To empower local communities to initiate, organize and implement sustainable education and development projects creating socially able, coherent, healthy, informed and educated citizens.

Read Horn of Africa is a charitable organisation whose aim is to raise funds to relieve poverty through education and development.. It has its main base in the UK but it also has branches in Australia, Canada, USA, the middle east and Denmark.

Bursalah Education and Development project

The Bursalah Education and Development project, whose motto is “Without education there is no light” and which is run by Read Horn of Africa (Charity No.: 1098424), a UK based organisation with outlets in a number of other countries, is a unique initiative in the nomadic region of Somalia near the Ethiopian border.

To put education at the heart of all our work and to make education of a high standard available to all no matter their background, gender, finances or previous life experience.

To develop the facilities and infrastructure of the area in order to give all residents a stake in maintaining peace and participating in developing prosperity and well being for all.

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