Help to the poor people
About Somford
We are a National Non-Profit Organization established in 2016 by a group of Somali professionals from different professional background to serve the community in terms of Livelihood, Education, Health, Protection, Wash, Livestock, Agriculture, Youth Empowerment and environment promotion activities to build a good socially responsible society.
OUR MISSION
To provide humanitarian assistance to the needy people, enabling all people to live with dignity, freedom and prosperity for equal rights and opportunities.
OUR VISION
To alleviate human suffering, improve their standard of living to access sustainable livelihood development to achieve human rights, sustainable humanitarian services and equitable socio-economic development that promote peace and justice
Our History
SOMFORD was established in 2016 by a group of Somali professionals from different professional background to serve the community in terms of Livelihood, Education, Health, Protection, Wash, Livestock, Agriculture, Youth Empowerment and environment promotion activities to build a good socially responsible society. It aimed to look for the development of the poor and IDP communities in Somalia and empower them towards their sustainability.
Our goal is to contribute in improving the living standard of the vulnerable communities of Somalia through livelihood, protection education community mobilization, capacity building, and advocacy at the grass root level.
SOMFORD sustainable strategy is devised to achieve the maximum, a need based and right based approach initiated ascertains the problem with fully community involvement and mobilizing all indigenous and local resources. The program goal are materialized with a helping hand from members donor agencies
SOMFORD is governed by a board of directors. Our operations are spearheaded by a management team led by the executive director while our branch offices are led by field managers.
Our Core Value
Accountability to our stakeholders through their ownership of and involvement in the work of the organization.
Transparency, openness, freedom of expression and social responsibility.
Humility in the course of work and respect for diverse views openness, freedom of expression and social responsibility.
Professionalism that adds value to the challenges of redefining human security and peace-building by building a knowledge base of lessons that can be shared across class, and gender divides.
Empowerment, Equality of opportunity and feminist principles in the
conceptualization and implementation of our programs.