2025
In 2025, Somalia continues to be affected by conflict, insecurity, and recurring natural disasters such as droughts and floods. These conditions disproportionately impact women, children, persons with disabilities, and minority communities, generating continuous flows of internally displaced people. Caritas Somalia operates primarily from Djibouti, collaborating with local and international partners to support vulnerable communities, promoting access to essential services, protection, education, and resilience.
Project Overview
- Educational Project for Selected Children from IDP Camps and Minority Settlements in Hargeisa
- The Eastern Route: A Risky and Untold Journey
- Water, Hygiene and Protection – Bulo Burti, Hiiraan Region
- S.O.L.E. – Organizational Sustainability and Effective Leadership for Caritas Somalia
Educational Project for Selected Children from IDP Camps and Minority Settlements in Hargeisa
Support to access education for children from the Daami and Digale IDP settlements, including school transport, learning materials, meals, and tuition fees. The project emphasizes equal access to education and the promotion of gender equality, ensuring that girls represent 50% of the beneficiaries.
Objective: To ensure sustained access to quality education for children from IDP camps and minority settlements in Hargeisa by removing financial and logistical barriers, strengthening school retention and learning outcomes, and promoting equal opportunities, with particular attention to girls’ education.
The Eastern Route: A Risky and Untold Journey
Documentation of migration from Ethiopia and Somalia to Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, highlighting violence, human trafficking, and risks faced by women and unaccompanied minors. The second phase includes public dissemination through photographic exhibitions in Italy, raising awareness of the crisis and promoting migrant rights.
Objective: to increase visibility of the migration crisis along the Eastern Route and promote a human and informed narrative about the risks and vulnerabilities faced by migrants.
Water, Hygiene and Protection – Bulo Burti, Hiiraan Region
Emergency intervention providing safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion, and protection services to vulnerable communities in the Bulo Burti district. Activities included water trucking for 400 households, construction of 40 latrines (10% accessible for persons with disabilities), training on hygiene and waterborne disease prevention for 1,550 people, and distribution of 750 dignity kits to women and adolescent girls, with strong community participation.
Objective: to improve living conditions, reduce health and protection risks, and enhance the resilience of vulnerable populations by ensuring access to safe water, sanitation, hygiene services, and protection, with particular attention to women, girls, and persons with disabilities.
S.O.L.E. – Organizational Sustainability and Effective Leadership for Caritas Somalia
Capacity-building and organizational development project aimed at strengthening Caritas Somalia’s operational efficiency and long-term sustainability. Activities include improving administrative and financial systems through software and staff training, supporting structural costs, developing a three-year strategic plan, and implementing a fundraising and partnership strategy.
Objective: to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of Caritas Somalia’s operations by enhancing financial and administrative management, guiding organizational development, and expanding economic resources and partnerships.