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DJIBOUTI - Leadership from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa CJTF-HOA, U.S. Embassy-Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti and Coalition partners attended a dedication for an addition to the Institut Superieur des Science de la santé (ISSS), or Higher Institute for Health Sciences, May 22, 2014 near Peltier Hospital in Djibouti.
The ISSS’ addition cost $358,748 U.S. dollars and increased student capacity from 60 students every three years to 150 per year. It includes three classrooms, a medical study and lecture room, a computer room with internet access, a workshop area and additional restrooms.
“The new [addition] … helps us respond to the increasing demand for health staff from the [Djiboutian] Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defense, National Security, coastal guard and police,” said Dr. Ammar Abdo Ahmed, general director of the ISSS. “[The U.S.] offers this to the population, and the first beneficiaries of this infrastructure are the students – the future leaders of Djibouti.”
During the dedication ceremony, students also listened to comments from Geeta Pasi, U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti; Nabil Mohamed Ahmed, the Djiboutian Minister of Higher Education and Research; and Brig. Gen. Wayne Grigsby Jr., CJTF-HOA commanding general.
“The students who attend this school deserve our respect and admiration for entering into a career in this dynamic, demanding and very exciting profession,” Grigsby said. “They are the future leaders and we build these leaders through education and the transformation of oneself for the greater good of Djibouti.”
The ISSS students will become nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians and paramedics.
“… as they move through their careers they will cure, comfort, teach, mentor and most importantly, lead,” Grigsby said. “The ISSS’s contribution to knowledge in the medical field is critical for empowering our young men and women to seek a life of service to their fellow men and women. I’m proud that CJTF-HOA can support such noble aspirations today.”
Cheryl Anderson, USAID representative to Djibouti, was also present at the event and commented on teamwork and cooperation among CJTF-HOA, USAID and the Djiboutian government that has made this and other similar projects possible.
“We liaise with Djiboutian ministries to coordinate nominations for projects and plans for construction or renovations, she said. “We are aware of what the ministries’ plans are long term and what’s in their work plans annually, so we can look at them and say, ‘CJTF-HOA is proposing an enticing project,’ how does that fit into your work plan?’”
Anderson said CJTF-HOA has been helpful with regard to health and education infrastructure in Djibouti.
“Those two things are priorities for the Djiboutian government,” she said. “USAID has done some, and CJTF-HOA has done quite a bit as well. So that is where the USAID, CJTF-HOA partnership started.”
| Date Taken: | 05.22.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 06.20.2014 09:17 |
| Story ID: | 133776 |
| Location: | DJ |
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