Somali Single Mothers!

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Plight Of Single Mothers

 

 

The 16 year Somali un-Civil war has resulted in the abundance of foreign and locally residing single mothers, orphans and irresponsible Qat Chewing men and warlords.

 

Consequently, many Somali families have migrated to the far corners of the globe, mostly women and kids, apart from divorcees, who are also many, the rest of thier husbands are, either dead, mentally dead, due to Qat narcotic chewing or struggling to make ends meet away from family.

 

In light of the above, a generation of kids are being raised away from home ( Somalia), with no father figure in their lives, no direction and very little supervision, a mix that will create the next surprise for complacent parents, familiar faces, and unfamiliar culture and ways of living.

 

These families, who are refugees, will never fit back again in the socities in which they have lived before the civil war, nor can they integrate in the western world for the apparent hate culture in these countries, sooner or later, they will have to come back home, and when that happens, if you come aacross these creatures and have never left Somalia before, your are in for a surprise.

 

For those of you who live in Bosaaso, or Hargeisa, I am sure you know what I am talkning about, Somali teens from Denmark or the Gulf, hanging around in your neighborhoods for what is locally known as " Dhaqan Celin"

 

By the time the kid is shipped to Somalia for the Dhaqan Celin, a non-reversable damage is done, the kid is confused, and is further alienated by all the "nonsense Waano" he feels bombarded by loving family members.

 

Here we have a real problem, the root of this problem is the absence of a father figure who must have guided the kid before this point of no return.

 

So, as a community, if we let this problem continue, many more kids will be lost forever to fall between the cracks, which will create the next warlord generation, this time, German or Danish speaking warlords.

 

We need to change direction of the this scary future trend, we need to face the problem when its managable, at the core, at home, we need volunteers to act as big bothers Adeers, or big sisters for kids of single mothers.

 

 

Have your say, yaa gowsa weyn!

 

1. We need ideas if its feasible.

a. If yes, then how to implement.

2. How to break down the work, and classify it, such as : Single mother families at home, or abroad, wealthy, vs poor, etc.

 

 

The forum is open. Marti Ha Iska Dhigin!

 

 

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