What We Offer

Mission Statement:

HARD’s mission is to excel as a humanitarian non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities within the horn of Africa and Somalia, we are solely dedicated reducing human suffering through

  1. Serving the needs of the most vulnerable-particularly women, children and victims of war, natural disasters and civil conflicts, and the poor-with a specific focus on neglected groups and IDPs.
  • Providing holistic, multi-sectoral, sustainable, and pro- poor programs that bridge emergency relief and long- term development at the grassroots level.
  • Empowering communities by building capacity and maximizing local resources in both program design implementation.
  • Promoting self-reliance, peaceful coexistence, and reintegration of marginalized communities.
  • Protecting lives from physical injury or psychological trauma where present
  • Upholding the highest professional norms in program delivery, including accountability to beneficiaries and donors alike.

To bring relief and health services to all ethnic groups, focusing on vulnerable and marginalized families, orphans and abandoned children in particular and communities in remote areas of Somalia in general, moving people toward a new vision on millennium development goals and enabling them with the skills and resources for a brighter future.

Supporting Development

  • CORE VALUES

HARD- Organization has a corporate value system that reflects;

  • Transparence
    • Accountability
    • Effective commitment
    • Confidence
    • Credibility
    • Confidentiality
    • Integrity
    • Respect
    • Flexibility

Transparency will apply with communities & the donors. Commitments made are to be fulfilled. Flexibility is always to be held

I.                Organizational Objectives

To rehabilitate and expand education, health, water irrigation, sanitation and hygiene promotion facilities, rehabilitation of public infrastructures roads, bridges, markets, slaughter houses and livestock auction yards, abattoirs, and many others. The main focus of health sector is to build new MCH (mother and Child Health centers), conduct Emergency programs on Immunization for children less 5years and pregnant and lactating women, measure the level of nutrition of children under 5 years, pregnant and lactating women and, provide trainings to Community Health Workers (CHW), conduct HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns, establish counseling center’s for people living with HIV/Aids, Hygiene and sanitation promotion campaign, thoroughly encouragement of good community health care system through the prevention and eradication of tradition harmful practices.

To Increase access to health services for children, mothers and communities living in our areas of coverage in Somalia, Improve capacity building trainings to community leaders through community self-management

To promote peace buildings, human rights, gender empowerment programmes, empower and improve rural Agricultural and livelihood development support programs through drought mitigation, e.g. borehole drilling, water catchments rehabilitation, and Dams and shallow wells construction, water trucking, cash for work for affected communities either war or drought/other disasters and livestock treatment, and assist small-scale farmers, livestock herders, fisheries and natural salt and cipolite producers in their agricultural activities either rural and urban populations.

  • To campaign for the protection of human beings through war tone displacement and human rights, early child marriage, environment, forest, wildlife and the sea wasting and also changing the practice of traditional animal husbandry.

To Increase access to health services for children, mothers and communities living in our areas of coverage in Somalia, Improve capacity building trainings to community leaders through community self-management

To promote peace buildings, human rights, gender empowerment programmes, empower and improve rural Agricultural and livelihood development support programs through drought mitigation, e.g. borehole drilling, water catchments rehabilitation, and Dams and shallow wells construction, water trucking, cash for work for affected communities either war or drought/other disasters and livestock treatment, and assist small-scale farmers, livestock herders, fisheries and natural salt and cipolite producers in their agricultural activities either rural and urban populations.

  • To campaign for the protection of human beings through war tone displacement and human rights, early child marriage, environment, forest, wildlife and the sea wasting and also changing the practice of traditional animal husbandry.

Organizational Structure: Staffing

Contract Type  TitleArea of ExpertiseDuty Station
InternationalN/AN/AN/A
NationalProgramme coordinatorNutrition and HealthElwak-Somalia and nairobi
 Programme officerSocial workElwak
 Admin and FinanceAdmin and financeElwak
 Project officersNutrition, Health and washElwak
 Logistic officersLogistic and procurementElwak
 StorekeepersStore and warehouse managementElwak and Gerilley
 Human resourceH/Resource managementElwak
 ITITElwak
 NursesNursingElwak and Bardheere
 Field officersNutrition, health and wash 
Fixed-termMonitoring and evaluation OfficerM/EElwak and Bardheere
 Nutrition TOTnutritionElwak
 Wash officerCommunity healthElwak
CasualsElectrician/technicianElectric engineeringElwak
    
Daily Laborer’sPorters  Loading and offloadingElwak and Bardheere
VolunteersField officersNutritionElwak
 Project assistantSociologyElwak
Others   

Organizational capacity:

Technical Competence:

Assessments: Technical expertise available and types of assessments carried out or participated in Somalia context.

HARD has expertise in the following areas.

Health

Water and sanitation

  • Livelihood
  • Nutrition

Geographical Coverage and Network in Somalia (by district and activity):

HARD is indigenous organization and is implementing nutrition programs in Elwak, Bardheere districts in Gedo and Sakow in M/Juba in south- central Somalia and familiar with dynamics in South- central Somalia. The organization uses its knowledge of the area and their previous project experience to build on and use the existing community systems and structures to implement its programmes. HARD also is implementing health program with WHO and Mentors Initiative in Gerilley location in Bardheere district in South Central Somalia. The organization has a vast knowledge and experience in the area of its mandates specially health and nutrition programs as well as peace programs, education, food security and protection. HARD has strong staff to carry out daily activities. The Coordinators will be responsible

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  • Project design/Implementation:

    Nutrition: Nutrition screening, therapeutic feeding and of children Health: Children illnesses, immunization, and reproductive health and GBV response.

    Water: Borehole drilling, water wells rehabilitation and construction.

    Food security: River embankment repairs, dam construction, crop production and extension support.

    Monitoring/Evaluation:

    All the key staff is well trained in monitoring and evaluation. The monitoring/evaluation system entails field visits by senior staff, organizing visits by external monitors including donor agency stuff, post distribution monitoring (especially for food and cash interventions and remote monitoring where contacts of beneficiaries and community/village relief committees are captured and contacts made to gather objective information about programmes

    Financial reporting:

    An end of year financial report is prepared by the financial manager and submitted to the board of Directors.

  • Project design/Implementation:

    Nutrition: Nutrition screening, therapeutic feeding and of children Health: Children illnesses, immunization, and reproductive health and GBV response.

    Water: Borehole drilling, water wells rehabilitation and construction.

    Food security: River embankment repairs, dam construction, crop production and extension support.

    Monitoring/Evaluation:

    All the key staff is well trained in monitoring and evaluation. The monitoring/evaluation system entails field visits by senior staff, organizing visits by external monitors including donor agency stuff, post distribution monitoring (especially for food and cash interventions and remote monitoring where contacts of beneficiaries and community/village relief committees are captured and contacts made to gather objective information about programmes

    Financial reporting:

    An end of year financial report is prepared by the financial manager and submitted to the board of Directors.

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    Project design/Implementation:

    Nutrition: Nutrition screening, therapeutic feeding and of children Health: Children illnesses, immunization, and reproductive health and GBV response.

    Water: Borehole drilling, water wells rehabilitation and construction.

    Food security: River embankment repairs, dam construction, crop production and extension support.

    Monitoring/Evaluation:

    All the key staff is well trained in monitoring and evaluation. The monitoring/evaluation system entails field visits by senior staff, organizing visits by external monitors including donor agency stuff, post distribution monitoring (especially for food and cash interventions and remote monitoring where contacts of beneficiaries and community/village relief committees are captured and contacts made to gather objective information about programmes

    Financial reporting:

    An end of year financial report is prepared by the financial manager and submitted to the board of Directors.