BFA Helping to Improve the Quality of Education in Somaliland (HACE-NGO) – Somaliland
Project Goal: $20,400
Current Progress: $1,000 (5.00%)
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Horn of Africa Community Empowerment (HACE-NGO) is a local non-governmental, non-political, non-profit-making and voluntary organization founded to promote good governance, development of democracy and decentralization through communities/civil society’s empowerment. HACE believes empowering the grass-roots communities by organizing and mobilizing them to actively involve and influence decision-making processes that affecting for their developmental interests and promote good governance in their local territories. Improving the good governance system at all levels from the community/village level Sub-district, district, provincial and country level is important for building social cohesion and achieving sustainable development.
Project Overview
Empowering the communities through quality education is one of HACE-NGO’s objectives in order to enable communities to have access higher quality educational facilities and increase educational opportunities in Somaliland. During the preparation period of the project, HACE-NGO visited Amoud and Hargeisa Universities which are currently the biggest universities in Somaliland. They told us their needs for improved resources through this project.
Amoud University is a highly respected public university located in the vibrant city of Borama, Awdal Region in Somaliland. Established in 1996, it is a leading institution in Somaliland that is committed to providing exceptional education and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among its students. Amoud University is a union of intellectuals dedicated to the development and wellbeing of the society through merging of ideas and dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of humanity. Amoud University has postgraduate programs including Faculties of Agriculture and Environment; Business and Economics; Computing and ICT; Engineering; Education and Sharia and Law. It has also undergraduate programs including Schools of Medicine and Surgery; Nursing and Midwifery; Laboratory Technology; Dentistry; Public Health and Nutrition and Pharmacy.
Amoud University has two libraries in which one is located at the campus of Amoud University in Borama town and second library is located at the main campus of the Amoud University in Amoud Village outside Borama town. The two libraries are still very limited textbooks and other education materials.
The University of Hargeisa is also public higher educational institution located in Hargeisa city of Somaliland. The University was established in the year 2000 with only two faculties. Currently, it consists of 10 Colleges (Agriculture, Environment, Veterinary, Business, Economics, Statistics, Education, Medicine & health science, Social science and Sharia & Law) with more than 30 undergraduate programs. It has a school of Graduate Studies, which now provides more than ten postgraduate programs.
However, during the preparation period of this project, we had successive meetings with the officials of Amoud and Hargeisa Universities in Somaliland, in which we have discussed with them the needs of the education materials especially textbooks for their libraries and they told us they have very few reference books less than 60,000 for Amoud University, while University of Hargeisa (UoH) has a newly established big Library which is empty no furniture, no textbooks and no other education materials (see the attached photo). Then, we have discussed with them the expenses needed expenses for unloading pallets of the books from the sea containers and transporting them to their final destinations/libraries and we have agreed that they are ready to set aside the cost for any necessary expenses related to unloading the books from Berbera Port to their final destination. Finally, we signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the Officials of Amoud and Hargeisa Universities. We will also continue fundraising in both locally and internationally through the BFA website. As soon as we complete full amount of fund is raised:
- The donated books will be shipped from America to Berbera Port in Somaliland.
- Distribution will be conducted in partnership with the recipient to deliver the pallets to the final destination.
Therefore, with the support of the Books for Africa (BFA) the Improving Quality of the Education Project in Somaliland is aimed to establish modern libraries for the two biggest universities (Amoud and Hargeisa) to enhance their education excellences. This project will have impact beyond the education institutions, but it will also empower the whole communities in Somaliland. So, in investing this project will enhance the quality of education in Somaliland, thousands of students and teachers will benefit it.
In the initial phase of the project, our fundraising target is $20,400, which will cover the cost of shipping and logistics required for one 40-foot container (approximately 25,000 books) from United States to the Port Authority in Berbera of Somaliland.
Project Objectives:
The objectives of the Improving Quality of the Education Project in Somaliland are to:
- Improve the community’s access to higher quality of education material (textbooks and accessories of e-resources) and
- Enable students obtain their necessary textbooks that facilitate for their academic tracks.
- Enhance the quality of educators in Somaliland and their academic performances to compete with the international students.
- Support teachers to improve their way of teaching/methods by making to obtain high quality teaching material.
Why This Project is Important
Somaliland education institutions have libraries that are severely under-resourced. We have visited several Universities (Amoud and Hargeisa), they have libraries with very limited reference textbooks. Amoud and Hargeisa Universities are the biggest universities in Somaliland, they told us their needs for improved resources through this project.
The main challenge for improving the quality of the education in Somaliland to support and establish libraries with higher quality education materials and strong library management system. Therefore, investing this project will enhance the quality of education in Somaliland, thousands of students will benefit it.
Therefore, Horn of Africa Community Empowerment (HACE-NGO) is requesting you to support costs of shipping for the books and computers to the port of Berbera.
Target Beneficiaries of the Project
- Direct beneficiaries: The direct beneficiaries of this project will be University Students and their teachers in Somaliland especially students of University of Hargeisa (UoH) in Hargeisa city of Marodi-jex Region and Amoud University in Borama city of Awdal Region in Somaliland.
- Indirect beneficiaries: The indirect beneficiaries of this project will be University Students and their teachers in all regions of Somaliland.
Implementation Plan
Our future plan is to raise funds to ship more containers of books, used computers and used sport’s gear and soccer balls from America to Berbera Port in Somaliland. The beneficiaries will be at all levels of educations institutions including schools and universities and public libraries in the districts and regions of Somaliland.
The project of improving the quality of the education in Somaliland will be several successive phases. In this initial phase of the project we are going raise funds for the costs of shipping and logistics for the first container which we will provide the books to the new Library for the University of Hargeisa (UoH).
In this Textbooks for the new Library of University of Hargeisa (UoH) Project, our fundraising target is $20,400, which will cover the cost of shipping and logistics required for a 40-foot container (University textbooks of approximately 25,000 books) from United States to the Port Authority in Berbera of Somaliland. Therefore, your donations will help us shipping transport and deliver these essential educational resources to the New Library for University of Hargeisa.
Point of contact: Abdikadir Tukaale - abdikadirprogrammanager@hacehornofafrica.org