D/Country Dir. for PDQ @savechildrenSO. Child rights advocate and champion, working to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected-MD, MScPH
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Great to represent SCI at the national launch of Somalia’s Juvenile Justice Act—a major milestone for children’s rights. The real test now is implementation: ensuring every child in contact with the law is treated with dignity, protected and given a second chance.
We handed over five CHASP-supported health facilities to the PL MOH in Garowe today under the cost recovery model. During the handover ceremony, MOU was signed and formal awards were presented to us by H. Minister Abdirahman MOH in recognition of the partnership.
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Yesterday, the UK Government announced how they planned to spend the overseas aid budget, which they slashed last year.
At precisely the moment children need more support, these decisions will hit the most vulnerable the hardest.
Even with a constrained budget, protecting children must remain non-negotiable.
We spoke with Claire Sanford, Director of Conflict and Humanitarian at Save the Children, about what UK aid cuts will mean for children and families on the ground and why we must stand shoulder to shoulder with parents across the world.
Watch the full interview here: bit.ly/3PuDZf5
Save the Children , World Vision , Plan International, and SOS Children's Villages officially launched the Joining Forces Somalia Chapter at a signing ceremony in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, on 04/02/2026
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Somaliland’s first Health Financing Conference set the stage for stronger, sustainable healthcare financing through health insurance, local government engagement, and private-sector partnerships. #HealthForAll @SLMoPND @WHOSom @SC_Somaliland
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Malnutrition among children under five in Somalia is reaching alarming levels due to aid cuts and climate change, according to Save the Children. Two young mothers at a camp for internally displaced people in Puntland share how their lives have changed in the last six months.
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Spotlighting the UK–Somalia health partnership 🤝
Development Director @PycroftC led discussions with government and NGO partners on how we can strengthen health systems and deliver better outcomes for communities across Somalia. (Part 1)
#GoFarGoTogether
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FEATURED: @channelafrica1 "Children are coming into our clinics in bad conditions... after their conditions have deteriorated." - Binyam Gebru @SaveChildrenSO omny.fm/shows/africa-update/…
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PRESS RELEASE: Nearly half of #Somalia's youngest children at risk of malnutrition amid crises and aid shortfalls. “Somalia is embroiled in a protracted crisis, which is slowly grinding down the resilience of families." - Binyam Gebru @SaveChildrenSO savethechildren.net/news/som…
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Save the Children condemns the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza. Since October 2023, 409 aid workers have been killed. Humanitarian and medical staff helping the victims of this war should never be a target and must be protected
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FEATURED: @EFEnoticias
Interview with our Somalia Acting Country Director Binyam Gebru on the impact of aid cuts on our programmes in the country
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Today we launched 'Adkeeysi' Resilience Food Security Activity project funded by BHA/USAID at the US Embassy in Mog. Adkeesi will improve the resilience and food security of the ultra-poor, socially marginalized in IDPs and surrounding host communities of Daynile and Afgoye.
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Today, Health Minister @DrAliHajiadam launched Immunization Week, announcing an ambitious plan to expand vaccinations to 5-year-olds this year.
Today at the opening ceremony of the world immunization week in Mog. which will run from 24th to 30th April. #savethechildren renewed its commitment to support Som FMHO's effort to delivery immunization services for zero dose and under-immunized children in Somalia.
