Growing up in a clan-based conflict area and a village where leaving out school for drug addictions is

ordinary I always loved the education. Nearly stepping in to drop out from the school my mother
informed me to prepare my suitcase for a journey to my uncle who lived in a big city far away from my
village three months after my dad's death when she noticed my behavioural change and suspected that I
smoke secretly which was the reality.I became addicted to cigarettes. My father was the only person who
supporting our family financially and after his death this responsibility fall my mother and my older
brother's shoulders as he left the school to work full hours and help to pay off extra bills.My mother's
low-paying job was only enough to pay our rent and put food on the table,so I have always known she
couldn't help me pay for the secondary school and she told me to live with my uncle who helped me to
continue my education.It was three days before a match between two football teams was expected to
take place when my older brother caught me buying cigarettes and then took me infront of my mother
with the cigarettes on his hand.The one of the two teams was my favorite club that I madly supported
Hilaac and their biggest rivals Gashaan for the last match of the tournement.I was so excited to watch
that game and I couldn't wait for the kick off,but the mess I have made turned everything into other
side.My mother sent me immediately from the village as I was crying the fact that Iam leaving my family
and friends which was really hard for me to accept.Also,missing out my team's final match and worrying
wether they will win or lose have saddened my journey.However,my enthusiasm and believe that I see
myself in the future as a young educated man and the fact that Iam the only person from my family who
is about to attend secondary school encouraged me to be more adventurous to higher education.As
smoker,I have really found it hard first to stop that habit,but I realized improvement with effective
commitment is needed to quit smoking which I successfully did.Stopping to smoke,moving to a new
bigger city where I knew nobody and being separated from my loved ones all made me feel alone and
anxious,but then I accepted the harships the life throws my way and I learnt to persist even when I
confronted circumstances beyond my control and that made me the person Iam today.I was able to
adapt the new enviroment,communicate and make new friends to proceed my adventure.After all of
that experience,I found myself trying to advice and guide my village junior students who are thinking to
leave the education for drug addictions.I take time with them to make sure they understand the
importance of knowledge and that they can have bright future which can lead bigger change to their
community and the world.

Economics is one of the most valuable and evolving subjects around the globe and I see a purporseful
vocation,yet what I loved most is its fusion of making different decisions and assumptions with a
philantropic heart.My country's low economic growth,increasing inflation rate and my community's high
level of unemployment that caused extreme poverty to the region have encouraged me to persue this
course.Studying AS(Advanced Subsidiary) level in secondary school with an excellent grade has fuelled
up my passion and enthusiasm for the subject as I enjoyed the globalisation concept and how nations
use protectionism as a way of preventing industries from collapsing.Taking this course in high school has
equipped me to cultivate my ability to think critically and logically along with simplifying complex issues
and solving problems using my initiatives.Last year, I worked as a cosmetic retailer in a small company to
put some of my business economic theory and I gained practical experience of how markets work which
also improved my ability to make better decisions and see the unseen.

Outside of my acedemic life,I enjoyed the challenge that leadership brings and I find that enviromental
preservation as an important issue and when I observed my community's threats towards plants I
decided a project of planting trees in the school compound.As Enviromental Club (ECO) member I
organised a campaign titled "Don't make future generations suffer" to protect the enviroment and I
addressed local community the negative impact of cutting down trees which led me later to become ECO
club chairman in which I developed teamwork,cooperation,management and leadership skills.In
addition,throughout my work with School Charity and Community Services Committee I was able to be a
leader of volunteering team who raised a fund to buy animal fodder for local pastoralists who suffered
severe drought so that they can feed their livestock.I have been involved in "Wear a mask and save lives"
campaign in the school compound as a Science Club member to warn students and notify Somali health
ministry precautionary guidelines when the covid-19 pandemic was its highest peak.

Receiving this scholarship will help and boost me to achieve my future career goals as an economist
which I believe if I do not complete my college degree I could never have the opportunity to achieve my
career goals. This scholarship will not only be beneficial to me,but also to my community as Iam hoping
to give back to those with finincial crisis,so that they don't have same finincial burdens that I have grown
up.It is my current ambition to be profesional politician that promote national policy in my country and
help my people to have a better standard of living as an economist.My involvement in both my school
and community prove that Iam a student committed to developing a promising future.And as a member
of my generation,I believe being active responsiple student who achieved exceptional academic grade on
all subjects and participated in many extracarricular programs which benefited the school as well as the
community would qualify me this scholarship.

Throughout my past experience of retailing,stopping to smoke alongside adapting new enviroroment

with plans and commitments I have realized what it takes to be dedicated student and although I know
economics is a challenging subject,nevertheless once given the oppurtunity I know I have the motivation
and capacity to succeed in this rewarding and intellectually fulfilling scholarship.