Mama Halima Haji Abdullah Mohamed Jari (Popularly known as Ale Diqo).
A lot of time I find it very difficult to write about selfless
individuals back home. Tonight I must however write a little about this
beautifully created mother.
Ale Diqo is a model of strength and
generosity, she is one most generous, kind - hearted sprit I have ever
known, she is indeed a mother who everyone wish to have as a mum in
every life, fortunate is the son who calls her mum. As a long time
neighbour she watched me growing up in front of her eyes, I remember
how mischievous one me is but every time I commit some mistakes(dropping
stones on her house and I understand how noisy a mabati is when even a
drop of rain drops on it. what about Elwak ' s heavy stones? ) she
would find it very easy in her heart to forgive me, she never
complained against me or has she ever reported me to my parents.
Offcourse I will never forget tell how I cried one sunday morning upon
seeing her sitting with my mum in our home, thinking that she came to
report me to my parents because I teased a girl who was under her
guardian the day before that Sunday(probably that girl is happily
married now with five children if not more). I still don't know why she
opted to cover up my mistake, perhaps her motherly instincts prevented
her, or perhaps my tears sent a sign of guilt and repentance to her
heart . She is a bank of secrecy!
My interaction with Mama Ale Diqo in late 2014 inspired me a lot. When
her own son Abdikalif Adan presented to me an idea of environment
conservation which gave birth to Nomad Green Belt movement she didn't
think for a second, she hurriedly joined the idea giving us moral and
material support without her effort Nomad Green Belt movement would
have been a dream waiting for its time.
She started by providing a
tiny nursery space inside her plot, watered the seedlings, protected the
seedlings from street goats (kunuunos ), fuelled the vehicle we used in
our first project and upto now she is taking care of more 2000
seedlings in her plot, she is the only woman who believes in a healthy
environment and committed in Greening Mandera county and by extension
the whole world. She is the backbone of Nomad Green Belt movement.
Mama Ale Diqo is part part of women for peace, she religiously believes
in peaceful coexistence between communities in Mandera county. She is
independent thinker who always finds times to vist girls schools to give
motivational talks and advice young girls so that will grow up to
become respectable young women.
Mama Ale Diqo is a God gift human to humanity! I celebrate her.
