Somalis In Edmonton

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2007 Somalis in Edmonton came from a region known as “Somali Peninsula” (Horn of Africa). “Of all the problems created or left unsolved by colonial rule in Africa, none is as potentially dangerous as that of Somali division in the east of the continent. From the Horn of Africa itself to the west stretch the Somali people, most of them today in the Somali republic, some of them French Somaliland, some in Kenya’s Northern District, some in the eastren regions of Ethopia, and nearly all of them passionately loyal to a united Somali nation” African Profile, p 154, Ronald Segal Penguin Books, 1962. Funded by: Community Partnership Enhancement Fund (CPEF) Needs Assessment Research for Somali Community in…show more content…
32 (7) CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………….…32 (8) REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………..……..33 “Making Visible our Somali Community” Page 2 Needs Assessment Research For Somali Community in Edmonton Acknowledgement First and foremost, we gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the City of Edmonton and Community Partnership Enhancement Fund (CEPF). Our special thanks go to Partnering Organizations on Local Planning Committee; Harry Oswin (City of Edmonton), Patricia Lawrence (Edmonton and Area Children Services), Deborah Morison (Community Partnership Enhancement Fund), Karen Bardy (Edmonton Public Schools), Yvonne Chiu (Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op). Our thanks must also go to following members of the Somali community, who served as volunteers for the project; Idil M. Omar, Hodan Mohamud Yusuf, Rahma Elmi and Fadumo Ibrahim. We thank and appreciate for their assistance in data collection and community mobilization. We also thank to two young Somali girls (Juweria and Samia Yusuf) who tirelessly helped us computer data entry. During our group discussions and interviews, we were deeply impressed with

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