Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:18 am
AND DO U KNO THERE DADS FOR U 2 SAY THERE DAROOD.......
DEAL WITH UR OWN PROBLEMS...........
Here are few facts about somaliland
Somaliland has a population of about 3.5 million
More than 73% of the Somaliland population live in poverty and 43% in extreme poverty and unemployment are widespread.
The GDP per head is $226 a head per year. If this figure is divided by 365 days, one can clearly see that people are living on below $1 a day.
More than 78% of the population have no access to healthcare.
There are just 61 doctors and 222 nurses in whole country, meaning one doctor per 20,278 and one nurse per 5600 people. All these are urban based.
1 out of 4 Somaliland children dies before the age of five
Somaliland women are 22 times more likely to die in childbirth than European women are.
Over thousand of children are maimed, because of land mines
Over thousands of Somaliland people are suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome
They are malnourished, disease-prone and psychologically scarred by the devastation's of war.
Only 17% primary school enrolment, that is, 83% of children in Somaliland are not in school and almost has no education.
Adult literacy is 25% and 75% of adults cannot read or write.
Only 28% of the population has access to clean water
Average life expectancy is 47 years for men and women (compared to 75 years in UK).
The decades of war and civil strife have destroyed the infrastructure, leaving the country in complete shambles.
It is the women and children who are undisputedly the worst victims of the Somaliland tragedy. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,PLZ LETS FOCUS ON THA FACTS .....AND HELP BOTH SOMALIA AND SOMALIALAND!
DEAL WITH UR OWN PROBLEMS...........
Here are few facts about somaliland
Somaliland has a population of about 3.5 million
More than 73% of the Somaliland population live in poverty and 43% in extreme poverty and unemployment are widespread.
The GDP per head is $226 a head per year. If this figure is divided by 365 days, one can clearly see that people are living on below $1 a day.
More than 78% of the population have no access to healthcare.
There are just 61 doctors and 222 nurses in whole country, meaning one doctor per 20,278 and one nurse per 5600 people. All these are urban based.
1 out of 4 Somaliland children dies before the age of five
Somaliland women are 22 times more likely to die in childbirth than European women are.
Over thousand of children are maimed, because of land mines
Over thousands of Somaliland people are suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome
They are malnourished, disease-prone and psychologically scarred by the devastation's of war.
Only 17% primary school enrolment, that is, 83% of children in Somaliland are not in school and almost has no education.
Adult literacy is 25% and 75% of adults cannot read or write.
Only 28% of the population has access to clean water
Average life expectancy is 47 years for men and women (compared to 75 years in UK).
The decades of war and civil strife have destroyed the infrastructure, leaving the country in complete shambles.
It is the women and children who are undisputedly the worst victims of the Somaliland tragedy. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,PLZ LETS FOCUS ON THA FACTS .....AND HELP BOTH SOMALIA AND SOMALIALAND!