Horn Relief: What we do
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- Participatory Education and Skills Training
Horn Relief's goal is to provide Somalia 's pastoral youth with a relevant education that will empower them to improve their lives. Horn Relief supports indigenous movements for peace and sustainable development through education and training for pastoral youth and community based organizations. These capacity-building efforts are focused on building leadership skills based on democratic values, human rights, and protection of the natural environment. More Details
- Natural Resource Management
The sustainability and success of pastoralist communities depends almost entirely on the state of their surrounding environment. Northern Somalia has witnessed devastation of the natural environment on which pastoralism is based, with a combination of human destruction and natural disasters taking a heavy toll. The affected populations lack both the human and financial resources to address these critical issues on the scale required to match the need. Horn Relief's programmes focus on mitigating further environmental degradation in the region by promoting pastoral livelihoods and natural resource management with local and international actors, and strengthening sustainable management and use of natural resources. More Details
- Peace and Human Rights
As is often the case in conflict-affected communities, much of the impact of the Somali conflict has been borne by women and youth. Horn Relief has actively promoted women's participation in peace building initiatives in Somalia, with the aim of enabling women to articulate and lobby and advocate for their socio-economic and political interests. Horn Relief supports community mechanisms for averting and resolving conflictsthrough dialogue and strategic leadership and building capacity for claimingkey rights in areas of health and gender equity. One primary means of doing this has been to build the capacity of grassroots women's organizations to operate independently, and to have a voice in decision-making and resource management in their communities. More Details
- Emergency Response
In response to an increase in immediate humanitarian need in Somalia in recent years, Horn Relief has expanded its operations to include emergency cash-based interventions, water trucking, and rehabilitation of water sources. Labour-intensive cash-based programmes have enabled Horn Relief to undertake targeted projects that address the root causes of environmental degradation as a vehicle for transferring cash to households in need. Emergency cash relief has also been used in times of acute humanitarian emergency. More DetailsHorn Relief Programme
- THE PASTORAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Sanaag Region, N. SomaliaThe PYL Programme emerged 7 years ago due to the need for relevant education for pastoral youth. Success and ongoing need has seen the continuation of the programme, which has the development of appropriate skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to the development of a peaceful, democratic and self-reliant society as its core objective. This innovative participatory action research based education programme targets pastoral youth in 5 villages in Sanaag. It is based on a locally developed curriculum focussing on four major components: leadership skills, natural resource management, human health & animal health. Additionally, in order for youth graduating from the PYL Programme to apply learned skills and have opportunities beyond the programme, PYL youth have four opportunities: implementing small community development programmes or businesses, scholarships for further education, and the Camel Caravan Research, through which sedentary pastoral youth travel to pastoral areas to conduct research on pastoralism and various issues affecting their communities.
- THE ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS AND AREA ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMME
Sanaag Region, N. SomaliaThe Alternative Livelihoods and Area Economic Recovery Project undertakes a strategy, which aims to enhance the technical and institutional capacity of three key groups that together form the foundation for livelihood security: producers (the beneficiary households and their extended social networks), rural organizations, and essential area-based businesses. Thus the project will not simply present alternative sources of income for vulnerable households, but it will seek to create a holistic system to reduce vulnerability. This system will be comprised of a diverse skills base that will support and compliment the productivity and management of pastoral communities and their natural resources, along with the necessary infrastructure and training to boost the development of an interdependent private sector. The specific purpose of this drought recovery project is to improve household livelihood security and spur economic growth by increasing the asset base (including skills) of drought and tsunami affected producers, rural organizations and businesses.
1,180 households (approximately 8,260 individuals) will benefit from the project, and the expected results of this project are:
• Livelihood strategies of destitute populations (men and women) are more resilient to shocks that cause food insecurity.
• Rural organizations are better prepared to plan and respond to local emergency and development challenges.
• Increased sustainability of natural resource management practices.
• An enabling environment for economic recovery is enhanced.
- MAKING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WORK FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOMALIA (PPP)
Borama, Somaliland & Qardo, PuntlandThis project’s specific aim is to introduce public-private partnership management principles to rural water supplies in Somalia to end the perpetual failure of community management structures. The overall objective, however, is to increase sustainable access to water and improve the quality of life of the rural population of Somalia.
The project is intended to make two urban utilities extend their services to 20 rural water supplies that provide water to an estimated 70,000 people in the communities surrounding Borama and Qardo. The target groups of this intervention are the urban water utilities of Borama and Qardo, and their regulatory authorities, while the final beneficiaries are the rural population that the services will be extended to, which mainly consists of pastoralists and settled households. The expected results are such:
• Qardo Water Company, together with the Puntland State Authority for Water, Energy and Natural Resources (PSAWEN), and Borama Water Company, together with the Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources (MWMR), have expanded to extend their services to 10 rural water systems each in their region.
• A clear and accepted system of service delivery, tariffs & revenue collection has been established by Qardo Water Company and PSAWEN, and by Borama Water Company and MWMR, and is operational for 10 rural water systems in their region.
• The approach and implementation of extending the services of urban utilities into rural areas is documented and the concept with all lessons learned is available in appropriate formats for replication in other regions of Somalia.
- FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT ACTION IN SOUTH SOMALIA
Afmadow and Badhaade Districts, Lower Juba, S. SomaliaThis Action was implemented in the Lower Juba region of Southern Somalia. Horn Relief and a local partner implemented the project in the Afmadow and Badhaade Districts of Lower Juba. The cash-based interventions directly targeted 5,098 drought/shock-affected pastoralists and agro-pastoralists households (30,588 people) in the Afmadow and Badhaade districts with a cash injection of US$1,878,717 over a period of 7 months. The micro-projects implemented consisted of the rehabilitation of water and road infrastructures, thus directly assisting immediate recovery and livelihood support while increasing the purchasing power of drought-affected communities.
- PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH TRAINING (PETT) IN SOUTH/ CENTRAL SOMALIA
Kismayo District, Lower Jubba, S. SomaliaIn this intervention, Horn Relief and local partners will work in Kismayo District to implement Enterprise-based Vocational Education and Training (EBTVET) and subsequent job placement for 1000 beneficiaries, targeting marginalized populations. The overall objective of this 24-month Action is “improved livelihood of disadvantaged youth and women in Central-South Somalia.” The purpose of the Action is that “sustainable employment opportunities be created for 4,830 women and youth with gender equity in Central-South Somalia by the end of the project.”
The expected results of the action are such:
• Improved access of disadvantaged youth to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Non Formal Education (NFE) and Employment Promotion Service (EPS).
• Competency of target groups will be increased in accordance with employment opportunities.
• Availability and use of information on Local Economic Development (LED) opportunities will be improved.
• Capacity of local implementing partners and authorities will be increased with respect to TVET and employment promotion..
- WATER SANITATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Sanaag Region, N. Somalia and Lower Juba Region, S. SomaliaThe programme focuses on the most vulnerable drought affected areas of Sool Plateau and Gebi Valley in eastern Sanaag. The program location will specifically focus on traditional grazing areas that according to the communities offered the best grazing lands potential in northern Somalia prior to the droughts. These locations are used by thousands of migrating pastoralists taking livestock to the main market and port of Bosaso. The area is predominantly occupied by nomadic pastoralists who will be the final beneficiaries of the project.
It is estimated that approximately 200,000 people will benefit from the project with at least half of them being women and children. Pastoralists from other regions who regularly migrate through this key migration and grazing axis are also expected to benefit. Consequently, the action will also serve thousand of pastoralists outside the Sanaag region. The expected results of this project are as follows:
• Rehabilitated/developed key rural and pastoral water facilities (30 water tanks, 4 rehabilitated boreholes/water facilities, 12 ballis/earth dams; and, 8 shallow wells)
• 1344 households (8064 people) and 400 households (2400 people) are enabled to meet basic food and non-food needs through cash for work and cash relief payments respectively.
• Improved sanitation (50 sanitation facilities), water quality and hygiene practices
- Kismayo Emergency Livelihood Support Action (KELSA)
Initially the project was to be implemented in Kismayo District, Lower Juba Region, Horn Relief had been implementing a cash distribution and cash for work project in 6 rural communities in Kismayo district. However due to the assassination of the Officer In Charge in Kismayo in June 2008, Horn Relief requested approval from OFDA to relocate the project to Badhan where it has been implementing the remaining activities of the project.
The goal of the project is to contribute to improving the food security and livelihoods of the most vulnerable communities. The specific purpose is to improve the purchasing power and livelihoods of 1602 target households, and to develop infrastructure through micro-projects. 20,000 people will benefit from the constructed/rehabilitated infrastructure and from the hygiene promotion activities.
The Project will
• The empowerment of the beneficiaries to purchase locally procured food and water;
• An injection of resources into the local economy;
• Benefits to local communities with rehabilitated water infrastructure and improved road access;
• Reduction of debts level;
• Reduction of pressure on local coping mechanisms; and
• Pastoralists being cushioned from disposing of their livestock assets.
Horn Relief will target 1602 households engage in cash-for-work activities. 1344 unskilled labourers will receive US$50 per month over a period of 4 months; 38 cash-for-work supervisors will receive US$70 per month for 4 months; 6 Public Hygiene Promoters will receive US$70 per month for 4 months; 12 skilled workers will receive US$4 per day for a total of 30 days. In addition, 400 highly vulnerable and labour poor households will received a cash relief grant of US$50 per month for 4 months. The micro-projects to be implemented will be chosen in consultation with the community, and we project that those projects will primarily consist of rehabilitation of water and road infrastructures. Public hygiene promotion activities will be conducted throughout the 6 villages by Horn Relief staff and the 6 Public Hygiene Promoters trained through the cash-for-work activities.Horn Relief’s Role & Partners: Horn Relief has designed, fundraised and will implement the proposed project.
- BAKOOL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SKILLS SUPPORT ACTION (BESSA)
Project Location: Bakool- Wajid and Hudur DistrictsThis Action will be implemented in Bakool region of Southern Somalia. Horn Relief will implement the project in the Wajid and Hudur Districts. The BESSA project will target 1,400 vulnerable pastoralists and agro pastoralists benefiting 8,400 household members and a multiplier effect to an estimated 60,000 people through local economy improvements.
The project activities will consist of livelihood based income generation activities, entrepreneurial activities and enhanced livelihood recovery through increased skills knowledge and development.
Horn Relief’s Role & Partners: Horn Relief designed the Action, fundraised for the Action, and will implement the Action. Horn Relief will supervise the local partner implementation of the Action.