num_pages: 246
description: The moving memoir of one brave woman who along with her daughters has kept 90000 of her fellow citizens safe healthy and educated for over 20 years in Somalia. Dr. Hawa Abdi the Mother Teresa of Somalia and Nobel Peace Prize nominee is the founder of a massive camp for internally displaced people located a few miles from war-torn Mogadishu Somalia. Since 1991 when the Somali government collapsed famine struck and aid groups fled she has dedicated herself to providing help for people whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty. She turned her 1300 acres of farmland into a camp that has numbered up to 90000 displaced people ignoring the clan lines that have often served to divide the country. She inspired her daughters Deqo and Amina to become doctors. Together they have saved tens of thousands of lives in her hospital while providing an education to hundreds of displaced children. In 2010 Dr. Abdi was kidnapped by radical insurgents who also destroyed much of her hospital simply because she was a woman. She along with media pressure convinced the rebels to let her go and she demanded and received a written apology.Dr. Abdi's story of incomprehensible bravery and perseverance will inspire readers everywhere.
language: English
title: Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
publisher: Grand Central Publishing