Somali community associations !!!

[Nacaas77]

Just as there were 'good isbaaros' in somalia. i know there are good community associations that are in the west. but by far the ones who are simple put up as begging bowl outnumber the good ones 10:1 (no statistics - just hypothesis ). My experiences of these so called communities association are; they are mostly family run and seem to serve one sub clan and mostly operate on the dungy black room on the back of internet cafe. To make the matter worse they don’t do more than the basic form filling for the **** and couple calls to the housing departments once in blue moon for one of their relatives.

Frankly I am appalled to say the least, to see people who are well capable and educated, reduced to such state. not by factors out of their control but by factors of their own making. How would you lot explain having 16 “Somali Community associations” in an area of 1 mile radius??


Do any of you nomads in here know what I am talking about?? Do you have any experience of going into these associations for help – how did you find them?? What is your take on why they are all seem to be limiting themselves to form fillings – where are there so many? Why aren’t they involved in the political and social spheres of the countries they reside in???

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[Ni Hao]

Do any of you nomads in here know what I am talking about?? Do you have any experience of going into these associations for help – how did you find them?? What is your take on why they are all seem to be limiting themselves to form fillings – where are there so many? Why aren’t they involved in the political and social spheres of the countries they reside in???

I know exactely what you are talking about and first hand experience of this lil cash-cow-communities.

[Nacaas77]