The Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu (“Is Anybody There†in Turkish) opened a school over the weekend in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Orhan Erdogan, coordinator of the aid organization’s East African operations, pledged continued support for the school in order to provide Somali children with an education in Turkish, Arabic and other subjects.
Education Minister Ahmed Aydiid Ibrahim of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia also spoke at the ceremony, extending his thanks to Turkey for making efforts to establish schools, hospitals and education centers in Somalia.