Blog - My Return To Somalia
Fatumo Farah is the director of the Netherlands-based development organization HIRDA and a mother of three children. After 18 years she returns to her country of origin, Somalia, to assess the situation of drought victims in the southern central part of the country, especially in the Gedo region, one of the most affected areas.
Fatumo Farah in Eastligh, Nairobi
Fatumo Farah in a refugee camp in southern Somalia
Severely damaged mosque in southern Somalia
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Somalia:
Blog Day One - Leaving the Netherlands for Somalia
RNW Africa, 5 September 2011
Fatumo Farah is the director of the diaspora development organization HIRDA and a mother of three children. She is returning to her country of origin, Somalia, after 18 years to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Blog Day Two - Arriving in Nairobi
RNW Africa, 6 September 2011
Fatumo Farah is the director of the diaspora development organization HIRDA and a mother of three children. She is returning to her country of origin, Somalia, after 18 years to… Read more »
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Somalia:
Blog Day Three - "Little Mogadishu"
RNW Africa, 7 September 2011
Fatumo Farah is the director of the diaspora development organization HIRDA and a mother of three children. She is returning to her country of origin, Somalia, after 18 years to… Read more »
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Somalia:
Blog Day Four - Almost There
RNW Africa, 9 September 2011
We arrived at a local airport called Wilson in Nairobi at 10:00 to board a flight to Madera, a border town with Somalia. We were standing outside with other passengers. I… Read more »
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Somalia:
Blog Day Five - Crossing the Somalian border
RNW Africa, 9 September 2011
On Tuesday 12 August our field team had arranged to meet with the Mandera District Commissioner in order to obtain a border crossing permission. Mandera is a town in the North… Read more »
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Somalia:
Blog Day Six - Second Visit to a Refugee Camp
RNW Africa, 9 September 2011
Fatumo Farah is the director of the Netherlands-based development organization HIRDA and a mother of three children. After 18 years she returns to her country of origin, Somalia,… Read more »
