# Somaliland inaugurates Phase II of Kuwaiti-funded complex

> On 7 November 2015, Somaliland's president inaugurated the Kuwaiti Educational Charity Complex for Girls, per a single news report.

- 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: Engineering and Methods
- Tags: finishes, temporary-works
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/somaliland-phase-ii-kuwaiti-complex

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported that President Silanyo inaugurated the Kuwaiti Educational Charity Complex for Girls on 7 November 2015.
- The report gives no evidence of what the complex's later phases, operation or financing have been since that date.
- The $7 million first-phase figure is attributed to Somaliland Sun, which does not specify currency or cost basis.

On 7 November 2015, Somaliland Sun reported that President Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo inaugurated the Kuwaiti Educational Charity Complex for Girls in Hargeisa, describing it as the second phase of Kuwaiti educational support to Somaliland.

The report attributes the project's implementation to African Relief. It describes the girls' sector as a replica of the first phase, an international class for boys, but located on the opposite side of the road. Somaliland Sun wrote that the boys' facility, which the President opened in late November of the previous year, cost 7 million dollars and houses 320, without specifying the currency or whether the figure is contract value or total project cost.

The source describes the Hargeisa complex inconsistently: it is called both an "orphanage complex" and a girls' educational complex with primary, secondary and polytechnical sections. The report does not reconcile these descriptions.

Somaliland Sun said the funder is a Kuwaiti Alms Foundation, a state department. It quoted Mr. Sa'ad Ali Utaybi thanking the President for attending and discussing aiding orphans. The Minister of Religious and Endowment and the Head of Welfare Office at the Presidency, Amina Mohammed, also spoke, according to the report.

President Silanyo visited the Hargeisa International Hospital, which Somaliland Sun said was funded by the same Kuwaiti establishment. The report, citing unnamed "reliable sources", states that funds accrued from hospital services were meant to help with day-to-day running of the boys' and girls' complexes, but it provides no evidence of any actual financial transfer.

Somaliland Sun reported that the boys' complex offers technical courses in metal and aluminum works, furniture making, electrical welding apprenticeship and agricultural production, and serves both day and boarding students. It also described a mosque, hostels, a bakery and boreholes for agricultural water.

The report quotes President Silanyo as having said that "the orphans' community who were a special part of the society have now got the best opportunity to be moulded into the leaders of tomorrow", but does not date that statement.

No independent or primary record from the Kuwaiti Alms Foundation, the Somaliland government or African Relief has been identified to confirm the 2015-11-07 inauguration or to establish what has happened to the complex since that date. The report does not give a full legal name for the funder, a contract value for Phase II, or any later phases.

## Questions

### What facilities are included in Phase II?

According to Somaliland Sun, the girls' complex is a replica of the boys' facility, with primary, secondary and polytechnical sections, and includes a mosque, hostels and a bakery.

### Who was the contractor and what was the budget?

Somaliland Sun reported that African Relief implemented the project, but no contract value or budget is given for Phase II. The $7 million first-phase figure is reported without specifying currency or cost basis.

### What are the future phases planned?

The report does not mention any future phases beyond the second phase for girls.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: President Inaugurates Kuwaiti Educational Charity Complex Phase II](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-president-inaugurates-kuwaiti-educational-charity-complex-phase-ii/) — Somaliland Sun, 2015-11-07