HISTORY OF THE YUBBE SCHOOL

The Yubbe School was founded in 1972 by the former Somali Government, it started as one classroom, one teacher, years later an additional classroom was built by the Yubbe Community, the school continued to operate very successfully until the fall of the last Somali Government. When the government was overthrown the clans emerged, violent and fighting for power. All of Somalia has become a battlefield – the cities, the plains and the villages. The common Somalis can no longer manage their tradional way of life. This has made it increasingly difficult for the people to survive. Hundreds of thousands have died and over a million have fled to safety in other countries. Like the schools in other parts of Somalia, the Yubbe School had to close its doors. Few years later the school was re-opened by two volunteer teachers, the parents were asked to provide their children's supplies.

This programme continued until much needed help came from the Yubbe Community members in North America, The Middle East and Europe, they would often raise money. This money would be used to pay the teachers' salaries, to construct new classroom blocks and to improve the facilities of the school. This might involve buying new furniture and new text books. Our community members in North America have raised enough money to build four additional classrooms, our community members in the Middle East have raised enough money to furnish the entire school. Our current priorities are expanding the school to incorporate the provision of the secondary school.

This website will introduce to you our activities related to Education in Somalia and in particular the Yubbe Community.

We hope that after browsing it you will want to help by making a donation. We work with the rural Yubbe Community to improve educational standards and opportunities by funding school construction projects and providing them with educational material.
You can help by becoming a donor or sponsor.

We welcome all donations, although we regret that we cannot accept any gifts in kind (e.g. old books, clothes, globes etc) because the cost of shipping them to Somalia, getting them through customs and collecting them in-country is prohibitive and makes the whole exercise uneconomic. You can send cheques, postal orders or bank drafts.