What the arabs can do for Somalia

[Hoowle]

instead of sending warped and virulent strains of Islam like Wahabism; instead of dispensing cash to Somalia either to corrupt and unaccountable transition governments or puritanical religious groups like Al-Itixaad who occasionally go on stoning-to-death rampages, they should help Somalis with water.

Somalia suffers from acute case of water scarcity. people die regularly from lack of water or drink dirty water. water born diseases are common in 2009! droughts are common and rainfall is sporadic. livestock rearing is the mainstay of the economy precisely because of lack of water for irrigation. the entire Somali settlement pattern is determined by the availability of water; hence Ceel dheer is settled not because of readily self-evident economic advantages but because it has reliable supply of water. the result is desertification exacerbated by deforestation.

the tragedy is Somalia is classified as suffering from Economic Water Scarcity. this means Somalia doesn't lack enough water, rather the water is not well distributed. in other words, the water is there but not getting to those who need it most.

by contrast, arabs -- Gulf states, arabian peninsula, Libya, Algeria etc -- suffer from Physical Water Scarcity. there is simply not enough water to meet the demand. and yet arab countries who are indisputably drier and endowed with less water have fared better than their Somalia counterparts when it comes to managing scarce water sources. so what is the explanation?

the answer lies in the application of modern technology. modern technology allows us to convert seawater into drinkable water at relatively cheap cost. the Gulf states rely almost exclusively on desalination for drinking water. they built, specially S. Arabia, elaborate canals to collect rainwater. they've tapped into what's called "fossil water" that i water trapped underground as far back as millions of years ago. these waters can not be replenished but they provide essential water. so, what's the overall effect of these efforst?

for one, S. Arabia is today net exporter of corn thanks to the judicious use of irrigation that was made possible only by the increase in the supply of water. they've turned vast tracts of the barren desert into farm fields. Libya is doing the same with the discovery of vast fossil wells. here are some satellite pics of barren deserts turned farm fields:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... gation.jpg[/img]

[img]http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images ... 66_lrg.jpg[/img]

here is what the arabs can do for Somalis:

-help them with desalination since Somalia has long coastline and is relatively narrow country I think the furthest city from the ocean is less than 350 km away. desalination of seawater would provide reliable, inexhaustible supply of clean water. it can also provide water for irrigation enabling fast expanses of uninhabited Somali coastline into green belt.
-help with rain water harvesting technology and dig them new wells with pumps

[stakiin]

arabs can do shit for you stop qabiil and build your country stop deppending and expecting help from arabs

[Hoowle]

how do u embed pictures?

[Nomand]

ask yourself what have somalis done for somalia?

nothing but destruction.

[Hoowle]

this thread is for what arabs can do for Somalia not an another exercise in self-flagellation. whatever somalis did to each other, that doesn't stop arabs from helping Somalis constructively.

[Shirib]

Arabs can't do anything for Somalia cause Somali's don't wanna help themselves

[Grant]

There was a bundle of a dozen rusting plows just on the edge of the cliff at Eyl when I was there in 1967. The handles and other wooden parts were gone, so presumeably they had been there a while, probably since early in the Italian period. So there were clearly cultural issues at work there, despite a certain dependence on the locally-grown yams.

The thing is that the entire runoff from the Nugaal valley flows over that cliff at Eyl, and, if it was impounded upstream and then finally captured at or just inland of the cliff, and then pumped to a resevoir at a higher elevation, could irrigate at least several thousand hectares.

Seawater conversion can be ok for drinking water, but is too expensive for irrigating virtually all crops.

Wind or tidal energy capture would be very worthwhile projects for countries with charitable funds to invest. As would be any form of water storage or transportation. Combining the two could produce serius quantities of human food and animal forage crops.

I am sure there are other areas of Somalia that could profit from some similar sort of project, but the situation in Eyl just seems to cry out for it.

[Buhodle-Gurl]

What can YOU do for Somalia?

[peace-]

What the arabs can do for Somalia

absolutely nothing nor should we expect anything from them. somalia is our country start asking what we can do for somalia instead of asking pointless questions.

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

Let arabs first help their brethren in Palestine. You really think they would focus their attention on a african country who is not semitic?

[kambuli]

Arab Meeshooda Ilaahay khayr haku siiyo...We don't need their help..If we can't help oursleves no ona can help us walaal...I know a great guy who tried to dig wells for the thirsty Somalis...When he finished few and spent tons of money..Some of his clan members claimed it and won't let other people use..It..They even threatened him .He just gave up and went to back to Europe heart-broken..

[FAH1223]

Arab Meeshooda Ilaahay khayr haku siiyo...We don't need their help..If we can't help oursleves no ona can help us walaal...I know a great guy who tried to dig wells for the thirsty Somalis...When he finished few and spent tons of money..Some of his clan members claimed it and won't let other people use..It..They even threatened him .He just gave up and went to back to Europe heart-broken..

thats hilarious

so people from the diaspora go and build things, then skinnies claim it as a clan achievement and hoard it for their clan

subxanallah

[Abmn]

Somalia suffers from acute case of water scarcity. people die regularly from lack of water or drink dirty water. water born diseases are common in 2009! droughts are common and rainfall is sporadic.

I seriously doubt your claims. Acute case of water scarcity in Somalia? Lack of water in Somalia? Water born diseases are common in Somalia? I don't know what sources or reports you have based on your claims. People would heard or read about claims of such magnitude. There would be a UN or aid agencies' study or report about the issue; but there's no such study or report. I have done a preliminary googling searching such a study or report; with 0 results. I will do an extensive googling, in the meantime, if you have a few links of such a study or report, post it here.

[Voltage]

I think this topic was a flop for the loser. Look at this forum record, 95% of his posts are anti-Arab posts.

Another sheegato. Probably Ethiopian

[Hyperactive]

the question is what somalis can do for somalia.
ninki isa sharfa aya la sharfa!!