Contrasting Somalia and Somaliland

Posted on May 6, 2013 in Blog, Edna Adan, Somaliland | 0 comments Yan Digilov, Chief Strategist for Firestarter, talks about his discovery of a place called Somaliland which has never been recognized by any government and was thoroughly neglected by the major NGO’s. See below for full video. Here are excerpts. “As a hypothetical exercise, picture in your head a country in Africa limping into the end of the 20th Century facing widespread disease,...
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Edna Hospital Graduate awarded $10,000

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 in Blog, Somaliland | 0 comments Half the Sky Movement has partnered with Students Rebuild, a collaborative initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation that mobilizes young people worldwide to connect, learn and take collective action on critical global issues. Five young women were recognized and celebrated. Their efforts will be amplified by a $10,000 prize ($50,000 total). In its inaugural year, the Students Rebuild Awards...
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Edna Speaks About FGM

Posted on Apr 28, 2013 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 3 comments During Edna’s recent visit to the USA, she was invited to Ohio University to participate in a conference, Women and Children’s Health in Africa: Clinical and Social Perspectives. Edna’s presentation is wide-ranging. She begins by speaking about Female Genital Mutilation, and then goes on to discuss her important education-related work. Educating against FGM while also training...
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On Faith and Future

Posted on Feb 22, 2013 in Hospital News, Somaliland | 2 comments by Liz Connor From the roof of the hospital, I watch the frenetic rush that marks the end of the day here. Women painted in brilliant color carrying sacks of vegetables and meat open the gates to their simple homes, ready to nourish their children. Men get up from café tables, lock shop doors, and honk their horns in impatience with traffic. The clouds become backlit by an orange sun as the...
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Year End Newsletter 2012

Posted on Dec 17, 2012 in Edna Adan, Hospital News, Somaliland | 3 comments 2012 has been another busy year which also saw the graduation of our first 21 midwives who obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Midwifery. As always, training of health workers remains our priority because without competent health workers, patients cannot be looked after as they should. For this reason, we have launched the Edna Adan University where 200 students have registered with us to...
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Somaliland Should be Recognized

Posted on Nov 27, 2012 in Somaliland | 0 comments Somaliland is holding an election on Wednesday. The country has won international praise for past elections, deemed “Free and Fair,” and the many international election observers here this time have been well pleased. What Somaliland lacks is international recognition. Here is a real nice summary of the situation written by a young University of Maryland student, John Ford. When...
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An Epic Journey to Somaliland

Posted on Sep 8, 2012 in Blog, Hospital News, Somaliland | 4 comments Explorer Christopher Stanfield is embarking on his most profound adventure to date… Trekking over land and sea, across the vast barren desert of north east Africa, from Port Sudan down through the Red Sea to Djibouti, across the immense Djibouti terrain descending into the rugged mass of Somaliland, continuing on to his final destination Edna Adan’s Maternity hospital. This world...
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Somaliland: A Pocket Of Stability In A Chaotic Region

Posted on Aug 29, 2012 in Somaliland | 0 comments America’s National Public Radio has broadcast a report from Somaliland, saying the country offers huge investment potential right now because it’s a wide open market without competition. A new investor could come in and gain a “tremendous market share.” The report centers on the new Coca Cola bottling plant. “Somalia is synonymous with failed states, pirates and...
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Ask Edna

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 0 comments United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) has published to her web site, Off The Sidelines, a page of Questions and Answers, questions from her Book Club members addressed to Edna Adan. The goal of Sen. Gillibrand’s group is to make more women aware of the need to be involved in the decisions that affect their lives every day and to let women know that their voice matters, to give them...
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Skirball Center Interview

Posted on Jan 4, 2012 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 0 comments The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has published an account of Edna’s visit there in late November, including an interview. Edna discusses the challenges she faced in building the hospital and talks about her work now. “I try to give women in my community an opportunity. They are my army, my soldiers.” The Skirball is host to an exhibit Women Hold Up Half the Sky based...
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Edna’s TEDx Video now available

Posted on Dec 24, 2011 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 3 comments Edna was invited to Geneva three weeks ago to address a TEDx conference where she spoke about Somaliland and the building of the Edna Hospital. She described how important is the training of midwives to the goal of reducing high rates of maternal and infant mortality. If Edna, beginning at the age of 60, in a war-ravaged and unrecognized country can accomplish her goal to build a hospital and...
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Year End Newsletter 2011

Posted on Dec 17, 2011 in Edna Adan, Hospital News, Somaliland | 3 comments 2011 has been another year when once again, the Edna Adan Hospital was blessed with so many new developments as well as new friends. As our friends know, Edna started out as a Maternity hospital but in 2011 we’ve seen many new services and procedures that have changed the lives of people in Somaliland. Here are some of the examples of the 514 operations performed since January, 2011: 185...
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