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Bur’o, Somaliland, March 10, 2012 (SL Times) – The UN Humanitarian
Coordinator for Somaliland and Somalia, Mark Bowden, traveled to Bur'o
this week.
Haatuf Newspaper correspondent in Bur’o, Ahmed Adan Yusuf, reported that
Mr Bowden was met at the airport by the Governor of Togdheer, Abdo Ahmed
Ayir, the Mayor of Bur'o Mohamud Ahmed Hasan (Dhegolab), the Director of
the Quality Control Agency, Saeed Suleiman Mire, and other officials.
Mr Bowden participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a road fixed by
HAVOYOCO. He also toured a number of educational institutions run by
SOYVO, SOYDAVO, and HAVOYOCO. He also visited the school for health care
workers. Mr Bowden was briefed by the teachers and administrators of
these institutions.
Speaking briefly to reporters at the Hotel Plaza, he said he had visited
Bur'o last year about this time, and he was particularly touched and
happy to say young men who used to be street kids now working at the
Buro river project. He praised the people of Bur'o and said they are
people who want to work to improve their situation. He emphasized that
he will continue to follow the situation of refugees and the
humanitarian conditions in general.
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