By John Price, Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Somalia is a poor Muslim country, where agriculture provides a meager existence in its arid climate, and people live on less than $2.00 a day. The country has one of the lowest primary-school enrollment rates in Africa with less than 25% of the children participating, of which one-third […]
Read MoreCultural Diversity Seen Through the Eyes of African Artists
By John Price, Wednesday January 29, 2014 In July 2012, I wrote the article “Artistic Endeavor: Can Change the Face of Africa”, after attending the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab production of “Africa Kills Her Sun”, or “Afrika Inaua Mwangaza Wake” in Kiswahili. The play had a cast of three African actors and one American, who […]
Read MoreSomalia: Education is the Best Way to Defeat Al-Shabaab
By John Price, Tuesday December 3, 2013 In Somalia each day dozens of children twelve years and older are recruited into the ranks of al-Shabaab, the local terrorist organization. Killing an Islamist leader or two will not change the attacks they incur at home, in neighboring countries, and against Western interests. Until recently the United States had all […]
Read MoreSanctions on Somalia will stifle growth, affect stability
By John Price – SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, April 10, 2013 ANALYSIS/OPINION President Obama’s plan to renew sanctions against Somalia to weaken Islamist militants would wrack the war-torn country’s economy just as an elected government is restoring stability for the first time in 22 years and as thousands of refugees […]
Read MoreSomalia: The Price Family Foundation Sponsors Education
Somali And American Fund For Education Somali And American Fund For Education’s Director Hodan Guled and Former U.S. Ambassador John Price visited the town of Faraweyne, Somalia on March 27, 2013. A total of 340 families live in this town, and until last year, the children in this community only had access to one primary school with two […]
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