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Somali NGO distributes mobility devices

26th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Female beneficiary looking left holding her crutches

Mogadishu, Somalia: The Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) has recently received distributed wheelchairs and crutches to more than thirty disabled people free of charge. These devices were donated by Fadumo Q. Dayib, the very first female candidate for the 2016 Somali presidency. Problems with mobility are extensive and serious in Somalia, stemming from the deep and pervasive inaccessibility of […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Assistive Devices, Fadumo Dayib, Mobility, Somalia

Somali disability advocate receives national award

14th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Somali disability advocate Mohamed Ali Farah received a national award from the Ministry of Public Works and Reconstruction for his efforts in campaigning for the rights of people with disabilities. The president of the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) and Global Disability Watch correspondent was rewarded for his contributions to the sector. The ceremony organized by the Council […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Rights, Soden, Somalia

Somalia’s first female presidential candidate

20th January 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Fadumo Qasim Dayib, Somalia’s first female presidential candidate recently paid a surprise visit to the Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) in Mogadishu, an organization advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Mrs. Dayib, aspiring to become Somalia’s first female president, escaped the country’s civil war in the 1990s as a refugee, relocating in Finland […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Mogadishu, Somali Disability Empowerment Network, Somalia

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