The countdown to HIRDA winter Cup has started. In about 2 months Somali teams across Holland will gather in Amsterdam to compete against each other, in order to win the HIRDA Winter Cup Trophy 2017.
The Covid-19 virus has held the Netherlands in its grip for a months. In a very short time, the cabinet had to take a number of drastic measures to protect the Dutch population. In addition to health problems, this crisis has also caused economic and social problems for the entire Dutch society. Certain groups are hit harder than the others in different ways.
Somalia was in civil war from 1988, which led insecurity, famine and displacement within Somalia and the neighboring countries. Somalia has more 2.6 million displaced people and some five million Somalis are reported by the UN to be in need of humanitarian assistance. According to the UN’s global humanitarian response plan, Somalia has an average of two health workers per 100,000 persons, compared to the global standard of 25 per 100,000. UN has ranked Somalia as one of the most vulnerable countries at risk of food insecurity and pandemics
