Sep 26 2009
The Clinton Global Initiative web site has made available video of the entire panel discussion PLENARY SESSION: INVESTING IN GIRLS AND WOMEN. Just click on the link and then click on WATCH NOW link near the photo of Edna Adan.
At a time when the world finds itself on an unsustainable course, facing [...]
Jul 21 2009
Somaliland: What Somalia Could Be is a new article written by Dr. J. Peter Pham recounting some of the history of both Somaliland and Somalia. Dr. Pham speaks highly of Edna Adan and of the hospital as an example of the good things that can happen in the presence of good governance. He discusses at [...]
Jun 24 2009
We have just had the graduation of the first ever Community Midwives trained in Somaliland. This is the ‘new army’ that we have trained for 18 months at our hospital to assist women living in remote areas of our country where there have never been trained midwives before. These 21 Community Midwives will undoubtedly make [...]
Jun 02 2009
Here is a look at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, as seen from space:
Click above to view the entire map. Notice that you can use the controls to zoom in and out, or click on the map itself and drag it.
Also, please note that the satellite image is presently a few years out of date [...]
May 18 2009
The Los Angeles Times has published an article about Somaliland, its quest for international recognition, its history, and its achievements. The news is not all good but Human Rights Watch says, “The government in Somaliland has a better human rights record than any other government in the Horn, including Kenya.”
For most of the last decade, [...]
Dec 03 2008
This brief video from the Voice of America features an interview with Edna Adan.
The people of the African republic of Somaliland voted in 1991 to become an independent nation. They argue that there are enough cultural, political and social differences between them and the people of Somalia to make Somaliland a separate country, as was [...]
Nov 14 2008
We are so pleased that the Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nicolas Kristof has, once again, linked here from his Blog at the New York Times.
A Stoning in Somalia
Incidentally, for anyone interested in Somalia, there is a superb aid project in the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland: a maternity hospital run by Edna Adan, a former [...]
Jun 20 2008
Our friend Devin Foxall visited Somaliland and made this really marvelous video to introduce Edna, the hospital, and Somaliland itself.
Here is Devin’s second video from Somaliland. This one is a little more focused on the country itself but it also includes an interview with Edna Adan Ismail, who, previously served as Somaliland’s foreign minister between [...]
Mar 09 2002
This report appeared previously on the main web site and has been transferred here.
by Jennie Goutet, HOPE worldwide
March 9, 2002 was a monumental day in Somaliland as the first nonprofit, teaching maternity hospital in Hargeisa opened at 9:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies at the Edna Hospital
After four years of planning and construction, the Vice [...]
Feb 19 2002
This report appeared previously on the main web site and has been transferred here
Reported by Jennie Goutet, HOPE worldwide
The first regional consultative seminar on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was held for the countries of the Horn of Africa February 19-21, 2002. Seminar attendees gathered from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia (Bosaso, Mogadishu) to discuss [...]