Henry Badenhorst worked as an aid and relief worker for HOPE worldwide in Somalia from February to August 2002. He was involved in projects at the Hargeisa Orphanage and Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somalia, helping to build an educational playground and assist with polio immunization education. He also worked on smaller projects in Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with HOPE worldwide, providing HIV/AIDS education in Nairobi slums. After nearly 6 months working in Somalia, Henry returned to South Africa with a new dream to continue working for NGOs helping the poor.

1. Somalia
(Feb 2002 – Aug
2002)
• Education aid & relief worker.
• Involved with development
projects for the Hargeisa
Orphanage & maternity
hospital in Hargeisa, Somalia.
• Smaller projects in Nairobi
(Kenya) & Addis Ababa
(Ethiopia).

2. Working Abroad:
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Project 3:
Somaliland
(2002)

3. Somaliland
• Somaliland, locally known as
Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland,
is an unrecognised self-
declared sovereign state that is
internationally recognised as an
autonomous region of Somalia.
• Somaliland is bordered by
Ethiopia in the south and west,
Djibouti in the northwest, the
Gulf of Aden in the north, and
the autonomous Punt land
region of Somalia to the east.
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4. WORKING FOR
AN NGO IN
SOMALIA:
FEB. 2002- AUG. 2002
Worked In Hargeisa, Somaliland as an aid & relief worker for HOPE worldwide to
assist with the educational needs of the Hargeisa orphanage.
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5. HOPE Worldwide
Vision
HOPE worldwide's vision is to bring hope & change to
the lives of the world's most poor, sick & suffering.
Mission
HOPE worldwide is an international charity that
changes lives by harnessing the compassion &
commitment of dedicated staff & volunteers to deliver
sustainable, high-impact, community-based services to
the poor & needy.
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6. Hargeisa Orphanage
Some of the orphans in
front of their newly built
playground
With the Orphanage
Director
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7. Hargeisa Orphanage
Parents were
killed during the
genocide
Some of the children are not
orphaned, parents simply cannot
take care of them.
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8. Hargeisa Orphanage
Entrance to
Orphanage
Educational playground
built for kids in co-
operation with UNICEF
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9. Right: The reason: They
are getting a new
playground
Top: Happy Orphans
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10. HOPE Projects
Assembling the
educational playground
for the orphanage – with
Somali volunteers
Play Ground
assembly
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11. Assisting WHO with Polio
immunisation & Education
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12. HOPE Partnerships
Edna Adan, president’s wife
and other representatives
of NGO’s.
Luncheon with
Government Ministries
& other
representatives.
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13. HOPE colleagues
With Matthew and Jenny
from New York
Chris from South-Africa
and Melinda from the US
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14. HOPE colleagues
Left to right: Chris, Kara,
Melinda & Faisal at the
Hargeisa airport
Chris & I on Hargeisa
Hill
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15. HOPE Worldwide
staff
Clockwise: Ababa (Cook), Shofa
(cleaning), Abdi Hakim (Driver) &
our security guard, Ali, with Chris
(SA) & Melinda (USA).
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16. Hargeisa
Genocide monument
in Centre of City. The
plane that dropped
the bombs.
Genocide monument in
Centre of City. More than half
a million people were
massacred by the South.
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17. Somaliland Newspaper
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18. Somali money
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19. Wearing traditional Somali clothes
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20. Travel
On the way to Berbera on
the Gulf of Aden, we had
picnic in the desert.
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21. Hargeisa
Hargeisa, (Somali:
Hargeysa, Arabic:
‫هرجيسا‬ is the capital
and largest city of the
Republic of
Somaliland, a self-
declared state that is
internationally
recognized as an
autonomous region of
Somalia.
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23. Facilities for expats
Mansoor Hotel: Expats got
together here to watch
football or get a good
coffee
Sport
facilities???
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24. Interaction with locals
Somali youth posing on
burnt out tank
Chris & I with an elderly
Somali gentleman
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25. At home
Ababa dishing up
for us
Playing soccer with our
security guard
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26. • We only had 2 hours municipal
provided electricity per day.
• We had to work on the PC’s
during that time.
• For the rest, we sang, studied &
entertained.
• Once in a while we cranked up
the generator to watch a movie.
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28. Romantic Somalia
• Picnics & sunsets on
Hargeisa hill.
• We often went for late
afternoon picnics with
other expats & partners.
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29. Outskirts of Hargeisa
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32. After 4 months our project came to a closure due to 9/11 and
increased security risks.
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Goodbye Somalia

33. HOPE
worldwide
Kenya
Spent a month in
Nairobi to assist
with projects.
The house I stayed at in
Buru-Buru, a suburb of
Nairobi
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34. BURU-BURU Nairobi
I lived with all of these
Kenyans
The house I stayed at in
Nairobi
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35. Nairobi
Downtown
Stanley, co-worker in
Nairobi
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36. Nairobi
Centre
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37. Nairobi Transportation
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38. Nairobi Street scenes
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39. HOPE colleagues
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40. HOPE Projects
HIV/Aids Education among the poor in Nairobi
slums.
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41. I took a 5 day trip to
Addis Ababa in Ethiopia
in 2002
Addis
Ababa
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42. Addis street
scenes
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43. Addis street
scenes
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44. Chris & I visiting the
Addis Ababa Church
of Christ
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45. Henry in Addis
Clockwise:
• With friends
• After a haircut
• With Kids from the street
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46. The end
After nearly 6
months in Somalia,
I returned to South-
Africa with a new
dream to work for
NGO’s to help the
poor.
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