WHO WE ARE

Somali Aid Organization (SOMAID) is a non-partisan, non-Governmental, not-for-profit organization established in 2000. SOMAI’s mandate and core functions are facilitating Community-Driven Development (CDD), which are actualized through (knowledge transfer, influencing, brokering linkages, and facilitating/ implementing integrated people-centered humanitarian and development programs. The main target groups of SOMAID organization include vulnerable and marginalized pastoralists comprising of individuals, families, groups, and communities.

SOMAID organization aims to promote long-term community-drive development among Somalia’s most disadvantaged groups. The mandate and primary function of SOMAID are to assist in developing communities to realize their full potential. SOMAID’s primary developmental strategy is to help communities discover answers to their socio-economic problems.

SOMAID has fostered good working relationships and collaboration with a range of stakeholders, including the FGS, FMS, CSOs, peer NGOs, INGOs, and development partners. SOMAID organization has worked with the key development partners: UNESCO, UNFPA, FAO, WFP, Global good and Ministries of health and Agriculture In regional and national level in Somalia and a key partner in the UN  CFEI portal for 10 UN agencies who are organizations funding showing SOMAID organization strength and capacity.

The organization engages closely with these like-minded agencies/institutions to pursue a comprehensive and integrated approach to programming.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1. To strengthen governance structures, partnerships and funding
2. To ensure food security and income through integrated FSN and cash interventions for crisis-affected households while investing in resilience activities to support the protection and restoration of livelihoods
3. To facilitate sustained access to reliable Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services for crisis-affected populations households through WASH infrastructure development and knowledge and skills transfer
4. To increase access to quality education for school-aged children at primary and secondary school levels and access to protective learning environments for emergency and crisis-affected children by supporting the quality of teaching and learning processes for teachers and students in selected learning institutions.
5. Improve access to gainful employment opportunities for 5000 vulnerable women and youth through good quality market – driven vocational skills education in Somalia
6. To contribute to stability and co-existence among communities by supporting constructive engagement meetings with FGS and FMS institutions to improve peace and the rule of law.
7. To promote management of acute malnutrition; both severe and moderate malnutrition among crisis affected households through strengthening the health care services, emergency preparedness and response.
8. To ensure equitable access to protection services in the most dignified manner for newly displaced people and improve the living conditions of protracted IDPs through provision NFIs and transitional shelters