Somalia's 'Mama Hawa' Wins Prestigious Refugee Award

Hawa Aden Mohamed, the founder and director of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development in Puntland, north-eastern Somalia, has been declared the winner of the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award. Mohamed is a former refugee who chose to return to Somalia in 1995, where she launched an education programme to assist people uprooted by the country's persistent conflict and recurring droughts.

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PHOTO ESSAYS: Somalia's Hawa Aden Mohamed Wins Nansen Refugee Award

Mama Hawa Aden Mohamed oversees a tailoring class at the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development (GECPD) in Somalia.

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Photo: F Juez/UNHCR

Mama Hawa Aden Mohamed oversees a tailoring class at the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development (GECPD) in Somalia.

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