STORY: AMISOM donates scholastic materials to Dr

Qamar Primary School in Mogadishu

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DATELINE: 19/DECEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, AMISOM officials arriving at Qamar Primary School

2. Wide shot, AMISOM officials interacting with school officials
3. Med shot, students seated in the classroom
4. Med shot, students seated in the classroom
5. Med shot, students seated in the classroom
6. Close up shot, students seated in the classroom
7. Med shot, Major General Fidza Dludlu, the AMISOM Head of Mission
Support handing out books to children
8. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MAJ.GEN. FIDZA DLUDLU, AMISOM
HEAD OF MISSION SUPPORT
“Part of what we as AMISOM have to do in support of the Somalia
Transition Plan is to transfer skills. We hope that this support will
enable Somalia’s children to acquire the necessary skills to take
Somalia forward. The future of Somalia depends on its children. We
are here to assist in shaping this future with quality education.”

9. Med shot, AMISOM official greeting the children

10. Med shot, Major General Fidza Dludlu, the Head of Mission Support at
AMISOM handing out crayons to pupils
11. Med shot, students looking on
12. Med shot, AMISOM official handing out erasers to the students
13. Close up shot, notebook, pen, pencil, crayons, pencil sharpeners and
erasers
14. Med shot, student checking out the crayons
15. Close up shot, student seated in class
16. Med shot, students seated in class
17. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) ISMAEL YUSUF OSMAN, DIRECTOR
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
“The efforts of AMISOM are really inspiring and impressive. Their
support to education, especially today’s donation of stationery to
Qamar school, is immensely appreciated and a timely gesture for the
poor school children. We hope they will continue to extend their
 support. The ministry will reciprocate the good faith to further our
relationship with you.”

18. Med shot, students walking out of the classroom

19. Wide shot, students AMISOM, government and school officials officials
posing for a group photo

AMISOM donates scholastic materials to Dr Qamar Primary School in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, 20 December 2019 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
has donated an assortment of scholastic items to Dr. Qamar Primary School in
Mogadishu.

The donation made on Thursday is part of AMISOM's efforts to promote children's

rights, particularly the right to education.

Maj. Gen. Fidza Dludlu, the AMISOM Head of Mission Support, on Thursday, handed
over the items which included books, pens, pencils, crayons, pencil erasers, and
sharpeners.

Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton, Human Rights Officer at AMISOM, indicated that this
donation by AMISOM supports the "Give a Child a Pen and Not a Gun" campaign in
Somalia, to protect school-going children from recruitment and use as child soldiers.

Mr. Ismail Yusuf Osman, a director in the Ministry of Higher Education, received the
items during an event at the school premises. Also present was the school's head,
Abdikadir Ahmed.

During the handover, Maj. Gen. Dludlu reiterated AMISOM's commitment to

supporting Somalia's education sector.

"Part of what AMISOM has to do in support of the Somalia Transition Plan is the
transfer of skills. We hope this support will enable children to acquire the skills to
take Somalia forward," Dludlu said.
The school was established in December 2009 in memory of Dr. Qamar Aden Ali, a
former Minister of Health for Somalia who died in a terror attack in Mogadishu. The
school has suffered subsequent attacks that destroyed the structures, leading to its
closure in 2016.

In 2018, AMISOM renovated and equipped the school with furniture in response to a
request by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS).

Mr. Ismail Yusuf Osman, who received the items hailed AMISOM for supporting
development initiatives in Somalia and expressed optimism for continued
partnership.

"The donation of stationery is appreciated, and we hope AMISOM continues to

extend support. The ministry will reciprocate the good faith," said Ismail.
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