19/08/2026
# **SYRN STATEMENT ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2026**
# # **“Building a Better Future for Young People Through Humanity, Dignity and Solidarity”**
**19 August 2026 | Mogadishu, Somalia**
On **World Humanitarian Day**, the **Somali Youth Returnees Network (SYRN)** joins communities, humanitarian workers, volunteers, civil society organizations, and partners around the world in recognizing the courage, compassion, and commitment of those working to protect and support people affected by crisis.
Humanitarian action is not only about responding to emergencies. It is also about **protecting dignity, restoring hope, creating opportunities, and helping people rebuild their lives**.
For Somali youth, particularly young people affected by displacement, migration, return, unemployment and vulnerability, humanitarian support must go beyond immediate assistance. Young people need **education, skills, livelihoods, psychosocial support, protection, accurate information and meaningful opportunities to participate in rebuilding their communities.**
As SYRN, we believe that every young person deserves the opportunity to build a safe and dignified future.
# # # **Our Commitment**
SYRN remains committed to:
* Supporting the **safe and sustainable reintegration of Somali youth returnees**.
* Raising awareness about the risks of **irregular migration, trafficking and exploitation**.
* Promoting **skills development, education, employment and entrepreneurship**.
* Connecting young people with information, services and opportunities.
* Strengthening **youth-led humanitarian and community solutions**.
* Promoting dignity, inclusion, protection and meaningful participation of young people.
* Working with humanitarian, development, government, civil society and private-sector partners to create sustainable solutions.
# # # **A Message to Somali Youth**
Your circumstances today do not have to determine your future.
**Returning is not failure. Starting again is not weakness. Asking for support is not shame.**
A difficult journey can become a lesson. A setback can become a new beginning. With the right support, skills and opportunities, young people can transform adversity into resilience and become leaders of positive change.
> **“Humanitarian action begins when we choose to see the dignity of every person.”**
On this World Humanitarian Day, SYRN calls for greater investment in **young people—not only as beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance, but as partners, leaders and agents of change.**
# # # **From Return to Resilience.
From Vulnerability to Opportunity.
From Crisis to Hope.**
**Somali Youth Returnees Network (SYRN)**
*Empowering Somali Youth Returnees – Building Safe Futures*
**19 August 2026**