Basically, Somaliland is the northwest part of Somalia that broke off from the southern part in 1991 to form their own government and country.  It is not internationally recognized, but it is a functioning state, unlike Somalia...  

In January I was awarded a fellowship position with PSI to live and work at PSI/Somaliland in their office in Hargeisa.

This blog will serve to inform my family and friends about my fabulous (and likely uneventful)  existence in the desert.

Ruth