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SOMRAF
organization is addressing the needs of marginalized
people inside Somali communities which are social and
economic exclusion, they considered the neediest group
among Somalia people, they are at the bottom of the
society, they are facing worst starvation, highest
poverty rates, massive displacement, huge unemployment
figures, highest illiteracy levels and horrific health
and sanitation status.
Due the social and economic segregation their children
are dropping out from School and they are facing
isolation even United States . Their situation is
exceptional which require special attention. They are
considered double disadvantaged communities every where
inside Somali and inside American Somali communities
according to the following:
The Exceptional Situation Experienced by these
marginalized communities:
1) Inside Somalia
• Human Rights Violations:
The level of human rights violations faced by the
community is incomparable to any where else with regard
to new socially set terminologies of dehumanization and
victimization of the highest order devised by the
dominant clans which was the source of widespread
impunity. The terms “Looma oyaan” or un-mourned one”,
“Looma aaran” un-avenged one and “Sacaboolay” simply
meaning an armed.
• Humanitarian Crisis
On the humanitarian front the minorities have similarly
endured the worst form of suffering within the Somali
humanitarian catastrophe mainly through discrimination
and lack of proper attention to their complex
predicament that cannot be easily recognized outside the
Somali homogeneous culture amid the unceasing violence
whose greatest victims have been without doubt the
minority clans.
2)
Challenges inside United States :
Somali minority communities like other Somali new
newcomers to the United States are oven faces obstacles
and situations that affect their health and well being
such as having come from war-torn country;
post-traumatic stress disorder, discrimination within
Somali society; culture shock; grieving losses of loved
ones, hopes, dreams, and productivity; reversal of
traditional roles; loss of status; intergenerational
conflicts; work frustrations; and feelings of isolation.
In addition, a number of factors often make it more
difficult for newcomers to seek healthcare and/or
navigate the healthcare system in the United States .
These include limited English language skills;
inadequate health education information; cultural
concerns when seeking healthcare; and the inexperience
of healthcare providers in interacting with people from
widely diverse cultural backgrounds.
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