Mukhtar Gaaddasaar came to the United States by himself in 1997 when he received a sponsorship. He was 20 years old, and had spent the previous year and a half in Kenya where he taught himself English. Read More
Saeed Fahia first came to the United States in 1979 to obtain a Masters Degree in Physics from Eastern Michigan University. He returned to Somalia in 1981 and eventually became the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Education at Somali National University. Read More
In November 2008 the youth participating in creating radio novelas as part of SALUD: Healing through the arts, began conducting workshops a variety of health topics. Read More
The Muslim Cultural Competence Project (The MC2 PROJECT) is an online internet resource dedicated to improving the access and quality of services between health and mental health professionals and their clients / patients. The MC2 PROJECT is unique in that it will offer its users quick and easy access to online professionally oriented, dynamic multimedia resources aimed at improving the overall cultural competence of non-Muslim and Muslim health and mental health providers.
The Volunteers of America have a program in Minneapolis that offers intensive therapeutic, skill building and rehabilitative services to help strengthen the emotional, behavioral and social functioning of Somali and East African youth and their families.
Video | 56:53 | Somali | St. Paul, MN
This hour long program provides mental health information for Somalis and organizations working with Somalis. Through... Read More
Mental health is a challenging topic, and even more so when it crosses cultural boundaries. Thus, working on “Egal Shidad, stories of mental health” with a partnership of Minnesota agencies and talents was an especially interesting video production. Read More
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health is pleased to announce the completion of its first production, a program about mental health which aired multiple times in the Twin Cities on both radio and television during the week of October 6th. Read More
Video | 02:06 | Somali | St. Paul, MN
My name is Saeed Fahia and I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota. But I’m originally from Somalia. I've... Read More
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