With improved agricultural knowledge and climate-resilient farming practices, Omar Osman Hydar is transforming his farm into a source of food and income for his family in Afgooye District, Lower Shabelle Region, Somalia. For 54-year-old Omar Osman Hydar, farming has always been his main source of livelihood. A father of seven, he depends on agriculture to …
When floods hit Daryeel Bulsho IDP Camp in 2023, families lost their makeshift shelters and belongings, including food and household utensils. Some families also lost goats and chickens that they depended on for their livelihoods. With nowhere else to go, some people spent the night awake, worried about where they would find shelter. For Nuur …
Flood Ready Communities: How Daryeel Bulsho Residents Are Taking Action Together Read More »
monthly meeting of the Midnimo SHG in Galgal Weyn IDP Camp-Baidoa. A 27-year-old mother of eight children living in Galgalweyn IDP Camp since 2018, Bisharo faced the same challenges as many displaced women in the camp, including limited livelihood opportunities, financial insecurity, and the daily struggle of providing for a large family. Like most households …
Mahamed Husein Isak is a 25-year-old young man living with a physical disability in Towfiq village, Baidoa. His life has been shaped by prolonged displacement, vulnerability, and economic hardship. Mahamed developed his disability at the age of six months due to a stroke in early infancy, resulting in partial physical impairment affecting his hands, posture, …
How a displaced mother in Baidoa rebuilt her life through resilience, determination, and opportunity. Habiba Adan Isack, a forty-year-old mother of two and a person living with a disability, is slowly rebuilding her life in the Ramadan 1 IDP settlement in Baidoa after enduring years of loss, drought, and displacement. Her story is one of …
From Loss to Livelihood: Habiba’s Journey of Strength and Survival Read More »
In Somalia, Women and girls living in displacement settings face severe and persistent risks of gender-based violence (GBV). Sexual assault, intimate partner violence, early and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation (FGM) are among the most frequently reported forms of violence. These risks are intensified by displacement, climate shocks such as drought, and ongoing conflict, …
From Silence to Strength: Safe Spaces Transform the Lives of Women and Girls in Somalia. Read More »
