Farhan Abdi Suleiman (Oday)

For many walks of life, creativity is a part of our nature and something that all human beings have belongs. Life is said to be a path of producing a multitude of dreams and turning these dreams into reality. It is three years since the establishment of Hargeysa Readers Club, when a group of young creative students inaugurated this club intended for mainstreaming the youth in Somaliland in the course of reading talent and exchange of Ideas. It is truly an immense achievement to be proud of and one of milestones of our success as a youth in Somaliland. It is a sign of improvement that enable us young people to participate fully in our social developments and the world at large. Thanks to those who came up with this stunning inspiration, and let my heart felt you a genuine concern and caring attitude for initiating this kind of association.

Being a creative and insightful to your society is not easy chore, but needs handwork, dedication and commitment. Young people will not be enthusiastic, creative and innovative unless their societies understand they have the potential to improve their country socially, economically and politically. Thus, it depends on how their societies treat them, youth in Somaliland are contributing their country many ways of social improvement and Hargeysa Readers Club is not exceptional. Hence, it is fundamental that youth to obtain the guidance and support they need in this challenging stage of life. If supported and encouraged, youth can make a sizeable input to their country. In spite of this, Hargeysa Readers Club has not only provided reading opportunities for their young bookish members, but can also be a great asset to Somaliland people as a whole. I gratefully admire for their empowering the youth in Hargeysa through reading skills allied with how to translate and present the books. The last Friday of each month, Hargeysa Readers Club exhibit a book to youth in Hargeysa so as to become a source of motivation to those who have the appetite to read more and bookworms.

With the beautiful nights of presenting books, you can see more striking young persons including men and women who mainly students from high schools and universities, escorted with more Somaliland scholars attending the book presentation. On 27^th March, 2009 at 7:00 the club presented a book called; The Rwandan Crisis- Stories of Genocide and prepared by a student graduated from Amoud University, who a bears to be genius what he presents to the partakers.

The ceremony took place in Imperial Hotel in Hargeysa, where eventually the club holds its reading ceremonies. The hotel is in the center of the city where all most every body can have an easy access. . Un matched number of young faces were seen in the ceremony hall and the corridors of the hotel. The ceremony opened with Holly Koran recitation by one of the participants. Mr. Mustafe Khayre was co-chaired the ceremony and started the speech introducing the book reader by all the members who came in the ceremony. Later on, the session began and people were following attentively what their booklover explaining. As the wise words of the reader, the writer of the book enlightens deeply the role of the west in Rwandan genocide and why the rest of the world failed to stop the genocide and also why the normal people of Rwandans took part the slaughtering. After 30 seconds of summarizing hall the book, the participants asked the book presenter more important questions relating to the topic while the others are contributing their Ideas to the subject. In there, the well know writer Boobe Yusuf Du’ale put in plain words and practical stories of Rwandan genocide mentioned for his visit in Rwanda and held talks with Rwandan educator in Switzerland. A lot was said this issue during the reading ceremony. The ceremony was concluded and people left to be cheerful the ending.

We have to keep in mind that Hargeysa Readers Club carrying a huge responsibility on their shoulders empowering the youth in order to gain power and visibility. Though in Somaliland the importance of young people were not recognized by our societies, But the growing influence of young people as Hargeysa Readers Club attesting the community that their voices to be heard. Involvement of society’s development at a young age enhances the wellbeing of every nation. We have to express our views and opinions so as to taken seriously that we are agent of change. Young people in Somaliland suffer from un employment, growing consumption of Kat and tobacco, alcohol and drugs, and also risk-taking the mass killer HIV/ Aids. Heartening the young people to speak out by expressing their views and ideas feels he or she has some thing to offer in his society and also a sense of belongs. A major benefit of young people’s input in development process boosts the confidence, knowledge and motivates others to be apart of them. Hargeysa Readers Club is the pioneer of Somaliland people. I like to be a creative and creativity seems to be my world of dreams, I took part the club’s exhibition so as to gain empowerment that can lead in me a way of success.

Last but not least, the sheer determination of Hargeysa Readers Club takes us a step higher and you have to keep in mind it is not a painless to make a mark in a world of demanding. Your capabilities will be the eye witness of how productive club you are. Thin is a kind of concept showing centre, where every one of you can display his/her hidden knowledge and give advice to turn one from the whole. That is why I let the pen to talk and indicate that you deserve to be worth more and more.

Our motto is” Let’s Together Support Hargeysa Readers Club”

Farhan Abdi Suleiman (Oday)

A social worker and a senior economic student of University Of Hargeysa

Email: Oday1999@yahoo.com

Tell: 4401132

Hargeysa, Somaliland

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