Street Kids Of Hargeysa.

[zingii]

Friday, August 28, 2009

HARGEISA, 28 August 2009 (IRIN) - Only nine years old, Ahmed Nour-Mohamed, from Ethiopia and living in Hargeisa, capital of secessionist Somaliland, has big plans – to make enough money from shoe-shining to take his father and siblings back home. Nour-Mohamed is one of dozens of Ethiopian children who have crossed into the Somaliland side of Tog-wajale town on the Ethiopia-Somalia border to undertake petty trade in Hargeisa. An immigration official based in Tog-wajale said children such as Nour-Mohamed were allowed to cross the border without question over their legal status "because they are children and they do not have travel documents". Nour-Mohamed spoke to IRIN on 26 August:

"I am the second-oldest child out of my five brothers and sisters. We live with our father in Sheedaha settlement in Tog-wajale but we are originally from Babuli [in Ethiopia's Oromo region].

"My mother died four months ago and since we did not have anything to eat, my father decided to bring us to Hargeisa; I used to go to school in Ethiopia but now I don't, I have started work as a shoe shiner.


"A big problem for me is that I do not speak enough Somali and I am often misunderstood by some of my customers. However, most of the time my friend, Mubarik, accompanies me and interprets for me as he speaks good Somali.

"When I started shining shoes, the stronger street children often took advantage of my small size and at times robbed me of all that I had made but I am now wiser, I have made friends who are also shoe-shiners and we look out for one another.

"I was robbed of all my earnings and polish by a street gang in Ida'ada district on 26 June and now I have decided to operate within Kodbur district of Hargeisa, which I believe is a little more secure than other parts of the city.

"On average, I earn about 10,000 Somaliland shillings [US$1.50] daily. I always take what I earn to my father who then saves it for us. Since my father collects food donations from our neighbours, we try to save as much as we can because our plan is to go back to Babuli where we originally lived."

Source: IRIN, August 28, 2009

[zingii]

Plz pray for this young man and his family and all those like him.
We are in the month or ramadan plz pray for them.

May God help him and may he succeed in life. AMIIn



say it amiin guys.

[AbdiWahab252]

Zingi,

This street kid and the thousands of Ethiopians who are breeding in Somaliland and Puntland will take over those areas in a few decades.

[zingii]

Say Amiin for the kid man.

Didn't you see my du'a for the kid?

[AbdiWahab252]

Zingii,

I will say Amiin when the street kid returns back home to Oromiya.

[The Nomad]

Zingii,

I will say Amiin when the street kid returns back home to Oromiya.

Oromiya? Isn't that in Mogadishu?

[Dhaga Bacayl]

Zingii,

I will say Amiin when the street kid returns back home to Oromiya.

Agree.

They took over the country walaahi. They're occupying all the low ranking jobs. I think they should be sent back to their homeland!

[ToughGong]

They took over the country walaahi. They're occupying all the low ranking jobs. I think they should be sent back to their homeland!

This is the cry of the racist from time imemorial

[Dhaga Bacayl]

They took over the country walaahi. They're occupying all the low ranking jobs. I think they should be sent back to their homeland!

This is the cry of the racist from time imemorial

Racism has nothing to do with it. They're flooding the streets and they need to be dealt with. They should go back to their homeland....dagaal kama keenin ee dhaqaale korodhsi baa ka keenay. Hargeisa can't afford to support its citizens let Aromos from Eth.

[ToughGong]

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[ToughGong]

Racism has nothing to do with it. They're flooding the streets and they need to be dealt with. They should go back to their homeland....dagaal kama keenin ee dhaqaale korodhsi baa ka keenay. Hargeisa can't afford to support its citizens let Aromos from Eth.

You would say that wouldn't you."RISAQ MIN ALLAH "mate
Hargeisa is not the provider.ALLAH is.Who are you to say,who lives where.Kind of hypocrosy ain't it considering where you are right now

[ire.]

They took over the country walaahi. They're occupying all the low ranking jobs. I think they should be sent back to their homeland!

Racism has nothing to do with it. They're flooding the streets and they need to be dealt with. They should go back to their homeland....

Rush Limbaugh, is that you?

[Goljano Lion]

They took over the country walaahi. They're occupying all the low ranking jobs. I think they should be sent back to their homeland!

Racism has nothing to do with it. They're flooding the streets and they need to be dealt with. They should go back to their homeland....

Rush Limbaugh, is that you?

well said ehe Dhaga Bacayl Somalilands Rush Limbaugh

[zingii]

Dhaga Bacayl:

Why dont you start with your self and go back to your country if thats how you feel about others being in your little dry/dusty settlement.

[ToughGong]

Dhaga Bacayl:

Why dont you start with your self and go back to your country if thats how you feel about others being in your little dry/dusty settlement.

Only a Somalilander can address another Somalilander in such issues so butt out
ZINGI