Mr. Sandy Young a principal of a technology college in northwest London

Ms Lucy Braggins, a refugee coordinator for a high school at the King-Cross area of London

Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 8, 2006 – Mr. Sandy Young a principal of a technology college in northwest London, and Ms Lucy Braggins, a refugee coordinator for a high school at the King-Cross area of London, arrived in Hargeysa last Thursday on a visit to familiarize themselves with life in Somaliland in general and the schooling school education system in particular.

Both Mr. Young and Ms Braggins teach at two separate schools where a significant number of the students are Somalis.

They came to Somaliland to learn more about Somalis in the hope that their experience here would help them understand better the background of their Somali students back in the UK.

The educators will be in Somaliland for about 2 weeks and they intend to establish links with one of the schools here.

The two British school teachers arrived while accompanied by 3 other colleagues from the UK who are of Somaliland origin; Abdul-hakim Sulub a consultant for minority affairs, Ahmed Adare, Somali language teacher and Ahmed Muhumed Madar.