TEDx Mogadishu 2017 (RESTORING HOPE & DIVERSITY).
Mogadishu
is celebrating in holding TEDx event in Mogadishu for the fourth term, on brief
note; TEDX is a nonprofit initiative mainly dedicated to spreading ideas across
the world. TEDx began late 1984 as a platform for showcasing Technology,
Entertainment and Designs but due to the diversity across the world the events
now covers on wide ranges of topics including science, social issues and
business initiatives too.
This
year’s TEDx Mogadishu marks a more engaging event compared to the previous as
some of the honorary speakers were ranging from all representatives of the
Somali community and professionals, and the most inspiring theme was how women
limitation to access of #Jobs if a major problem among our Somali community and
one girl overcame all odd who currently works in a garage, a field that is male
dominated and hardly you can’t see many female working at mechanical repairs garages.
The
event also portrays an incredible young Somalis capable of doing amazing things
in life and with the help of the social media; the Somali youth had created a
unified youth platform to help and engage in responding to the droughts in
Somalia especially the #Caawiwalaal campaign
which show cased how youth across Somalia are connected and took responsibility
in reaching out the most drought affected community country wide. The beauty of
this youth platform is that it doesn’t have any limitation of tribalism, access
and security too which remains a major obstacle to the vast humanitarian actors
thus many Somali families don’t get humanitarian aid because of the diverse regional context and
security issues.
Coming back to the themes of
the event, The various speakers key speeches were all inspiring and widely
covering a resemblance of #Somalis strengthen in terms of socially and believe
you me there are Somalis doing some amazing works for the community like the
contribution of the Madina Hospital
not only because of live saving but rather producing a fine young Somali doctor
through giving a platform to do practical works at the hospital and this
reciprocated through all other Somalia regions and we have doctors who did
their practical training at Madina Hospital and now they are serving all over
Somalia.
This 2017 TEDx Mogadishu marks
a ground breaking and creates a stronger Somali cohesion that we can come
together and share our potentials and initiatives, This had been all round event
we have portrayed arts, poet, business initiatives and professional
contribution to the community and one of the remarkable aspect is the
collection of old Somali songs back in the years before 1991 and digitizing
it, this is a long term preservation of Somali culture and making our old good
days’ songs in digital forms rather than caset-tapes.
It is my wish that we continue
this amazing annual event and make it happen in the years to come so we can
show the world the Somalia that they never heard off and its cultural dynamics
with very potential youth that can turn around the negative branding of Somalia
and prove that we (Somali youth) are capable of making this beautiful country
great in Africa; It can happen, It is doable and let’s do it.
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