On this page we are building a list web resources that may be of use to you in your work with Somali students and families.
Columbus City Schools Welcome Center Resources
Center for Applied Linguistics
Young English Language Learners Wiki
Cultural Orientation Research Center, for resources for refugee newcomers and service providers, including the Somali Refugee Fact Sheet and the Somali Bantu Culture Profile
Somali Studies International Association
The Digital Somali Library @ Indiana University
African Studies Resources for K-12 Educators @ Indiana University
Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies
OSU Knowledge Bank documentation of Somali Studies International Conference 2007
Columbia University Libraries African Studies webliography on Somalia and Somaliland
Effective instruction for English language learners in the K-12 setting, a site by Professor Martha Bigelow of the University of Minnesota, who works extensively with the Somali community there. See also her faculty page for a list of articles, some with links to pdfs.
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Energy of a Nation immigration resource center
Human Rights Resource Center for human rights educational materials, training, and advocacy
Somali Women's and Children's Alliance
Horn of Africa Community Center
African Refugee Educational and Cultural Services Inc.
Somali Bantu Community Association of Columbus
African Immigrant and Refugee Resource Center
Somali Community Association of Ohio
National Somali Bantu Organization
Community Refugee and Immigration Services
OLOL Films, Abdisalam Aato's film company site
K'Naan, Somali-Canadian rapper's website and interview & live performance on KCRW
Somali Folktale Project, Lyndale Community School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota Humanities Center, for Somali-related resources such as the Somali Bilingual Book Project (described in Ali Ahmed Jimale).
New York Times Learning Network lesson plan built around events in Lewiston, Maine
Westerville Public Library, where you can find Somali resources by searching the catalogue with the phrase 'Somali language materials'
Ethnomed Somali pages, for information about cultural beliefs, medical issues & other issues relevant to health care
Somali American Autism Foundation
Bartamaha.com, for news, culture, politics in English and/or Somali
Global Mall, Columbus, Ohio
Somali-English-Italian Trilingual Online Dictionary
Health Information Translations: Somali
Hiiraan Online, for news and commentary about Somalia and the Muslim world
National Somali Bantu Project of Portland State University
Somali Link, an online newsletter for the Somali community in Columbus, Ohio
