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Hawa Abdi was born on 17 May, 1947 in Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland, is a Somali activist, physician (1947–2020). Discover Hawa Abdi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Occupation Activist · physician
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 17 May 1947
Birthday 17 May
Birthplace Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland
Date of death 5 August, 2020
Died Place Mogadishu, Somalia
Nationality Mali

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1947

Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe (Xaawo Cabdi, حواء عبدي, 17 May 19475 August 2020) was a Somali human rights activist and physician.

She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization.

Abdi was born in Mogadishu, and lived in south-central Somalia.

Her mother died when she was 12 years old.

Abdi thereafter took on family chores, including raising her four younger sisters.

Her father was a professional who was employed in the port of the capital city.

For her early schooling, Abdi attended local elementary, intermediate and secondary academies.

1964

In 1964, she received a scholarship from the Women's Committee of the Soviet Union.

1971

Abdi subsequently studied medicine at a Kiev Medical Institute, graduating in 1971.

The following year, she began law studies at Mogadishu's newly opened Somali National University.

1973

In 1973, Abdi married Aden and gave birth to her first child two years later.

They had three children: Deqo, Amina, and Ahmed.

1979

She would practice medicine during the morning and work toward her law degree in her spare time, eventually earning it in 1979.

When Abdi was twelve years old, she entered into a forced marriage with a significantly older man who was a police officer.

The short-lived planned marriage ended several years later, before she left Somalia for Moscow and then, Kiev.

During her years in the USSR, she met Aden Mohammed, a fellow Somali student.

1980

Since its establishment in the early 1980s, the complex has served an estimated 2 million people.

1983

In 1983, Abdi opened the Rural Health Development Organization (RHDO) on family-owned land in the southern Lower Shebelle region.

It began as a one-room clinic offering free obstetrician services to around 24 rural women per day, and later evolved into a 400-bed hospital.

1990

When the civil war broke out in Somalia during the early 1990s, Abdi stayed behind at the behest of her grandmother, who had advised her to use her qualifications to assist the vulnerable.

She subsequently established a new clinic and school for the displaced and orphans.

1991

Since 1991, DHAF has provided services to Somalis who are independent of their clan.

Services are provided to the people of Somalia at no cost.

The DHAF compound includes a hospital, school and nutritional center, and provides shelter, water and medical care to mostly women and children.

2005

Ahmed died in a 2005 car crash in Hargeisa, while on a visit to his father who had since separated from Abdi.

Both Deqo and Amina became physicians.

2007

The RHDO was renamed the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF) in 2007.

2011

It gradually expanded to include a relief camp, which during the 2011 drought housed 90,000 people on the 1,300 acres surrounding Abdi's hospital.

Two years prior, at the height of the Islamist insurgency in southern Somalia, militants had laid siege to the compound and attempted to force Abdi to shut it down.

She stood her ground and the rebels left within a week, following pressure from local residents, the UN and other advocacy groups.

2012

The militants again stormed the area in February 2012, leading Abdi to temporarily suspend services until their eventual departure.

The Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF) was run by Abdi and her two physician daughters, CEO Deqo Adan (also known as Deqo Mohamed) and assistant Adan (also known as Amina Mohamed), who followed in their mother's footsteps as ob/gyn specialists.

As of 2012, the organization has a multinational staff of 102 workers, augmented by a 150-member team comprising volunteers, fishermen and farmers.

DHAF is a non-political organization that is not affiliated with any government, political movement, religion or clan.

DHAF decides what projects to undertake and what relief to provide based on the ground needs of the village.

DHAF is also a financially independent organization.

All of the funding is provided through donations from the people around the world and other charitable endowments.

Government funding is prohibited.

2020

Abdi died on 5 August 2020, at her home in Mogadishu.

She was 73; no cause of death was specified.