Humans Of Mogadishu

The Turkish-Kaafalo Academy School in Mogadishu. First term-exams have started

Ciid Wanaagsan Dhamaateen Ummada Soomaliyeed Meel Walb oo Ku Sugan tihiin

Beach Days Mogadishu in 1980

Graduate students celebrate at Lido Beach.

Turkish Community Living in Mogadishu Host Lunch at their Embassy in Mogadishu Somalia

White sand beaches and warm shallow waters
The next day, two days before my departure, Mohamed and a friend of the family accompanied me to the beach at the old seaport. Since my arrival, I had only smelled and viewed the sea from afar. It was a revelation to see the white sand beach that I remember from my childhood.

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SOMALIA SHARES THEIR V-DAY EVENTS In Mogadishu Somalia 14 FEBRUARY 2016 > V-DAY We Are proud that Somalia was able to be part of this global movement and that we could rise with our brothers and sisters around the world! We rise for our rights! WE RISE FOR JUSTICE ! V-Day

Friday's big catch Liido Beach

Turkey's Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has re-opened an education center for homeless children in Somali's city of Mogadishu after a comprehensive renovation project with additional sections. The center was previously hosting 100 orphaned children, TİKA said in a statement. In efforts to improve education opportunities in Somalia and reintroduce orphaned children to society, the renovation and reconstruction project included three buildings featuring a kitchen, communal areas, laundry facilities and a dining hall. Children were presented with T-shirts and hats at the opening ceremony. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Galip Yılmaz, the coordinator of TİKA Mogadishu, said Turkey and Somalia have a strong brotherhood, adding that TİKA will continue its activities in Somalia. Abdullahi Abukar, the head of the Manhal Charitable Organization, further said that orphaned children can now stay in a better and healthier environment, expressing his thanks to TİKA. The project has been carried out by the Manhal Charitable Organization and the Social Development Organization.
Many orphaned and homeless children have become the victims of criminal organizations since the conflicts that began in 1991. In Mogadishu, tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and are still living in plastic and makeshift shelters, sometimes in the ruins of war-shattered buildings, and more than 1 million people are still in need of aid in a country ravaged by famine in 2011, according to the United Nations. Turkish aid agencies are involved in numerous development projects in the country, bringing visible infrastructural and health-related changes. The Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has delivered substantial aid to the Somali people, including an orphanage. TİKA has been serving the country since 2008. Several students have traveled to Turkey as participants in educational projects that have been jointly launched by TİKA and the Ministry of National Education

Hawo Tako was a remarkable woman who had played a significant role in Somalia’s struggle for independence.
Hawo Osman Tako
Tako participated in the 1948 riots in Mogadishu that followed the visit of the Four-Power Commission, where she was killed.[2]
She later became a symbol for Pan-Somalism, and her struggle was taken up by the nationalist Somali Youth League (SYL) political party. The SYL, for its part, would go on to produce numerous influential Prime Ministers and Presidents of Somalia.
In the 1970s, a monument was erected in Mogadishu in honor of Tako's sacrifice for her nation. Several schools in present-day Somalia are also named after her.

Nasra Agil, owner of Mogadishu's first dollar store, stands among her products in Mogadishu