# Somaliland orphan technical school inaugurated, Kuwaiti-funded

> Somaliland Sun reported on 2014-11-29 that President Silanyo inaugurated phase one of a Kuwaiti-funded technical school for orphans in Hargeisa.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Business and Costs
- Tags: project-management, quality-control
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/somaliland-orphan-technical-school-inaugurated-kuwaiti

## Key points

- On 29 November 2014, Somaliland Sun reported that President Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo inaugurated the first phase of a technical school complex for orphaned male pupils in Hargeisa.
- The report describes a foundation stone for a second-phase girls' centre, but does not establish whether that phase was built or whether the institution is operating today.
- No funding agreement, disbursement record or post-2014 performance evidence exists in the report.

On 29 November 2014, Somaliland Sun reported that President Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo inaugurated the first phase of what it described as an ultra-modern technical school complex for orphaned male pupils in Hargeisa. The report says the event took place "yesterday"; it does not give a calendar date for the inauguration.

According to the same report, the President also laid the foundation stone of a second-phase centre for girls "at the opposite side of the compound across the main road." A foundation stone is not a completed building, and the report records nothing further about that phase.

## What the report says about the facilities

Somaliland Sun reported the complex was "funded by the Kuwaiti Foundation" and implemented by "the African Relief." The report does not clarify whether African Relief was the contractor or an implementing NGO.

Education minister Zamzam Abdi Aden, according to Somaliland Sun, said the institution offers practical technical courses including metal and aluminum works, furniture making, electrical welding apprenticeship and agricultural production, alongside mainstream curricula. She said it caters for day and boarding students with primary, secondary and polytechnical sections, a mosque, hostels, a bakery department and an administration sector. The report says the complex's agricultural farms get water from boreholes drilled within its environs, without giving the number, depth or capacity of those boreholes.

The same minister said the complex "housed 320 pupils." The report does not distinguish between current enrolment and capacity, and does not say whether all 320 were residential. She also said the school had market-oriented production in addition to catering for local complex consumption; no output, revenue or client is given.

## Cost claims and tax treatment

Finance minister Abdiaziz Samale, according to Somaliland Sun, said the project was worth 7 million dollars and received "up to 1.5m" in tax relief from the state. The report does not specify the currency of the relief figure, does not establish whether the 7 million dollars represents project value, contract value or total cost, and does not state who paid or disbursed it.

President Silanyo thanked the Kuwaiti Foundation and said, "I hail the Kuwaiti government for establishing such international class facility in the country." He was accompanied by First Lady Amina Haji Mohammed Jirde, and Kuwaiti and Djibouti delegations attended, Somaliland Sun reported.

Djibouti's religious affairs minister, Hassan Aden Hersi (Baleelo), said the Kuwaiti Foundation extended the project to Somaliland following a successful pilot project in Djibouti. That is an interested-party claim by Djibouti's minister, not an independently verified account, and the report does not state that Djibouti agreed to fund anything in Somaliland. Ali Mohammed Waran'adde of the Interior Ministry said the achievement would not have been possible without the country's peace and stability.

> **Note:** The report does not establish what happened at the institution after 2014: whether the second-phase girls' centre was built, what the current enrolment is, whether the school is operating, or whether the Kuwaiti Foundation ever disbursed a funding amount.

The only funding and implementation facts available rest on this single report. No tender notice, contract award, funding agreement or disbursement record is attached to it.

## Questions

### Where is the institution located?

Somaliland Sun reported it is in Hargeisa, with a second-phase centre for girls planned across the main road from the compound.

### Who funded and implemented the project?

According to Somaliland Sun, the complex was funded by the Kuwaiti Foundation, a name the report does not expand, and implemented by "the African Relief," which the report does not identify as contractor or NGO.

### What did the inauguration cover?

The report records the inauguration of the first phase and the laying of a foundation stone for the second phase. It does not establish that phase two was built, or that the institution is operational today.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: President Inaugurates Kuwaiti Funded State-of-art Institution for Orphans](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-president-inaugurates-kuwaiti-funded-state-of-art-institution-for-orphans/) — Somaliland Sun, 2014-11-29