 I lived in Somalia land in 1988 because there was an outbreak of the war here in Hargesa. Sinis collapse of central government of Somalia in 1991, brain drain happened to the country. All the experience in civil servanties, most of them left the country or are aging at the moment. 22 years of civil conflict and war, the Somali institutions are left with almost nothing. They were completely decimated. A country such as Somalia to change the narrative, to remove the stigma of a failed state, it needs its own sons and daughters to come back to assist in the rebuilding of the country. MEDA has been very effective because it's the link between us and the institutions and they set the platform for us to discharge our duties. The hallmark of our program is capacity building, which means transfer of skills from the diaspora to the local Somali colleagues. I am now working as a participant in Hargesa group hospital. There was a lot of need so I wanted to at least contribute to the improvement of the hospital. On a daily basis the hospital sees for example 50 emergency cases on me and if you add also the other it can be around 300 patients maybe. The health care system in Somaliland is much more different than the ones that they have used. If someone is from the western countries or developing countries that have a good system because there is a post-war recovery going on. The system in here people do believe mostly the traditional medicine and patients are not brought in the hospital on time. We have profiled it for example surgical operations, we profiled twice a week and I think we have solved the problem of surgery for the time being. Then there was another problem for eternity emergencies. We have about five obstetricians now. I think things are improving and I think people have now confidence in Hargesa group hospital. The tangible things is the health facilities or services within Somaliland especially the general hospital which is the referral center of whole Somaliland the six regions has been improved. Before our media intervention the hospital was about to get closed and now you can see the hospital is booming. There's many departments has been included since our media participant was on board. They have the area of expertise and they have the experience to work on those areas. The nature of media is temporary. What we don't want to do is for the diaspora to come and replace or displace those who are already on the ground. Their primary job is to go and mentor them and train them and compliment what they're doing on the ground. So many bribery people need. Our institution has an acro-column system which is different from the other universities. According to the degree program, profiled public administration, the following amendment, urban planning, political science, so the following amendment. That courses, they are not profiled to the universities here. So there are so many people who have visited us who need that courses. Sometimes I do come across that the skills that I transferred are not used. Although they have the knowledge but the old system is at the back of their head and that comes first. Once people understand that you're willing to listen to them and you're willing to take their ideas into consideration, they become automatically more open and more willing to work with you. There are occasions when you feel that you are an outsider and initially when you come in, but as you begin to interact with the staff, with the partners, you begin to be accepted and to accept the others. When you're working in an active conflict environment, the number one issue or challenge is security. But we have an advantage of working with Somali diaspora experts who are able to blend in and are not attracting as much attention as if you were to bring in some experts from the UK, for example, who is non-Somali. Young people have to be encouraged to come, even if they don't want to stay here permanently, but to witness the development of this country, the people that have actually pulled themselves up with their own effort. I would encourage the diasporas or Somalian diasporas to come back and to assist the country. In the health sector we need more and more human resources which are the right doctors, midwives and nurses and public health and other allied health personnel to assist us in making sure that we have an effective system, an effective plan and also to implement what we have set out to do. I would encourage people to come back here and to invest their skills and knowledge, you know, because the country really needs it and I'd like to see a lot of people take part in rebuilding the country. I think we're already starting to, you see all the changes and differences, restaurants, businesses are popping up, the safety is getting better, so I would like to see more investment in capacity building and skills and also the financial backing from international community too in investing in institutions and making them capable. Somalia is looking at a new horizon and I think MEDA can provide a stepping stone, can work closely together with the Somali government so that it can provide a better future for the Somali people.