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 Smart Aid and Development Organization (SAAD): Empowering Communities in Puntland, Somalia

Smart Aid and Development Organization (SAAD) is an independent non-profit, humanitarian organization established in February 2015. Operating locally in Puntland, Somalia, SAAD dedicates its efforts to a broad spectrum of interventions aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable and marginalized communities. These interventions include protection, education, skill development, health, nutrition, food security, water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), and disability inclusion.

Our Mission and Vision

SAAD’s overarching goal is to support and protect the Somali people who are most at risk. Through humanitarian relief efforts, awareness-raising campaigns, and creating an environment conducive to personal and community growth, SAAD strives to ensure that all individuals can pursue both material well-being and spiritual development. This pursuit is undertaken in conditions that uphold freedom, dignity, economic security, and equal opportunity.

Our vision is ambitious yet attainable: we aim to create an environment where people have the power to take control of their lives, solve their problems, and rely on themselves to build sustainable prosperity. This vision is shared in collaboration with state, national, and international stakeholders. By fostering self-reliance and community-driven solutions, we believe sustainable development can be achieved.

Key Focus Areas

Protection and Advocacy: SAAD places a strong emphasis on the protection of vulnerable groups. This includes advocating for the rights of marginalized populations and implementing programs that safeguard their well-being. By raising awareness and promoting human rights, SAAD helps create a safer and more just society.

Education and Skill Development: Education is a cornerstone of SAAD’s initiatives. The organization provides educational opportunities and skill development programs to empower individuals and communities. By enhancing educational access and quality, SAAD helps build a foundation for long-term socio-economic development.

Health and Nutrition: Access to health care and proper nutrition is critical for community well-being. SAAD’s health programs focus on providing essential medical services, promoting public health awareness, and ensuring that nutritional needs are met. These efforts are vital for preventing disease and enhancing quality of life.

Food Security: Ensuring food security is another pivotal area of SAAD’s work. The organization implements programs that address both immediate food needs and long-term agricultural sustainability. Through these initiatives, SAAD works to eliminate hunger and promote food self-sufficiency.

WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene): SAAD helps improve access to clean water and adequate sanitation, which are fundamental for health and dignity. The organization’s WASH programs focus on providing immediate relief and long-term solutions to water and sanitation issues. These efforts are especially crucial in areas affected by conflicts and natural disasters.

Disability Inclusion: SAAD is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities are included in all aspects of community life. This includes providing tailored support and advocating for policies that promote inclusion and accessibility. By addressing the specific needs of people with disabilities, SAAD helps create a more inclusive society.

Our Core Values

Empowerment

SAAD strongly believes that authentic sustainable development can only result from genuinely giving people power, wealth and capacity, hence the conscious choice to gain control over our lives.

Accountability

SAAD believes in taking responsibility for our actions and being open in the area of our work. We are accountable to ourselves, our members, our government and donors, and other partners.

Equity and Fairness

SAAD believes in sharing resources based on the need and availability in a just way and treating community members, partners and collaborators with fairness and dignity.

Commitment and Teamwork

SAAD believes in selfless service and passionate commitment in our work towards the betterment of the community, partners and collaborators.

Transparency

SAAD will keep all transactions above board. We make decisions through consultation.

Provision

Provision of high-quality products and services to the
beneficiaries.

Respect

Respect of essential aspects Such as; agreements, rules, and regulations of local and central authorities, and traditional values.

Our Vision

Our vision is to have an enabling environment where people can take control, solve their problems, rely on themselves and build prosperous communities today and for generations to come.

Our Mission

Our mission is to have integrity and empower individuals with skills/knowledge and necessary support while looking for durable solutions to the problem that affect them by bringing those who have and those who do not have for a common goal and socio-economic wellbeing

Our Objectives

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