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The country of Somalia is pretty much synonymous with conflict and very few aid agencies are prepared to put the lives of their volunteer workers in danger and therefore
they only tend to operate in the war torn country for brief spells, dropping off
humanitarian aid or evacuating their workers. As such, those who are hoping to undertake some volunteer work in the country will be disappointed
unless you want to work with the Red Cross/Red Crescent. You can get
some idea of how bad things are in Somalia when you
consider that on all of our other volunteer work in
Africa pages we reference the Human Development Index
for each country, a global index that ranks each
country in terms of life expectancy, literacy, access to
knowledge and living standards.
Somalia ranks 170 out of 189 countries and territories, a rank shared with Haiti. In Somalia hundreds of thousands of children have taken up arms either voluntarily or through coercion to fight in the conflict with many being used as ammo fodder and health and educational provision are below the radar. There is some evidence of
improvement of late however it will be some time before
Somalia opens its borders and provides a safe welcome to
the volunteer work community.
Please note many volunteer work opportunities in Somalia have been put on hold because of travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefuly they will be back up and running soon. In the meantime, if you run or
know of a volunteer work project in Somalia let us know by
contacting here. We look forward
to hearing from you!
Volunteer Work Somalia: The Lighthouse Project
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Volunteer Work Somalia: Red Crescent
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Volunteer Work Somalia: Edna Hospital
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Volunteer Work Somalia: Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation
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Volunteer Work Somalia: Muslim Aid
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Volunteer Work Somalia: Somalia Profile
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