Somalia: Post-Tsunami School Project
A news dispatch from UNICEF says:
Before the tsunami of 26 December 2004, Hafun was a thriving fishing village off the coast of north-eastern Somalia, with a population of 5,000 and a quiet existence in an otherwise conflict-ridden country. There was one tiny classroom to serve the village’s 460 children aged 6 - 13. Only 50 of those children attended school and just 15 of those were girls. The tsunami brought devastation, but it also brought much attention to Hafun. The event served to remind the world of a neglected Somalia that has been without even the most basic educational infrastructure for the last 14 years. This neglect has denied Somalia’s children their right to an education.
This is a shameful example of how the UN always trivializes the tragic political and economic situation in Somalia and the agony of our people. In all accounts, Somalia is man-made tragic mess beyond human imagination. It is a country going down the drain to oblivion while the world watches. Indeed, the UNICEF itself acknowledged that Somalia is a forgotten emergency that nobody cares. Still, the UN seems to imply that Somalia is better off now than it was before simply because UNICEF build a lousy one room “school†in Hafun; a town ravaged by the Tsunami! Shame on you!
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