The White Star

The White Star was founded in the wake of the major drought and famine in the Horn of Africa in 2011. It’s co-founders, Iman Samantar, Jasmine Samantar, and Fatima Samantar, were moved (as was the world) by the heart-wrenching reports and photos of this humanitarian crisis. The severity of this crisis became a call to arms to Somali ex-patriates around the world, to try and help heal the country that they used to call home. The White Star was created to give youths who feel too insignificant to make a difference an opportunity to stand together and help battle the famine and malnutrition that ravage Somalia.
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Thank You

The White Star would like to thank the creators of the video “Somali Gangester Parody” for featuring the organization in their latest video! Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u-zbAZg2Io.

To like us on Facebook, go to: http://www.facebook.com/somaliyou

Thank you to all of our new supporters !

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The Future

While the United Nations declared that the drought in Somali is officially over, there is still dire need of world wide support and help. As exemplified by the Somali Talks meeting in London, the Horn is far from being saved.

Currently, The White Star has been collaborating with numerous groups - mainly in Washington, DC, France, and Tanzania. Talks of new projects and sponsorships will soon be underway.

If you are looking for a way to volunteer, donate, or have an questions, email us at: whitestarsomalia@gmail.com.

Thank you, 

The White Star

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A Reminder to Remember →
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A Message to the Somali Youth →
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BAKE SALE SUMMER 2011

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Back to school in the world's largest refugee camp →
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Watch CNN Anderson Cooper 360 reporting from Mogadishu on the famine of Somalia

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More pictures from Dadaab.  This time they’re from the town of Dadaab itself, which basically is one block in length with a variety of makeshift structures that offer goods of all sorts.

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A story with reading. Click the photo to read this devastating interview with a Somali man who tells of the horrors of jail, witnessing the rape of his wife, and the death of his child all while fleeing his country’s famine.

A story with reading.

Click the photo to read this devastating interview with a Somali man who tells of the horrors of jail, witnessing the rape of his wife, and the death of his child all while fleeing his country’s famine.

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