The closure of a free school providing education to more than 300 children from displaced families outside Galkayo has dealt a blow to families living in camps, Danwadag School was the only educational institution for children in the camps ofDanwadag, Donyale, and Iid-Gadud…
Somali diaspora stopped the financial support they had been giving to the teachers six months ago. The school administration said the diaspora funding organization the school depended on seems to have collapsed, Saido Ali Hersi, a mother of six, had her three elder children studying in lower and middle primary grades, but they have been out of school for months.
Parents in the camps have tried to pool resources to pay the teachers themselves but have been unable to raise sufficient funds. For many, the loss of the school is a devastating setback, not just for their children’s education but for their hopes of breaking the cycle of poverty.
