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In Somalia street children are increasing in number and their situation is desperate in this regard. We have provided psycho-social suport to 70 street children in Mogadishu and we have also provided a literacy and numeracy educational program to more than 240 disadvantaged children from Mogadishu. Within IDP camps parents are unable to pay educational fees, and in addition to this, we provide individual and group counselling two days per week. We have conducted two, day-long awareness raising workshops on psycho-social issues, attended by 40 members from local organizations. We used lecture methodology and following issues were presented:- normal psycho-social needs, identification of psycho-social problems , understanding causation, prevention, encouraging compassion and responsibility, and skills for helping. We have also provided psycho-social training to 65 teachers and the following lessons were covered:- child growth and development, how to promote cognitive and social development, empathatic and problem solving, communication skills, skills assisting children with special needs, recognition of behaviors and class room management.. In addition to this SOCPD organized a large cermony on 2nd August raising awareness on the importance of education programs under UNESCO sponsorship. During this program we have mobilized 25 commumities from IDP camps to focus on the importance of education and child protection. We have also established 32 IDP camp child protection commitees, recognising their roles and resposiblilites within the community. Local FM radios programs have been directed to the importance of education and how business people and all duty bearers can support disadvantaged children. Children in Somalia will be provided with free educational opportunities and protection.