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Somaliland

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S malila d is a breakaway territ ry S malia. It is perched the c ast the Gul Ade . This semi-desert la d ce h sted a i te se battle betweeS malila d military dictat r Siad Barre a d rebel guerrillas. The a termath le t

th usa ds killed a d t w s destr yed.

Siad Barre was verthr w i 1991 a d S malila d has bee campaig i gr s vereig ty ever si ce. The pe ple are determi ed a d str g a d a 2001

re ere dum sh wed verwhelmi g supp rt r its sel -declared i depe de ce.

Th ugh t yet i ter ati ally rec g ised, S malila d has a w rki g p liticalsystem, g ver me t i stituti s, a p lice rce a d its w curre cy. Yet despitea thrivi g busi ess sect r, the ec my is still largely depe de t m ey se t

h me t S malila d r m dispersed amily members. Imp rta t s urces i c me are the p rt duties paid by la dl cked Ethi pia, a d livest ck exp rts.

P verty a d u empl yme t are widespread, a d th ugh S malila d has escapedmuch the vi le ce that e s ared S malia, it is still vul erable.

TEAR Fu d is helpi g t pr vide h pe a d pp rtu ities r p r amilies iS malila ds capital, Hargeisa. C - u ded with TEAR Fu d UK a d perati g

thr ugh the Gargaar Charity, the S malila d Peace, Capacity a d Aware essBuildi g Pr ject is pr vidi g the target area with health, educati a dmicr e terprise i itiatives.

The pr ject is addressi g HIV/AIDS by emp weri g c mmu ity structures.Devel pi g a sustai ed resp se t HIV/AIDS a d educati i itiatives are keys

t reduci g the diseases prevale ce. Als , the pr ject is adv cati g r i creasedaccess r the p r t adequate health care by e gagi g l cal a d g ver me tleaders t recti y limitati s i the curre t system. P st-Traumatic Stress Dis rder is a ther c mm stri g, as pe ple deal with its hist ry war a d vi le ce.Trai i g i the ide tifcati a d treatme t su erers are bei g pr vided r this.

Micr e terprise is e ectively bri gi g amilies ut p verty with Sel -HelpGr ups. These gr ups are me t red i busi ess skills, begi a savi gs schemea d r tate small busi ess l a s r m their savi gs t create livelih ds r themembers. Teacher trai i g, pr m ti g educati r childre a d v cati al

trai i g r 450 u empl yed a d ex-militia y uth c mprise the educatic mp e t the pr ject. Thr ugh u di g this c mprehe sive mi istry t thep r, TEAR Fu d is helpi g t shape the uture S malila d.

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Full ame: Somaliland

Populatio : 3.5 million(Somaliland government estimate)

Capital: Hargeisa

Major la guages: Somali, Arabic, English

Major religio : Islam

Life expecta cy: 48 years (men), 51 years (women)

Mo etary u it: Somaliland shilling

Mai exports: Livestock

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Ahmed lived by the gu . His ther qualifcati s i cludedh ldi g up pe ple i the street, l ti g, a d bei g a khat addict.But tha ks t the w rk bei g d e by TEAR Fu ds part er i

the Gargaar Pr ject, S malila d, he has tur ed his li e ar u d.

Ahmed was a militia ma duri g the civil war, but that did tst p whe he retur ed t civilia li e. Ahmed w uld st ppe ple i the street, dema d m ey a d w uld eve kill th sewh re used t give it t him. F r ma y years his li e c ti uedas a r uti e cycle his rmer qualities.

It was ly a ter layi g d w his gu a d j i i g the Gargaar Pr ject u ded by TEAR Fu d whe Ahmeds li e bega tcha ge. Thr ugh v cati al trai i g a d c u seli g, Ahmed

w has a m re p sitive utl k li e a d is sel -empl yedi the c structi i dustry ear i g $15 a day. His vi le t pastis w frmly behi d him a d he is married with tw childre .The skills he has gai ed have give him a utl k r

the uture a d he says he is l ki g rward t expa di g hisbusi ess, whereas be re he c uld t see bey d his ext fx

khat.

The TEAR Fu d Gargaar C mmu ity Devel pme t Pr ject iS malila d is addressi g ma y the s cial a d health eeds

the c mmu ity i which it is i v lved.

There are umer us causes p verty i S malila d, i cludi grece t civil war which has traumatised the pe ple a d le tma y livi g as re ugees. Little educati , high u empl yme t,HIV/AIDS a d p r agriculture have als c tributed tpe ples scarce li estyles.

The Gargaar Pr ject is tackli g ma y these pr blems thr ugh mea s peace-buildi g a d by addressi g theec mical, s cial, psych l gical a d em ti al eeds thepe ple. It d es this thr ugh v cati al trai i g, w me s sel -help gr ups a d educati .

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address the r t causes p verty t just the sympt ms.

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Tear Fu d takes a h listic appr ach t all its pr jects which takes the l calc mmu ity a j ur ey tra s rmati thr ugh impr ved physical, s cial a dec mic circumsta ces, a d te a i dividual level, spiritual cha ge.

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