Wasiirka Daakhiliga Oo Qaraxyadii 29-kii Oktoobar Ku Eedeeyay Inay Ka Dambeeyeen Urrurka Al-Shabaab

Hargeysa (XarshinOnline) Wasiirka daakhiliga C/llaahi Ismaaciil Ciro ayaa sheegay in qaraxyadii 29-kii bishii hore ka dhacay gobo ku yaala caasimada Hargeysa inay ka dambeeyeen ururka Al-shabaab,ka dib markii uu maanta shirjaraa;id oo uu xafiiskiisa ku dhawaaqay natiijadii ka soo baxday baadhista weeraradii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee 29-kii October 2008 lala beegsaday Madaxtooyada, Xafiiska Safaaradda Itoobiya ku leedahay Somaliland iyo xafiiska hay’ada UNDP magaalada Hargeysa.
Wasiirku waxa uu sheegay in tiradii dadkii qaraxyadaas fuliyey ay dhammaayeen lix qof oo mid ka mid ahi uu u dhashay Somaliland, halka shanta kalena ay ka soo jeedaan koonfurta Soomaaliya, kuwaas oo uu sheegay in laba ka mid ah si toos ah u aqoonsadeen,inkasta oo aanu magacooda sheegin xubnahaasi ay aqoonsadeen.
“Dhacdadii dhacday 29-kii October ee dhimashada, dhaawaca iyo khasaarahaba geysatay ee Dawlada Somaliland gil-gilshay waxa laga joogaa maanta sagaal iyo labaatan maalmood, muddadaasna waxa lagu gudo jiray baadhis si xaqiiqada loo ogaado, iyada oo ay weli baadhisteedii socoto oo ay natiijada u danbeysa maxkamadu leedahay ayaan doonayaa maanta inaan idiin iftiimiyo oo ummada u sheegno in badan ayey dhegtu taagnayd, weerarkaas ciddii ka dambeysay ee soo abaabushay ee Madaxda ka ahayd ee hawlgalka fulisay kuwii dhintay iyo kuwa noolba meelkastaa oo ay joogaan-ba waxa weeyaan Ururka la yidhaahdo Al-shabaab,” ayuu yidhi Wasiir C/laahi Ciro.
Wasiir C/laahi Cirro oo ka hadlayey dhacdadan ugu dambaysay cidda ka fulisay iyo cidda ka dambaysayba wuxuu yidhi; “Kiiskan ugu dambeeyey Axmed Cabdi Godane iyo Mukhtaar Al-Mansoor Roobow labadoodaasi ayaa abaabulkiisa lahaa, halkan ninka isaguna abaabulaha koowaad ka ahaa waxa la yidhaa Cabdifataax Cabdilaahi Guutaale oo Green Card mareykan ah sita inuu sax ahaa iyo in kale mooyaane Baasaboor Soomaali ahna laba jeer kaga soo degay marna Airport-ka Hargeysa kagana dhoofay labada goorba Baasaboorka, waa isla kii hase yeeshee, Magaca ayaa kala beddelen, marna waxa u qoran Cabdilaahi Guutaale, marna waxa u qoran Axmed Muuse iyo Nin-kale oo la yidhaahdo Nuur Sheekh Muxumed oo baxsaday iyo nimanka iminka arrintan u xidhan oo markaan maxkamada u gudbino aad xaqiiqdooda ogaan doontaan.”
Wasiirku waxa uu sheegay in aanay ahayn markii ugu horreysay ee Al-shabaab soo weerarto Somaliland, balse ay ka dambeysay weeraradii hore uga dhacay ee lagu laayey dad ajaanib ah oo hawlo samafal u joogay dalka.
Isaga oo arrimahaa ka hadlayana wuxuu yidhi; “Kooxda Al-shaabab markii ugu horreysay ee ay Somaliland soo weerarto maaha, waxay soo weerartay marar badan oo is-daba jooga weerarkii ugu horreeyey waxa uu dhacay 19/9/2000, waxay afduubeen gaadhi ay lahayd WFP, kooxdii Afduubtay waxa madax ka ahaa Nin-kii la odhan jiray Kuutiye ee kooxdii Dhoqoshay-na watay waxa ku xigay dilkii nin la odhan jiray Martin oo 30 Dec 2002 ee Huteel Star horteeda ka dhacay”
Waxaanu intaa raaciyay “waxa ku xigay dilkii dhacay 05/10 2003 oo Boorma ka dhacay ee Alaneli tonelli loo geystay, waxa ku xigay dilkii lamaanihii dugsiga sheikh oo isaguna dhacay 8 November 2003, waxa ku xigay dhacdadii lacagta ahayd ee Wajaale laga dhacay 22 Novenber 2003, waxa ku xigay dilkii gabadhii Sawaaxiliyada ahayd ee lagu dilay tuulada la yidhaahdo Diin-qal 19/3/2004, waxa ku xigay miino aad u fara badnayd oo lagu qabtay Hargeysa 27 April 2006, waxa ku xigay hawlgal ballaadhnaa oo lala doonayey goob-joogayaashii doorashadii Barlamaanka oo Xamar laga soo abaabulay oo nimanka Al-shabab Madaxda ka ah gaar ahaan Aadan Xaashi Cayrow iyo ninka layidhaahdo Axmed Cabdi Godone, Ibraahim Jaamac Meecaad ay soo abaabuleen kaasina waxa uu dhacay 22 September 2005, waxa kooxda madax u ahaa Axmed Cabdi- Godane waagaas ayuu ka baxsaday Somaliland intii ka danbeysayna waa Madaxda Sare ee Al-shabaab.”Ayuu yidhi wasiirku
Waxaanu ugu dambeyntii wasiir C/laahi ciro yidhi “Cadowga Somaliland ee ilaa maalinta hore ilaa maanta waxa kiisas ah ee is-daba jooga ah cidda ka masuulka ah ee aan caalamkana u sheegaynaa, ummada Somaliland-na aanu u sheegaynaa ee aanu leenahay waa cadowgiina 1-aad ee ogaada Waa Al-shabaab , iyaaga Madax ka ah maalintii dhawayd markii ay arrintani dhacday waxa uu ina Cabdi- Godane ku khudbadeeyey Waajibaad ayaa la soo gutay aad iyo aad ayey ugu riyaaqeen, waxa isaguna ku jiray Xasan Turki,” ayuu yidhi Wasiirku.

Source: Somaliland.org

Six month review of Somalia Aids Orphan Project

After six months of operations, our field report shows the new SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa is already making a significant impact on the local community.

Officially about 1.8% of the population of Hargeisa, capital of Somalia, is HIV positive. However Chris Jalle, family strengthening programme coordinator of SOS Children Somalia remarks that due to the stigma attached to the condition there, many more cases go unreported.

HIV/AIDS is seen as a curse on those who are infected. This results in, at best, very little public information about the condition, and at worst, a complete denial that it exists in Somalia.


Mrs A is a typical recipient of help from SOS Children. A widowed mother of four children, is HIV positive and was ostracised by her family when they found out. Her first husband died and she married again, but when her second husband discovered her condition he abandoned her and her children. So Mrs A moved away from the security of her family and community and lives with her four children in a house made from bits of cardboard, old sacks, pieces of corrugated iron, fragments of PVC groundsheet and branches from trees. Considering the material, it is surprisingly well built and the only light inside comes through the slit of the door.

Mrs A has lived in this dwelling for two and a half years with the support of an organisation called Talowadag, which is a coalition of community-based projects dealing with HIV/AIDS. The SOS Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) in Hargeisa has partnered with Talowadag, and with their help Mrs A and her family were identified as an urgent case in need of medical and social support. While anti-retroviral drugs are supplied free to Mrs A by a Hargeisa hospital, she is now able to receive free medical care at the SOS Medical Centre. Her children also receive free medical care.

The SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa opened in June 2008 and is the most modern clinic in the town. With nine full time staff, two part time doctors and several well qualified volunteers, it is currently looking after 65 families with 387 children registered in the family strengthening programme, along with the rest of the local community. For those not on the programme it is primarily a mother and child clinic, giving ante and post natal care, together with an 'under fives' programme which monitors growth and, in partnership with UNICEF, offers free immunization.

In January 2009 the baby delivery room will also be operational. At the moment 90% of deliveries are carried out at home, so it is anticipated that only the complicated cases will come to the medical centre. However, a traditional birth attendant will be attached to the centre and it is planned to train more of them to assist in home deliveries. As in the SOS Mother and Child Clinic in Mogadishu, all deliveries will be free while other standard services will cost the equivalent of a 50 US cents registration fee.

High demand for health care in Hargeisa
Chris Jalle relates that on the day of opening about 150 patients came from all over Hargeisa for treatment and the staff found it difficult to cope. "Now we have had to restrict he patients to neighbouring areas and FSP beneficiaries", he says, "and we have stabilized at 40 to 50 patients a day".

The social and medical centre also includes a voluntary counselling and testing centre, meant to provide counselling for all needs, but particularly HIV/AIDS, a laboratory, an observation room, a pharmacy and the above mentioned immunization programme. "Somaliland has lowest coverage of immunization in the world" , states Chris Jalle, "so we really want to focus on this."

With this sort of support at least Mrs A and her family's medical needs will be met and as a beneficiary of the FSP, she will also be trained in income generating skills and supported with start-up funds, which should eventually help her improve her living conditions.

By acknowledging and confronting her illness, despite losing the support and love of her family, Mrs A has been recognised as a needy beneficiary of the SOS FSP and is managing to keep her little family together. Cultural attitudes may prevent other women from asking for help and changing attitudes will take time, but Chris Jalle is confident that by June 2009, 1, 000 children will be supported by the SOS FSP at the SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa, while many more from the community will be treated on a daily basis.

Caring for the community at the SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa in Somaliland

The new SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa, which opened in June 2008, is already making a big impact (November 2008).
According to statistics, about 1.8% of the population of Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, is HIV positive. So says Chris Jalle, family strengthening programme coordinator of SOS Children's Villages Somaliland, who also adds that, due to the stigma attached to the condition in Somaliland, many more cases go unreported. In fact the stigma is such that HIV/AIDS is seen as a curse on those who are infected. This in turn results in, at best, very little public information about the condition, and at worst, a complete denial that it exists in Somaliland.
HIV positive people are often ostracised
Aisha*, a widowed mother of four children, is HIV positive and was ostracised by her family when they found out. Her first husband died and she married again, but when her second husband discovered her condition he abandoned her and her children. So Aisha moved away from the security of her family and community and lives with her four children in a house made from bits of cardboard, old sacks, pieces of corrugated iron, fragments of PVC groundsheet and branches from trees. Considering the material, it is surprisingly well built and the only light inside comes through the slit of the door.
Aisha has lived in this dwelling for two and a half years with the support of an organisation called Talowadag, which is a coalition of community-based projects dealing with HIV/AIDS. The SOS Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) in Hargeisa has partnered with Talowadag, and with their help Aisha and her family were identified as an urgent case in need of medical and social support. While anti-retroviral drugs are supplied free to Aisha by a Hargeisa hospital, she is now able to receive free medical care at the SOS Medical Centre, for opportunistic infections that often afflict HIV positive people. Her children too receive free medical care.
Traditional birth attendants to be trained
The SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa opened in June 2008 and is the most modern clinic in the town. With nine full time staff, two part time doctors and several well qualified volunteers, it is currently looking after 65 families with 387 children registered in the family strengthening programme. For those not on the programme it is primarily a mother and child clinic, giving ante and post natal care, together with an 'under fives' programme which monitors growth and, in partnership with UNICEF, offers free immunization.
In January 2009 the baby delivery room will also be operational. At the moment 90% of deliveries are carried out at home, so it is anticipated that only the complicated cases will come to the medical centre. However, a traditional birth attendant will be attached to the centre and it is planned to train more of them to assist in home deliveries. As in the SOS Mother and Child Clinic in Mogadishu, all deliveries will be free while other standard services will cost the equivalent of a 50 US cents registration fee.
Medical centre very popular in Hargeisa
Chris Jalle relates that on the day of opening about 150 patients came from all over Hargeisa for treatment and the staff found it difficult to cope. "Now the patients are restricted to neighbouring areas and FSP beneficiaries', he says, and we have stabilized at 40 to 50 patients a day".
The social and medical centre also includes a voluntary counselling and testing centre, meant to provide counselling for all needs, but particularly HIV/AIDS, a laboratory, an observation room, a pharmacy and the above mentioned immunization programme. "Somaliland has lowest coverage of immunization in the world", states Chris Jalle, "so we really want to focus on this."
With this sort of support at least Aisha and her family's medical needs will be met and as a beneficiary of the FSP, she will also be trained in income generating skills and supported with start-up funds, which should eventually help her improve her living conditions.
By acknowledging and confronting her illness, despite losing the support and love of her family, Aisha has been recognised as a needy beneficiary of the SOS FSP and is managing to keep her little family together. Cultural attitudes may prevent other women from asking for help and changing attitudes will take time, but Chris Jalle is confident that by June 2009, 1, 000 children will be supported by the SOS Family Strengthening Programme at the SOS Social and Medical Centre Hargeisa, while many more from the community will be treated on a daily basis.
*Name has been changed for privacy reasons.