Somali children development association (SOCDA)  is a local Humanitarian and development organization, founded on 2016  as a humanitarian and development organization by Somali intellectuals and Diaspora Somali community members, established for  the purpose of  providing sustainable livelihoods intervention opportunities to support the most vulnerable Host & IDPs communities, Refugee returnees at both in the urban and rural areas of South-Central Somalia and consequently will have access to better education, adequate primary health care services, and employment opportunities, respect the ideas of human rights, peace, good governance and eventually improved sustainable community development.

Somali Children Development Association (SOCDA) is a grassroots Local NGO dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of disenfranchised Somali women and girls in Somalia. In particular, SOCDA works to help Somali women and girls exercise their rights to pursue their individual potential to self-determination and to representation in all areas of life—political, social, cultural, and economic. SOCDA advocates for women’s rights and challenges the norms that underpin gender-based violence to influence attitudes and bring about change.

The organization puts operation in to participatory approaches, strategic planning and community mobilization to find solutions to community problems and committed to partner with development and Humanitarian agencies both UN and International organization for the aim of offering /delivering a range of programming and support in: Emergency Relief Response, Food Security and Livelihoods, Health, Formal Education,

WASH, Agriculture Resilience, Youth Capacity Development Programs, Micro-Enterprise Development, Peace Building and Reconciliation, and Cross Cutting Issues,  Gender, and FGM, GBV and HIV/Aids. The organization is headquartered in Burdhubo district, Gedo region Somalia and liaison offices in Kismayo and Mogadishu Somalia.