her in [...]

The music of a war child

The music of a war child

  http://www.ted.com For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he’s become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones. In words and lyrics, he tells the story of his amazing life. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the [...]

Mother and daughter doctor-heroes: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed

Mother and daughter doctor-heroes: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed

They’ve been called the “saints of Somalia.” Doctors Hawa Abdi and Deqo Mohamed talk about their medical clinic in Somalia, where — in the face of civil war and open oppression of women — they’ve built a hospital, a school and a community of peace. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks [...]

Scunthorpe United's Paul Hayes (right) and Manchester City's Abdisalam Ibrahim battle for the ball

Abdisalam Ibrahim on loan to Scunthorpe United

Friday 14, Jan 2011 The young Abdisalaam Ibrahim from Manchester City has gone to Scunthorpe United on a one month loan. Scunthorpe United guaranteed first team games for the young Somali born who plays for the Norwegian national team. His first game could be tomorrow, away at Leeds United. If you live in Leeds, go out and support/show some [...]

Yusef Ahmed Ali

Yusef Ahmed – the man whose brilliant brace fired Qatar to win over China

After losing their opening Asian Cup match 2-0 to Uzbekistan, hosts Qatar needed to find a lifeline to remain in the tournament. And they found one, in the form of striker Yusef Ahmed, who scored two brilliant goals to lead his side to an important victory over China. Ahmed, only 22 years old, scored both his [...]

Interview with Mj

Selma with MJ from CRYC Director. Share on Facebook