First SOS Children's Village in Somaliland officially opened

[Jacaylbaro]

01/07/2011 - On 29 June, SOS Children's Villages President Helmut Kutin officially inaugurated the SOS Children's Village in Hargeisa. The SOS Children's Village started already functioning in 2008.

 

 

It offers family-based care for children who cannot grow up within their biological family, social support for disadvantaged families and a medical centre where thousands of children and mothers are treated.

 

The ceremony was attended by the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, First Lady Amina Sheikh Mohamed, the Mayor of Hargeisa, Hissein Mohamud Jicir, government officials, as well as a Norwegian delegation and a representative from Denmark. Children and SOS mothers presented great performances with songs, poems and traditional dances. A groundbreaking ceremony for an SOS Primary School in Hargeisa also took place on the same day.

 

Mr Kutin thanked the president and all authorities in Somaliland, all mothers and co-workers for their support of the work of SOS Children's Villages. "Keep this spirit high," he said. "And may peace, prosperity and hope become a reality in Somaliland."

 

 

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