Garowe, Puntland, Somalia
Education
Education
Supported communities in running and rehabilitating school infrastructures mainly with funding from the Diaspora. Horn Vision (HV) supports the management and running of Ufeyn primary school with funds raised by community business people and Diaspora. Horn Vision (HV) also supported the training of youth and adult education classes in Ufeyn and other villages in Bari region of Somalia.
From March 2017 – To date Horn Vision (HV) in partnership with Samaritan’s Purse and Global Aid Network (GAIN) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Learning supported communities by providing teaching and learning materials and recreational kits to more than 39,000 school children and orphans in 38 primary schools and orphan centers throughout Puntland. Moreover, Horn Vision supported distribution of FMSC Rice nutrition supplies to over 9,000 school children in 31 primary schools and orphanage centers in Puntland. This enables schools and centers to feed students at school, creating a better learning atmosphere in classes and motivating pupils to attend classes, increasing enrolment and retention.
We have also collaborated with the Ministry of Education & Higher Learning to conduct an awareness campaign to improve the safety of learning environments. The “Non-abusive and Friendly Learning Environment” targeted more than 50 schools in the Bari region.
HV supported the management and running of a Primary School in Ufeyn Bari, also contributing to the training of youth and delivery of adult education classes in Ufeyn and surrounding villages.
In close collaboration with the Ministry of Women Development and Family Affairs (MoWDAFA), Horn Vision (HV) supported a joint response mission led by the MoWDAFA Minister to the coastal settlements affected by Cyclone GATI in Puntland by provided learning materials and nutritious fortified food to 900 school going children in the Cyclone affected areas in Bari region in January 2020.
From the onset of Cyclone GATI, HV in partnership with the Ministry of Education & Higher Learning embarked upon an initiative dubbed Student-to-Student Assistance which aims to collect in-kind donations of learning materials from students with the relatively stable families in the major urban centers of Bossaso, Garowe, Galkaio and Gardo to support the students from the less fortunate families with particular emphasis on the those severely affected by the aftermath of Cyclone GATI. In this endeavor, we have managed to collect an in-kind donation of 7,134 exercise books and 21,447 pens/pencils to support a total of 2,423 (1,194 Boys and 1124 Girls) school going destitute children in seven primary schools in Hafun, two in Bossaso and one in Iskushuban.
Since 2018, Horn Vision in collaboration with Ministry of Education, TVET department and the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Sports implemented a number of youth livelihoods skills and entrepreneurship training programs in Bari, Nugaal and Mudug regions. The main purpose of these youth skills training programs were to create and enhance livelihoods skills for youth and contribute in the reduction of prevailing high unemployment rate among youth in Puntland mainly through livelihood and entrepreneurship skills and small grants. In 2018, a total of 80 youth from vulnerable and marginalized communities including IDPs were reached by such youth livelihood and entrepreneurship skills trainings in Bosaso, Garowe and Galkayo of Bari, Nugaal and Mudug regions. Currently, Horn Vision is implementing the UPSHIFT Innovative Youth Livelihoods Project funded by UNICEF Puntland office. The project targets 100 youth (60% girls) from different categories such as Minority communities, Communities living in poverty, Persons with Disability (PWD), Out of School Youth, Returnees from Tahriib, GBV Survivors, Youth in conflict with the law, Children released from Armed Conflict.
Horn Vision mobilizes communities to achieve higher student enrolment through routine outreach activities. This involves enrolment campaigns, the use of Information, Education, and Communication materials, and conducting direct advocacy with parents, encouraging them to enroll their children in schools.
