AMAL (HOPE)

ORGANIZAITONAL PROFILE

AMAL’S MAIN OFFICE HARGEISA SOMALILAND
OFFICE ADDRESS HARGEISA OMER HASHI MAIN BUILDING
SUB-OFFICES BORAMA, DJIBOUTI
FIELD OFFICE Berbera, Borama
REGISTRED BOTH LOCAL (SOMALILAND) AND OVERSEAS (DJIBOUTI, NETHERLANDS, UK AND PORTLAND

PARTNERSHIP

INGOs, UN AGENCIES, DONOR COUNTRIES (FINDLAND, NETHERLAND SWEDEN)

 

 

1.0. Introduction

 

From 1988 to 1991 Somalia was a high intensity war, that caused massive human suffering , all public and social services have been destroyed, cities, towns, all villages have been devastated and most of the dilapidated and some areas are still remain in ruins. The magnitude and dimension of the crises in the country was very grave unprecedented in the country’s history. This tragic situation has resulted many people have been repeatedly uprooted and displaced and forced to flee to the various other areas within the former state of Somalia and also the neighboring countries during the past conflict years.

In 1991 Somaliland (former British protectorate) declared itself from the rest of Somalia and imparked on a local level reconciliation, reconstruction and peace building process. Without international recognition Somaliland has achieved a significant level of normalcy and is working on restoring the public institutions and basic social infrastructure which make it possible for visible reconstruction and development initiatives to take place

AMAL NGO is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political organization founded by a group of local indigenous intellectuals dedicated to undertake the rehabilitation, reconstruction and development programmes in the goodwill of human rights, justice and gender equality matters. AMAL organization was established in 1991.

2.0. Vision: AMAL seeks a society in a status where youth self-reliance and free from negative development diversions (terrorism, migration), women and vulnerable groups like IDP and people with disability empowered (confident, inclusive, organized, cooperative and influential) to live in average living standard.

 

2.1. Mission Statement: to build the capacity of youth, women including female headed household farming community vulnerable society and people with disability to reduce poverty by addressing unemployment, inequality, unfair equality of resources and citizenship rights (including deepening peace)

2.2. Value:  Commitment, Diversity, full representation, Advocacy, reliability/accountability,

 

3.0. Overall Goal

 

  • Poverty alleviation, a more sustainable, peaceful, and protected against all violence, injustice and unemployment and invest all parameters of stabilizing decent living conditions (setting up of standardized food security rights).

 

3.1. Objectives

 

  • Contribute to poverty reduction through livelihood improvement by multi-sectoral interventions
  • Empowerment and provision of package assistance to all marginalized sectors such as unemployed youth (provision of life skill training and work placement), poor women and girls, IDPS, people disability poor female agro-pastoral communities.
  • Prevention, protection & rehabilitation of environment included sanitation measures.
  • Promote environmentally and socially appropriate interventions towards women social context including female headed house hold farming communities and their needs, rights and responsibilities among the society.
  • Lobby vulnerable children’s specially girl child access to their social rights including basic education, primary health care etc.
  • Promotion of justice and democracy and peace deepening
  • Creation of innovative measures towards generating potential and social enterprises and income generation schemes.
  • Promote human rights issues such as child rights, women rights (especially those in the jails), minority rights,
  • Enhancement of participation of immigrant’s protection measures against immigration
  • Participation of improvement of security issues through community policing approaches
  • To strengthen the quality of planning and decision-making among target communities’ institutions, by enhancing planning, improving policies and procedures, through the use of effective assessment tools and through greater reliance on participatory and consultative process
  • To enhance the range and quality of citizen involvement in and contribution to public process, through public education campaigns and community development projects

 

  1. Last performance status of AMAL

 

The activities that AMAL NGO has been engaged for last 2 – 3 years included:

  • Provision of vocational skill to youth from abroad
  • Provision of functional/life skills to vulnerable groups including orphanage children
  • Empowering working women in Gabiley
  • Rehabilitation of social infrastructures including schools
  • Child protection, psychosocial support and counseling
  • Women empowerment Through awareness raising programmes
  • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other Traditional harmful practices eradication through community empowerment
  • Community mobilization on child protection awareness
  • Activists of peace development and promotion of democracy

 

5.0. Implemented projects

 

S/N Name of the project Location Funding agency year status
72 GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT (GEWE) Hargeisa UNDP 2023 Completed
71 Emergency WASH Support to Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Malowle and Host Communities including COVID-19 Response Gabiley DRC through Rajo Organization 2021 – 2022 Completed
70 Hiil-Hooyo Project for save motherhood Borama/Gabiley and Alaybaday, laas anood , Gorowe Ministry of foreign affairs of find-land 2017/2021 Completed
69 Extension of Project on environmental care, protection & sanitation  awareness raising Borame/Hargeisa forum Syd Europe Sweden 2016/2018 Completed
68 Building Bridges of Truth from people to people Through Positive Dialogue Approach (people to people inter-linkage) Cross-border Regions in Somaliland and punt-land. Forum Syd Somalia Office 2017/2017 Completed
67 Extension of Equality Development of  Working Women in Borama & Berbera Awdal & Sahil region forum Syd Europe of Sweden 2014-2016 Completed
66 Project on environmental care, protection & sanitation  awareness raising Awdal/Gabiley regions forum Syd Europe Sweden 2013/2015 Completed
Green rural development project with improving sanitation of the environmental Awdal/Maroodijeex Ministry for Foreign  affairs of Find land 2014-for one year project Completed
65 Working with Hargeisa local municipality in solid & liquid wastes management Hargeisa municipality Stockholm city cooperation with Hargeisa municipality Coming soon Coming soon
64 Provision of health medical equipments to general Hospitals of Somaliland with support from Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy All general Hospitals of Somaliland Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy On regular basis Completed
63 Provision of health medical equipment’s to Hargeisa & Borama general Hospitals with support from Finland government. Completed
62 Promotion of grass-root Somaliland’s women’s rights in the aspect of  Live hood /democracy participation encouragement Awdal region  forum Syd Europe Sweden

 

 2012-2014 Completed
 61 Basic social needs assessment for drought effected coastal zones Awdal & Salal regions Awdal & Salal regions AMAL NGO 2011 Completed
 60 Organizing Awdal regional consultative meeting  for local economic development and job creation initiatives Borame AMAL January 2013 Completed
59 Organizing Awdal regional consultative meeting  for local economic development and job creation initiatives Borame AMAL January 2013 Completed
58 Extension of Equality Development of Working Women in Hargeisa Hargeisa  forum Syd Europe

2011 -2012

 Completed
57  Proposal assessment of integrated social development  Intervention  needs for pirate trade(piracy) , people on move(Tariib), transit insurgent, smuggling and human trafficking and strategic preventive measures against them and the common perception of local communities  in the mountainous and coastal zones of Somaliland lowyado up to ceeleeyo (Mainly coastal areas) AMAL NGO 2011 Completed
56 Conducting of Skill training courses Hargeisa Orphanage Center AMAL/MoE 2008-2011 Completed
55 5 incubators;
–    16 syringe pump;

–      1 X-ray equipment, image intensifier, for operating room, with monitor, particularly suitable for surgery orthopedic;

–      1 defibrillator;

–      1 dental equipment, complete x-ray equipment, chair, dental compressor.

 Hargeisa Hospital Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy 2012 Completed
54 Supply school furniture for two schools. Berbera of Sahil region Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy 2012 Completed
53 Equality Development of Working Women in Gabiley Gabiley Syd forum 2010 -2011 Completed
52 Support for British born young people in Somaliland Hargeisa FCO 2009 -2011 completed
51 Supply medical equipment for surgical treatment and dialysis machines

Hargeisa &Borama

 Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy 2008-20010 completed
50 Supply education kits/school furniture’s Hargeise /Borama orphanage centers. Humanitarian De-mining Italian Group (HDIG) in Italy

2oo8-2010

completed
49 Construction of fence wall at Ali Jama Primary school HARGEISA CARE 2010 Completed
48 Construction of classrooms, store and toiletsl at Ali Jama Primary school HARGEISA CARE 2010 Completed
47 Construction of Gabiley General Hospital Gabiley UAE Red Crescent 2009 Completed
46 Construction of Skill training centre Hargeisa Orphanage Center Oxfam Novib 2009 completed
45 Prevention and protection against child abuse and Neglect awareness training Hargeisa ANPPCAN 2008 Completed
44 Participated and organized Child rights awareness with ANPPCAN Hargeisa Orphanage Center AMAL/ANPPCAN 2008 Completed
43 Construction of two classrooms and office at Jarahoroto Jarahoroto NRC 2008 Completed
42 Rehabilitation of four classrooms and office atJarahoroto Jarahoroto NRC 2008/2009 Completed
41 Construction of 2 classrooms, office, store and 2 toites Ina Guuxaa NRC 2008 Competed
40 Rehabilitation of two classrooms, ofiice, store and 2 toilets Gumburaha NRC 2008 Competed
39 Construction of two classrooms Hargeisa orphanage centre Diaspora 2008 Completed in Feb. 2008
38 Training of Primary care of child care takers in Hargeisa orphanage  Center Hargeisa orphanage centre AMAL Holland community 2007 Completed
37 Two bed rooms Hargeisa orphanage centre Khalil bakistani national 2006 Completed
36 Reconstruction of Gabiley General Hospital Gabiley First Lady Foundation 2006 Completed
35 New construction of Toqoshi- health post Toqoshi Care international 2006 Completed
34 Construction of four stores Hargeisa- jig-jiga yar sector Private owned 2006 Completed
33 Provision of furniture for prim school Widh –widh Burao Completed
32 Rehabilitation  of primary school
31 Establishment of skill training center. Hargeisa  Orphanage center -First lady foundation

-Ministry of Family affairs & Social Development

 2006 Completed
30 HIV /AIDS awareness campaign  Hargeisa

Borama

Gabiley

 -SOLNAC

-GLOBAL FIND

-Ministry of Family affairs & Social Development

 2006 Completed
29 Rehabilitation of Lowya-ado FLEC Lowya-ado Care international 2006 Completed
28 Extension of two class room. Fadumo bixi CARE 2005 Completed
27 Extension  one class room and  metal gait Sh Noor FLEC Care 2005 Completed
26 Partial fence and install metal gait. Aw adan  FLEC CARE
25  Extension  of two class rooms Hawo Tako Borama SCF/ US 2004 Completed
24 Provision of furniture  for Dilla sec school Dilla UNHCR 2003 Completed
23 Construction of kitchen / laundry  store Borama TB Hospital UNHCR 2003 Completed
22 Construction of secondary school Dilla UNHCR 2003 Completed
21 Construction of Baki  Mini-Water supply System Zeila Funded by EU through Coopi 2003 Completed
20 Construction of Lowya Addo  Mini-Water supply System Zeila Funded by EU through Coopi 2002 Completed
19 Provision of furniture Sh Ali Jawhar Borama UNHCR 2001 Completed
18 Provision of agri- input package Agabar, Lasdhure . Hare Hadley UNHCR 2001 Completed
17 Construction of prim school Sh Ali Jawhar Borama UNHCR 2001 Completed
16 Construction of Zeila Mini-Water supply System Zeila Funded by EU through Coopi 2000 – 2001 Completed
15 Rehabilitation of Dubaar gravity water  piping  with a connection to Faro Deero-  Borehole (berbera water improvement) Sahil (Berbera) Funded by EU through Coopi 1999 Completed
14 Rehabilitation of MCH Sheikh Town DRC 1999 Completed
13 Water projects  Darey macane Unicef 1998 Completed
12 Reconstruction Sheikh FLEC

SHEIKH

 DRC 1998 Completed
11 Provision of basic  library Hargeisa AET 1997 Completed
10 Rehabilitation of water catchments Laagta Dharar COOPI 1996 Completed
9 Reforestation  project Batalale WFP 1996 Completed
8 Farm supply retail-outlet Ruqi irrigated farm IRC 1996 Completed
7 Rehabilitation of water catchments Dacawely COOPI 1995 Completed
6 Construction of new prim school Hagal Caritus 1994 Completed
5 Rehabilitation of water catchments Dude Weyne COOPI 1994 Completed
4 Poultry project (Re stoking ) Jarahorato UNHCR 1993 Completed
3 Rehabilitation Amoud AVOCATE Amoud  Borama COOPI 1993 Completed
2 Construction of new water catchments Quljeed CARE 1992 Completed
1  Re –roofing  of  Dilla primary school Dilla UNHCR 1991 Completed