Barwaaqo is proud to be part of the Abaarso Network. Our flagship high school was featured on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and in the New York Times by Nicholas Kristof when our students became the first in their country in more than 30 years to matriculate to US universities including Harvard, Yale, MIT, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Penn.
In 2017, we started Barwaaqo University, the only women’s university in Somaliland. Our residential model allows us to provide wraparound services for our students, including a rigorous academic foundations program, social emotional learning, leadership development, and a wide range of extracurricular programs.
In 2019, Abaarso Network founded Kaabe Schools, a scaling system of Montessori primary schools. These primary schools provide high-quality education to children across Somaliland, driven by Barwaaqo graduates.
Nimo Ahmed Ismael was the first student from Somaliland or Somalia in over thirty years to earn a scholarship to a US university. The Minister of Education held a press conference to honor this historic feat. Nimo graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio in 2017 and immediately returned to Somaliland to help found Barwaaqo University and assume the role of Dean of Students. After years helping to set up Barwaaqo, Nimo left to earn a Law Degree from University of Stirling in Scotland. Nimo returned to the organization in 2022 to serve as Abaarso Network’s first Deputy Director.
Email: barwaaqo.information@abaarsoschool.org
Telephone: +252 63 7365129
Barwaaqo University is the sister university of Abaarso School of Science & Technology. To learn more about our schools and our mission please visit Abaarso Network.