Somaliland Social Problems
We can’t deny that Somaliland is one of, under-developing countries besides geopolitical located place which is well-known in conflict: conflict is major part that cause delay of society, In Somaliland Social Problems they are uncountable most important ones are:-
Health
Health is one of major challenge that mostly effect Somaliland civil society in many dimension , and you will realize this problem only if you visit the medical Hospitals in Somaliland , they are expensive no quality control , and there is no medical court , that arrest if medical professional did a crime , Somaliland medical professionals didn’t know which disease is most killer in order to make prevention , because there is no date towards these problems , Somaliland medical Professionals forget the medical principle “ first do no harm “ their major duty is to save the peoples life , not become money oriented , and Ministry of health must take examinations for Medical staff , because it’s essential that the person working in Hospital must have medical knowledge.
Way forward
- Ministry of health must assign a group of professionalism which took examination all medical staffs in Somaliland
- Ministry of health must make research laboratory, in order to know epidemic diseases in Somaliland to make suitable prevention
- Medical Associations must be people health oriented not income oriented
- Government should give ministry of health extra budget to do above project with accountability
- Somaliland civil society should protect their environment, because poor west management is major source of diseases
There are unlimited problems, but keep in mind in 17th century, the world was same in poverty and disease, Europe and America were suffering the infectious disease that we are suffering today, in addition Somaliland has both problems of communicable and non-communicable diseases, of course development didn’t come for one day but a lot of thinking with action
Educational problems
Education is the key that can develop a country, and in 21th century its well-know that states without resource, like Japan make development because of quality of their education , Japan is the only state in globe that were used by Nuclear weapon in 1945 , still they are misery which is caused by nuclear like genetic abnormalities , but Japan realize that their major resource is not natural resource but its Human resource.
So Somaliland has human resource , which is approximately 50% of Somaliland population is youth , so its duty of ministry of education to protect quality of education and make same curriculum in all schools and universities , I have been taken in Saudi curriculum , when I was in elementary school , there are many youth who are same like me taken , UAE curriculum , Kenyan Curriculum , UK, Curriculum , Sudan Curriculum , Turkish Curriculum ect ; for the coming future every child will be citizen for the country that he/she took their curriculum , so who will be Somali lander? Along with 12 years of basic studying, is reputation and only losing a time for the youth because every child in Somaliland took classes in week 36 hours , if I say every day start from7:00am -12:am , including break times , this means every month 144 hours and every year 1,500 hours approximately , but think about how many hours are left, Time has particular meaning it’s the only asset that human being have and a minute you lose will never came back.
Way forward
- Ministry of Education must make single curriculum for Schools and Universities along with single price for all schools, to prevent social classes which seems the poor are getting poorer and rich become richer.
- 12 Year of basic study must become approximately 8-7 years and increase the hours of studying.
- Ministry of education should make a productive policy towards technical schools and formal schools
- “Educational system view children as human becoming that they explicitly preparing for work , we learn skills and knowledge , as well as about society norms , values and beliefs which are necessary for our survival and ultimately about society survival “Nicola Ansell
Migration for youth
Youth migration is national issue, the only capital that state has is human resource, but it seems that Somaliland losing their human resources because of many reasons like:-
- Psychological Problems: many of youth claim that they migrate because of unemployment and poverty but it’s not because if that is the reason then why the working ones are migrating and is their poor ones that migrate??? Of course they are less in number but the educated and rich people have this problem .It seems that they just love to become diaspora and still searching why?
- In-love to become Diaspora because they will get dignity among the society and government.
- Un-planned life: if a person plan his life what he/she will do when they graduate ? and study the field that he/she is good , they can manage they life , to work low jobs is not immoral thing, because when they immigrate they will be cleaner ,driver ,watchman , so it cleaner , driver and watchman in Europe it better then cleaner , driver and watchman in your country living with you relatives plus self-worth.
Youth Crimes
Youth crimes are also problem that face our society, every neigh they hurt each other , and cause instability, there are hundreds of youth in prisons of Somaliland , these are our youth the prison is the University for all bad things, may the person is arrest just injury another person , but when he/she finish the judgment they will do worst thing , because they met professional thieves and well know criminals .
Along with these youth didn’t get chance to study, and this will increase the level of illiteracy in Somaliland?
Way Forward
- Youth organizations must work to educate youth in prisons
- Ministry of Youth should make effective policy towards this youth and reduce the level of youth crimes by creating jobs like solders, farmers etc
- Civil society should give awareness for these youth
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Nasra Daahir Mahamed
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