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Abdi Dirir (left), head of general education, Adel (left center), an inspector with the PK-12 school, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Terrence L. Koudelka (right center), Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) deputy commanding general, and Liz Canellakis (right), public diplomacy officer for the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti, cut the ribbon during the inauguration ceremony of a library to the PK-12 school at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. This project created local jobs and was built by a Djiboutian construction company employing Djiboutian laborers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Terrence L. Koudelka, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) deputy commanding general, listens to a Djiboutian child read a book at a new school library at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. The library dedication ceremony celebrated the completion and handover of the U.S.-funded construction project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristin Zimmerman, a medic with Civil Affairs, in support of Southern European Task Force Africa (CA SETAF-AF) and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), reads a book with two Djiboutian children at a new school library at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. The new library was a U.S.-funded construction project which created local jobs and was built by a Djiboutian construction company employing Djiboutian laborers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
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U.S. Army Cpt. Sultan Durzi, a Civil Affairs team leader, in support of Southern European Task Force Africa (CA SETAF-AF) and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), looks at a book with Djiboutian children at a new school library at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. U.S. Army soldiers and the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti donated children's books as part of the new library, which was a U.S. -funded construction project that employed a local Djiboutian construction company. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Terrence L. Koudelka, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) deputy commanding general, and Liz Canellakis, public diplomacy officer for the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti, stands for a picture with teachers, parents, and children at the PK-12 school’s new library at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. The library dedication ceremony celebrated the completion and handover of the U.S.-funded construction project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bethany April Bedard, a team sergeant with Civil Affairs, in support of Southern European Task Force Africa (CA SETAF-AF)and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and two Djiboutian children look at books during a library dedication at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021. The civil affairs team brought books, pencils, solar lights and other supplies to add to the school’s new library. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Morgan L. Brown)
Photo by: Senior Airman Morgan Brown
U.S. Army Soldiers with Civil Affairs, in support of Southern European Task Force Africa (CA SETAF-AF) and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), assisted with a library dedication ceremony of a new PK-12 school library at Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 19, 2021.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Terrence L. Koudelka, CJTF-HOA deputy commanding general, Liz Canellakis, public diplomacy officer for the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti, and the local school director joined the event, which celebrated the completion and handover of the U.S.-funded construction project.
“This library shows our gratitude and interest in helping to educate Djiboutian children because they are the future of Djibouti,” said Koudelka. “On behalf of the United States, the U.S. Embassy, the men and women of Camp Lemonnier, thank you for being able to help further the education of these children.”
The civil affairs team brought children’s books, pencils, solar lights and other supplies to add to the school’s new library.
This project created local jobs and was built by a Djiboutian construction company employing Djiboutian laborers. U.S. Soldiers with CJ-4, engineers in support of CJTF-HOA, assisted with the inspections of the building and civil affairs soldiers worked with the many sources needed to bring the project together.
“This is an important project,” said Capt. Sultan Durzi, a team chief with Civil Affairs. “It’ll last long term and really help to make a difference.”
This library is one of the three completed in Djibouti, with three more currently in the works.
