Professional Summary
Somali/Somaliland hydrologist and irrigation-water resources specialist with more than eight years of field, technical, and project-management experience across hydrology, irrigation, drainage, WASH, flood modelling, GIS, disaster risk reduction, and climate-resilient water infrastructure. He has reviewed hydrology reports for dam design, stormwater drainage, and flood estimation; contributed to irrigation scheme rehabilitation; supported agricultural water-management programmes; planned water resources under drought and demand-growth conditions; and delivered WASH and emergency water-supply work for vulnerable communities. His professional profile combines modelling skill, field implementation, institutional coordination, humanitarian WASH experience, and practical engineering judgment. He brings strong value to AquaLinked as a Horn of Africa water expert capable of supporting irrigation development, flood-risk reduction, dam and drainage studies, basin planning, groundwater/surface-water projects, and resilient water systems for communities, governments, NGOs, and development partners.
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Irrigation and Water Resources Specialist – Agricultural Development Organization ADO
Reviews hydrology reports for dam design, stormwater drainage, and flood estimation submitted by contractors and consultants. Supports approval of hydrology, drainage, GIS mapping, dam-capacity-curve, flood-forecasting, risk-assessment, and climate-change flood-impact studies through technical review and project coordination. -
Irrigation and Agricultural Water Management Programme – Somaliland
Advises on agricultural water management, irrigation development, rainfed agriculture improvement, irrigation policy, government training, farmer participation, and sustainable management of agricultural water programmes across Somaliland. -
50-Hectare Irrigation Scheme Rehabilitation
Contributed to the rehabilitation of a 50-hectare irrigation scheme with the Ministry of Agriculture, supporting field-office establishment, staff coordination, project planning, and implementation of practical agricultural-water interventions. -
Water Resources Planning – Ministry of Water Development of Somaliland
Worked as Water Resources Planner, investigating future water-demand increases, using computer models for complex catchments, assessing water availability and demand, monitoring drought conditions, and supporting contracts for development of surface-water sources. -
Urban Hydromet Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Assessed hydromet hazards, urban infrastructure exposure, climate forecasts, early-warning capacity, institutional gaps, and weather-dependent sector vulnerability. Recommended structural and non-structural measures to reduce risk and strengthen urban climate resilience. -
Regional WASH Project Officer – ALIGHT International
Coordinated regional WASH activities for internally displaced communities in Somaliland, supporting technical field guidance, budgeting, reporting, donor communication, capacity building, monitoring, evaluation, KAP surveys, formative assessments, and programme improvement for vulnerable populations. -
Emergency Water Supply System – World Vision International
Designed and supported construction of an emergency water-supply system for a damaged hospital, including generator and submersible-pump installation, water-tower repair, piped-network rehabilitation, tap-stand installation, and assessment for well-drilling programmes at emergency feeding centres. -
Groundwater and Surface Water Infrastructure – CELCAW
Supported borehole survey, drilling, equipping, water-source design review, storage-facility review, rainwater catchment pans and dams, sand and subsurface dams, river flood-control work, and irrigation-canal rehabilitation under WASH and water-engineering programmes. -
Flood Modelling, GIS and Climate-Resilient Water Studies
Applies HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS 1D and 2D, GIS mapping, ArcGIS, QGIS, MODFLOW, ArcSWAT, HBV, and related tools for rainfall-runoff modelling, flood analysis, groundwater assessment, geospatial analysis, risk assessment, drainage design, and climate-change flood-impact studies. -
Water Quality, Product Development and Applied Research Support
Contributed to applied research, water-quality testing, sampling-procedure design, logistics planning, materials testing, prototype design, feedback mechanisms, data analysis, reporting, and development of practical solutions for safe drinking-water access among low-income and excluded groups.