ABUDWAQ HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSAL

Brief Background

Abudwaq is a small city located in the region of Galgudud, central Somalia, 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Dhuusamarreeb and 15km (9 miles) east of the Ethiopian and the Somali border line. Abudwaq is a relatively smal city with an estimated population of 40-50,000 people residing in and around the city. It provides services to a larger nomadic population living in the surrounding areas. Like any other urban town in Somalia, Abudwaq’s population swells during the day as people from the surrounding areas come into the city for trade and services. It is possible to find a mixture of people and activities in the city center on a daily basis—from herders watering their camels to locals managing their general stores.

The District of Abudwaq was founded by nomadic communities in the earlier part of the 20th century. It started out as a place with a water well that nomad families frequently visited for their water needs and slowly transformed into a permanent settlement. To this day, a significant majority of the region’s population are nomads though urbanization seems to be taking place a pace putting an ever increasing demand on the city. Abudwaq is a border town that serves the populations on both sides of the border because there is even less service available across the border in Ethiopian side.

SDF MISSION

The Somali Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization established in 2005 with a vision to provide both primary and post-secondary education to the people of Somalia. The mission is to produce educated, productive and competitive new generations of Somali youth so as to promote economic development, political stability and social equality

SDF OBJECTIVE

Our main objective is to find and solicit capital and financial resources to support social services, school facilities and teaching equipments, and rural development as well as other economic development projects SDF also have the follwing objectives:

• To engage Somali Diaspora to participate in the reconciliation, rebuilding and development of Somalia
• To help repatriate academic professionals or qualified teachers in the Somali Diaspora
• To establish a centralized, standardized and quality curriculum in Somali education system
• To increase accessibility and encourage girls participation in both basic and post-secondary education
• To promote gender and social equality.