Dr. Hawa Abdi was born and grew up in Somalia. Now, from the location, one can surmise that this country was not an easy place to live, but that wasn't always true. Of course, in Dr. Abdi's life, there was hardship, but she managed to become a doctor. And then things became rather chaotic in Somalia and wars and killings became rather commonplace. That's when Dr. Abdi went into action. There were a large number of internally displaced people around the country. Some 90,000 benefited from the care of Dr. Abdi, joined by her daughters, at the refugee camps, where Hawa helped to save them. This was a life well-spent!
On another note, my brother spent time in Somalia during the 1990s during that period of chaos. It was so unsafe that US embassy personnel could not just trek into Mogadishu and meet up with citizens and the embassy was in a bullet-riddled fortress. Undoubtedly, he never met Dr. Abdi, but I bet he would have liked her if he did. My brother managed to get care for one Somalian who had been injured (he also worked with the US embassy) when care was not generally available. One can only imagine the magnitude of what was accomplished by Dr. Abdi and her daughters.
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