Qamar Ibrahim
Consultant and Trainer
Qamar is the founder and Executive Director for LEAD
Group (Leadership Empowerment and Development Group). She
is a tireless advocate for bringing together African
communities to a common good and a unified voice. Her
work with the Partnership of African Communities (PAC) is
one such initiative which has gone a long way toward this
goal.
Other highlights include Qamar's work with the American Public Health Association, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Horn of Africa Initiative, and the Somali Community of Washington DC. In her career Qamar has filled many roles, most prominent among them are those with Oxfam America for which she served as the Somalia Disaster Response Coordinator as well as the Program Coordinator for the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa regions.
Qamar was Founder & Co-Director, Haqabtir, Somali Voluntary Organization, Mogadishu, Somalia, the first national voluntary (nonprofit) organization in the history of Somalia. She served also in the capacity of National Project Manager, International Labor Organization, Mogadishu, Somalia and of inspector of schools, principal, and teacher in Mogadishu, Somalia. (She worked also in the Ministry of Education for the Somali government.)
Qamar holds a Certificate of Project Management in Rural Development, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, 1983, a Masters of Science, (Major in Nutrition), School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1981, a Bachelors of Science, (Major in Biology & Home Economics) College of Education, University of Somalia, Lafoole, Somalia, 1978, and a Teaching Diploma — National Teacher Training Center, Afgoi.
For the Center Qamar brings her extensive consulting experience in the area of community empowerment. Qamar, a native of Somalia, resides in Minneapolis with her family.
Other highlights include Qamar's work with the American Public Health Association, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Horn of Africa Initiative, and the Somali Community of Washington DC. In her career Qamar has filled many roles, most prominent among them are those with Oxfam America for which she served as the Somalia Disaster Response Coordinator as well as the Program Coordinator for the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa regions.
Qamar was Founder & Co-Director, Haqabtir, Somali Voluntary Organization, Mogadishu, Somalia, the first national voluntary (nonprofit) organization in the history of Somalia. She served also in the capacity of National Project Manager, International Labor Organization, Mogadishu, Somalia and of inspector of schools, principal, and teacher in Mogadishu, Somalia. (She worked also in the Ministry of Education for the Somali government.)
Qamar holds a Certificate of Project Management in Rural Development, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, 1983, a Masters of Science, (Major in Nutrition), School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1981, a Bachelors of Science, (Major in Biology & Home Economics) College of Education, University of Somalia, Lafoole, Somalia, 1978, and a Teaching Diploma — National Teacher Training Center, Afgoi.
For the Center Qamar brings her extensive consulting experience in the area of community empowerment. Qamar, a native of Somalia, resides in Minneapolis with her family.