Somaliland: Country’s First Youth Fair Opens in Hargeisa
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress)—Somaliland Minister of Youth and Sports today inaugurated the first annual Somaliland Youth Exhibition at Crown hotel located in the heart of Hargeisa. Hundred of youth filled the banquet hall of Crown hotel for today’s event which was the first of its kind in the country. This year’s exhibition was organized by SONYO an NGO with collaboration from Somaliland Minister of Sports and Youth, GAVO, Doses of Hope, Telesom Company and Danish Refugee Council. The trade fair was made possible with the support and funding from Danish Refugee Council an NGO based in Somaliland.
This year’s fair featured variety of events that consisted of poetry contest, traditional dancing, debate about the danger of illegal migration of youth and arts showcase. Young Somaliland debated about the dangers of illegal journey to the Middle East and Europe that Somaliland youth experience and also that majority of migrants do not reach their destination.
Minister of You and Sports Mr. Abdi Said Fahiya was the first speak of the fair as he stressed the need to create jobs for the country’s youth. Mr. Fahiya said 70% of Somaliland population is youth therefore it is very significant to create jobs for these youth in order to avoid mass exodus of them from the country. Ahmed Wacays the director of SONYO also spoke at the fair and was quick to highlight that Somaliland Youth Group (SONYO) has been creating activities for the youth of the country with the minimum resources that the NGO has.
To sum it up Somaliland Youth Fair drew a huge audience from high school students to university students as this was the country’s first Youth Fair. The Youth Fair a success today as it concluded with a music concert and a promise to repeat the fair in 2012 with much more achievement.
Minister of You and Sports Mr. Abdi Said Fahiya was the first speak of the fair as he stressed the need to create jobs for the country’s youth. Mr. Fahiya said 70% of Somaliland population is youth therefore it is very significant to create jobs for these youth in order to avoid mass exodus of them from the country. Ahmed Wacays the director of SONYO also spoke at the fair and was quick to highlight that Somaliland Youth Group (SONYO) has been creating activities for the youth of the country with the minimum resources that the NGO has.
To sum it up Somaliland Youth Fair drew a huge audience from high school students to university students as this was the country’s first Youth Fair. The Youth Fair a success today as it concluded with a music concert and a promise to repeat the fair in 2012 with much more achievement.
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