Organizational Objective

To contribute towards increasing availability, access to and utilization of cost effective quality and gender sensitive Nutrition, WASH and health services particularly for women, children and other vulnerable groups in Hirshabelle state and beyond.

• To contribute towards improving availability, accessibility and utilization of equitable quality basic education services to communities in south central Somalia.

Food security and livelihood

SOMAID organization works in rebuilding the livelihood of the local community who are recurrent seasons being affected by droughts, conflicts and floods especially in southern Somalia and especially in Hirshabelle state.

We empower the low class and poor community members to have better livelihood access and build on the existing local capacity to enable poor households to become sustainable and improve their living conditions.

Protection

SOMAID organization aims to eliminate violence against women and children including trafficking, domestic abuse, sexual assault and sexual exploitations. Provision of alternative life skills for IDPs and women headed households through vocational skills training

To raise awareness of women and children dedicated members of the society through gender sensitive community- based development programs of protection and advocacy of child rights in Somalia. Community sensitization on reduction of harmful FGM practices.

Emergency response and Resilience.

SOMALI AID organization aims at building resilience at grassroots level so that the community can have locally driven resilience to adopt with recurrent shocks and stressors when droughts and floods strikes. SOMAID main areas of focus is food and nutrition, enterprise and business development, community capacity development on resilience, infrastructure support for economic improvement like irrigation canal and strategic water points rehabilitation  

Education:

SOMAID organization provides initiative opportunities to the children aged 4-15 years and rehabilitates schools and basic primary education for children aged 6-16 years with particular attention given to the participation of girls and vulnerable kids

Greening of education and communities is an our top priority in 2024 towards our vision of transforming communities and learning institutions,

WASH

SOMAID organization believes and works in the provision of clean drinking water which is a basic human right and most elements in SOMAID organization WASH program. We rehabilitate and construct strategic water sources. Construction of sanitation amenities and effective hygiene promotion at household level and community. Capacity building for the local community stakeholders through maintaining on water environment and sanitation committees.  

Health

SOMAID organization provides basic primary health care including productive community and communicable health services with health education sessions. Community level sensitization and social mobilization.

Peace building and conflict reconciliation

Peace is vital and is one aspect of life that all living require the most. After over decades of proxy wars, Somalia people are thirsty for peace and stability. In consideration of community needs to have some genuine reconciliation and systematic approach to avoid creating new conflict, SOMAID organization  streamlines peace building and reconciliation an all programmatic interventions.

Governance of the organization:

Board of Directors

Board of Directors is the highest governing body of the organization whose duties and responsibilities include policy formation, fundraising, lobbying and advocacy, financial oversight, representation of constituency, decision making process and election of the chairperson and executive committee of the organization and meets every three months.

Boards of directors consisting of seven persons govern the organization that consists mostly of its founders, board and ordinary members believe and fulfill their responsibilities on voluntary basis. The smooth running of the organization activities, the organization bylaws guide the board and its members

The bylaws clarify the role and responsibilities of each member of the organization. The bylaws developed and approved by the NGO board of directors and members. Somali AID organization has its own policies and procedures governing all the areas of the organizational development. 

   ORGANIZATION CULTURE

• Collaboration: We are better together. We encourage strategic collaboration with our partners to bring out the best solutions and strengthen the fabric of our communities.
• Commitment: Those we serve come first in everything we do. We champion their realization of their full potential to lead fulfilling lives and contribute meaningfully to society.
• Results orientation: We are driven by the changes and impacts we exist to create. We are committed to providing timely and high-quality solutions and services. We closely collaborate the efforts of each person/ actor in delivering our services.
• Open communication: We believe in granting access to information. We value and use the best approaches competently to communicate amongst ourselves and with others. We support all stakeholders to understand and express themselves concerning their well-being.
• Competence: We are committed to acquiring, developing, and retaining the highest possible quality personnel as a basis of assuring the best organizational performance standards.
• Creativity and innovation: We are committed to ensuring a work environment that encourages creativity and embracing of new ideas and technologies to make our work more effective.