MOGADISHU ( Halbeeg News)-African Union Mission in Somalia has completed the rebuilding of a primary school destroyed in a bomb attack three years ago in Mogadishu.
According to a statement by the mission, more than 400 children can now resume their education at Dr. Qamar Primary School which was established in 2009.
The mission said AMISOM to undertake renovation works in late 2018 to ensure the students return to school.
The school, established in 2009, was severely damaged in the suicide bomb attack, leading to its closure in 2016.
“The renovation of the six-classroom block will facilitate access to education for hundreds of Somali children who were affected by the bombing and ensure they continue with their education,” Francisco Madeira, special representative of the chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, said in a statement issued in Mogadishu.
Madeira said the building and refurbishing of schools was part of a quick-impact project’s program being undertaken by AMISOM to provide necessities to communities and also to help stabilize the country.
“In order to ensure the growing youthful population can make meaningful contributions rather than become a threat to the country, the government and the federal member states must ensure that children have access to education to help them prepare for the challenges of nation-building,” he said.
He pledged AMISOM’s continued support to the federal government and the federal member states, saying the implementation of Quick Impact Projects (QUIPs) was critical in the execution of the Somalia Transition Plan.
The School was formed in the memory of Dr. Qamar Aden Ali, a former minister in Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, who died in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu – was badly damaged in a suicide bomb attack, leading to its closure in 2016.
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