Somali doctors first to graduate in two decades
December 9, 2008 by happytopics.com
Filed under International News
In spite of firefights and violence and anarchy, 20 men and women did something that no one has done in nearly two decades: they graduated from medical school.
The graduation ceremony for the 12 men and 8 women is especially encouraging since the people of Somali desperately need medical care, yet find it hard to obtain because of a powerful Islamic insurgency which has taken over much of the country.
“The graduation of these students shows something that nobody outside Somalia can believe – that students can still learn despite violence and anarchy,” said Mohamed Malim Muse, the president of Benadir University, Mogadishu.
