Currently Somali people are realizing the importance of educating and investing in their girls. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including the prominence of women’s role in the economic circles as breadwinners and their crucial and untiring struggle to keep the families together and make ends meet with meagre resources. Statistics on incoming remittances has shown that over 50% of people who send money back to Somalia/Land in order to support their families are women.
Project overall goal:
Support girls’ education and improve women’s social conditions and status.
Specific Objective :
- Increase access for underprivileged poor girls/women in underserved areas (IDPs settlements) in Hargeisa, Burao, Borama and Berbera to literacy/numeracy Education (non- formal)
- Give access to Skills Training for poor girls/women who completed literacy and numeracy
- Increase community awareness on the importance of girl child education.
- Identify the problems that affect the participation of female teachers in the education system.
Project Period: Jan 2009 – Jun 2014
Targeted Locations: All regions of Somaliland
Main Activities:
- Support girls’ education and create cultural revival of youth enlightenment
- Enhance the culture of reading and writing among the population of Somaliland with particular focus on youth
Funded Agency: Oxfam Novib, Netherland, The Huague
Project Photos:
Education campaign in public schools with support of education tool, and Literacy & Numeracy classes in Candlelight Vocational Training Center.
Distribution of certificates for Latency & Numerancy with Henna decoration trainees
