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 Details