American Somali Health Care Foundaiton

Description

SOMCARE began its work in 2006 with the heart touching incident of a 7-year-old Somali girl that raped and left both physically and psychologically devastated and with no access to medical care. Abdi Maahaay (Founder and Executive Director of SOMCARE) and his wife were touched by this news; they immediately took action by contacting people and organizations around Minnesota. Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota took the initiative to sponsor Muraya and provide immediate medical and psychosocial support was needed to rebuild Muraya’s precious life.

Since then, SOMCARE through its volunteer medical staff have provided care close to 200 people, performed dozens of high risk surgeries including separation of conjoined twins, removal large tumors, cleft palates lifts, hydrocephalus shunts, and congenital heart defect repairs. SOMCARE works to assemble international medical providers from United States, Canada and Europe and bring them to Somalia’s neighboring countries in which they receive needing care in neighboring countries. In some cases, SOMCARE works with its supporters to bring complex medical cases to the U.S.