Education contributes, in peace time and war time, to the cultivation of human capital as well as social capital of the society. It is in this light that this article seeks to explore the close interplay between education and the community in the present-day stateless Somalia. In order to explore how the Somali community has coped or is coping with the unusually difficult situation of statelessness and civil war, a descriptive case study of the educational institutions was carried out. A combination of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and focus group discussions was utilized for this purpose. It is clear that, despite the persistent security problem, the community has shown remarkable resilience and the educational institutions that they put together are functioning, albeit minimally, and this trend is set to continue even if the current stateless situation continues for the next few years. Moreover, many people in many regions and in the countryside cannot afford to pay for the cost of schools due to economic hardships. (Contains 2 figures.)