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| The Killers of the People Enjoy Impunity as they Kill the Children from the Cradle |
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Somalia has been without government for a long time; and the people in the country have been the hostages of the guns and gangs since 1991 when the central government was ousted from authority.
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ABUKAR ALBADRI
My Personal Identity:
I am Abukar Albadri; I am a Somali citizen. I live in Mogadishu at this moment, but was born in Hudur, the City of Bakol Region of Somalia, 450 Kms from west of the Capital City. I am 27 years old.
Educational Background:
I am Bachelor's Degree of Journalism holder; I gained the Certificate from the Indian Ocean University in Mogadishu.
Job:
Professionally, I am Journalist; I work for the Spanish News Agency (EFE) as their Somali reporter.
I am member of the National Press freedom Committee, and a member of the Somali Journalists Society. I am a member of the Board of Directors.
Besides that, I am Youth Rights Activist; I was working for Youth Advocacy in Somalia since 1996, when The ELMAN PEACE CENTRES in Mogadishu trained me in Youth Leadership and Organizational Development.
Now, I am the chairman of GREEN LEAF FOR DEMOCRACY (GLED Somalia), the wider and broader youth-led organization in Somalia, an organization that supports youth organizations to succeed in implementing their visions.
Since The love affectionate affected me in 2001 I started to be part of the poetry world and created many poems in Somali language and many others in English and Arabic.
Projects:
GLED is running small projects.
1. Vocational Training: GLED is running three centres intended to provide skills to the youth, especially those rehabilitated from the Militias.
2. ICT: GLED runs an ICT centre in Mogadishu, but the project didn't succeed in getting enough funds to cover all their ICT needs. However, it's going very well.
3. Peace education: Peace education program through Media.
4. Community safety Program: GLED runs a Community safety campaign as part of the ControlArms Campaign for the UN PoA. GLED in Collaboration with International Action Network on Small arms (IANSA), Amnesty international and Oxfam is running the Million Faces Petition and the Lobby for the Arms Trade Treaty (to be Ratified as Constitutional in Somalia).
5. Messenger for Peace: GLED Somalia Runs a Bimonthly bulletin called the Messenger for Peace and it published an issue about social security and community development.
6. Media and HIV/Aids Project: GLED is running a one year project for the media and HIV/Aids Reporting; 30 Journalists were trained to report on HIV/Aids.
Programs attended as a volunteer:
From 2002 – 2005 I used to organize events on Global Youth Service day, I was organizing the Youth to do voluntary Jobs for the community.
GYSD in 2005, I organized an event in which the Students in Mogadishu planted 2000 trees in the schools and public places to show the people the importance of the environment.
From 2003 – 2004 I was a Volunteer Teacher for UNICEF, and taught literacy lessons to youth over 18 as NFE (non formal education).
Now I am a Community Psychosocial Helper, and am expecting to start Psychosocial training for the Youth organization in 2006; UNICEF Somalia will support that Project.
I ran the Global Week of Action against Small arms in June 2005 as the national coalition Team leader.
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