COMPLETING THE CHALLENGES THROUGH AN ‘INTEGRATED APPROACH’: By Nasir Osman Sh. Hassan Youth are an integral part of society in any dimension. Youth power in terms of development lies within the youth aged between 20 and 35 years. However, in many postconflict societies, the power of the youth is always undermined when it comes to the social development and political participation. Generally, cultural practice holdsa back the mental and physical capacity of youth. This is one reason why youth are considered dormant within Somali society. In the Somaliland context, young people always try to have a role in bringing about a tangible change in the society. They try first to remove barriers that bock their
rehabilitation and reintegration, resettlement, health care, educational, leisure, employment and participation needs. In the process of removing such barriers, youth have made great progress in the education sector by building their capacity of knowledge. Meanwhile, youth have taken one more step forward in removing barriers in the political decision making participation. Non-violently, they removed one legally binding barrier to the participation of youth in politics: Law No. 14 for the Local Councils Election. In this way, the Somaliland youth seem that they are only valuing their role in political participation. However, they also need to implement an integrated approach, which recognizes that, the resource that young people are, which in a supportive environment can provide a platform for young people to cope with multiple challenges that they face and to make a contribution to society. In doing an integrated approach, however, youth should come up with good strategy. This integrated approach will help youth to have one vision of solving the challenging matters to them mainly the unemployment and the roaming out of the country with uncertainty.
POEM: TURNING THE NATION’S WHEEL IN TO SUCCESS Composed by: Mohamed Farah Abdi Somaliland was turtle-like train targeting very far region I was disbelieving this train to convey it’s desperate legion I understood that the nation’s wheels were entirely missing Hindering us to attain our progressive aims in the long listing I saw disabled forces of youth refused to be in the leaders Restricted them to be in the country’s footers not in the headers SONYO is like tree producing golden fruits for our fragile nation Inspiring youth to share dreams of leadership with sense of elation
I saw completely disappearing crops without replacing seed Where rulers are going to pass away without legacy to weed Disregarding our resourceful youth made me very pessimistic But the gleaming light from SONYO changed us into optimistic SONYO is like tree producing golden fruits for our fragile nation Inspiring youth to share dreams of leadership with sense of elation SONYO turned our nation’s train from tortoise into hunting eagle Aroused everyone to be along with the act of amending a legal I saw enlightenment inducing aspects of changes to be in active I feel steps forward awakening our youth to be freed from passive
SONYO is like tree producing golden fruits for our fragile nation Inspiring youth to share dreams of leadership with sense of elation I always wish out great GOD to bless Somaliland with his kind Providing excellent choices based on the fortunes in our mind I saw mounting consequences flourished from intellectual order I thank our GOD for guiding them to revise the rule into not be older SONYO is like tree producing golden fruits for our fragile nation Inspiring youth to share dreams of leadership with sense of elation
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