Sahamiye Foundation

The Sahamiye Foundation is the dream of Hargeisa entrepreneurs Ismail Ahmed and Hayat Arteh. In Somaliland tradition, their passion is to share their resources and expertise to help their community. Sahamiye Foundation projects focus on improving education, health and infrastructure in Somaliland, with four key goals:

01 Raise the nation’s literacy level from 45% to 90%, because literacy unlocks all our potential. We’ll do this by helping one million young people and adults acquire literacy skills in the Somali language.

02 Help over 100,000 people develop the skills, attitude and confidence for employment and entrepreneurial success.

03 Improve the nation’s health by supporting better health education and provision.

04 Support innovative approaches to improving infrastructure.