My son keeps telling me "no one keeps whining about their problems like you do". Not the least this famous doctor and human rights activist Dr Hawa Abdi.
Dr. Hawa Abdi is physician from Somalia. The same Somalia which is famous for its pirates, it drought and complete failure of state. UN has declared it as the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet.
When international aid groups have pulled out of this country for safety concerns, this lady runs a 400 bed hospital, a school and a shelter for refugees.
Born in 1947, she was studied Medicine in Moscow with scholarship. Then she pursued her studies in law. Her grandmother convinced her to use her knowledge to help her people. So Dr. Abdi started a clinic in her ancestral property.
But in 1990s when civil war broke and every Somalian started walking with AK 47s and thousands of people were made refugees in their won country, Dr Abdi sold off her jewelry, some of her land and started a 400 bed hospital and a school for children. And next to it she also opened a refugee camp where 90000 Somali refugees received free food and clean water.
In 2000s when a Red Cross truck carrying aid was being stopped by local war lords, she went and stood between the truck and war lords, told them if they have to stop the truck, they should put a bullet in her head. And of course they finally had give way to Red cross truck.
3 years back, around 750 Somali pirates went to her hospital asking her to stop her work and give all the property to them. She did not consent. They kept her under house arrest and took all the people in hospital as prisoners. But they had to leave after a week, due to international media and national outcry.
So, you and me keep whining that there was no electricity for 2 hours or no internet for 1 day.
To know about the work done by their foundation visit
Dr Hawa Abdi foundation
Dr. Hawa Abdi is physician from Somalia. The same Somalia which is famous for its pirates, it drought and complete failure of state. UN has declared it as the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet.
When international aid groups have pulled out of this country for safety concerns, this lady runs a 400 bed hospital, a school and a shelter for refugees.
Born in 1947, she was studied Medicine in Moscow with scholarship. Then she pursued her studies in law. Her grandmother convinced her to use her knowledge to help her people. So Dr. Abdi started a clinic in her ancestral property.
But in 1990s when civil war broke and every Somalian started walking with AK 47s and thousands of people were made refugees in their won country, Dr Abdi sold off her jewelry, some of her land and started a 400 bed hospital and a school for children. And next to it she also opened a refugee camp where 90000 Somali refugees received free food and clean water.
In 2000s when a Red Cross truck carrying aid was being stopped by local war lords, she went and stood between the truck and war lords, told them if they have to stop the truck, they should put a bullet in her head. And of course they finally had give way to Red cross truck.
3 years back, around 750 Somali pirates went to her hospital asking her to stop her work and give all the property to them. She did not consent. They kept her under house arrest and took all the people in hospital as prisoners. But they had to leave after a week, due to international media and national outcry.
So, you and me keep whining that there was no electricity for 2 hours or no internet for 1 day.
To know about the work done by their foundation visit
Dr Hawa Abdi foundation
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