Somalia, The Land Allah Forgot

Kevin Fleming

National Geographic

A massive international aid program at the camp is helping to feed many of the young minds as well as the stomachs. Breaking off from their morning assembly, school children walk in line to begin the day's lessons. Below, a boy practices the Somali alphabet in his mud-walled classroom. Students are taught to read and write with only very basic arithmetic.

Kevin Fleming, "Somalia, The Land Allah Forgot," in POYi Archive, Item #11333, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/11333 (accessed November 22, 2024).