Amoud Foundation-Condolences to The Family of Haji Jama Muhumad

Amoud Foundation Board sends condolences to the family of Haji Jama Muhumad. Our thoughts and prayers are with them in this difficult time. Haji Jama Muhumad was an icon in his community and his country, and a giant among his peers. From the fight for independence for Somalia to the search for peace and understanding in post civil war Somaliland, he has been there whenever his community and his country needed him.

For those of us at Amoud Foundation, he occupied a special place in our hearts. He was the winner of our 2005 Awdal Achievement Award for a life time of service to his community. As the chair of the Amoud University Board of Elders, he led the effort to make it a community asset that everyone can be proud of; something that is larger than all of us. He was endowed with great intellect and wisdom; he leaves a legacy that his community and his country will benefit from for generations to come.

In 2004, during a visit to Borama by a delegation of Amoud Foundation Board members, some of us had the privilege of experiencing his infinite wisdom up close and personal. At a meeting with community elders, intellectuals, and local officials, he stood out from the crowd with his brief but profound talk. He was not one that dabbled in long and winding trivial talk; he immediately got to the heart of the matter, making the community’s common goals and aspirations so clear to everyone and briefly pointing out what it would take to secure a better future for all. Even at his senior age, he was the sharpest mind in the room.

Today, Awdal lost a central pillar (Udub Dhexaad). If the community were a team, we lost the captain of the team. May Allah (SWT) reward him for all his noble and selfless deeds and bless him in his final abode. Amen.

Marxuum H. Jama Muhumad oo Dhagaxii  u horreeyey Digaya
Cusbitaalka Al Hayatt, Borama

1. Mohamoud Farah Egal
2. Yussuf Adan Kalib
3. Abdi Dahir Aye
4. Halimo Jama Hadi
5. Ibrahim Gurry
6. Bashir Muse Rabile