Equality:
Promoting gender equality as a cornerstone of development and peacebuilding.
Accountability:
Transparency and integrity guide all SOCDA’s operations and partnerships.
Community-Centered Development:
Ensuring the active participation of local communities in shaping and implementing programs.
Human Rights and Protection:
SOCDA is dedicated to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all, with a focus on women and children.
Sustainability:
SOCDA aims to build long-lasting, sustainable solutions that address both immediate and long-term community needs.
The Somali Children Development Association (SOCDA) is women led, locally driven, non-governmental, and non-profit-making organization established in 2016 under the provisions of Somalia’s Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) law and in alignment with the country’s constitution. SOCDA was founded by Somali intellectuals and community leaders in response to the aftermath of the Somali civil war, which left the nation grappling with protracted conflict, weakened institutions, and widespread humanitarian crises. The civil war followed by years of instability, created deep-rooted challenges, especially for Somalia’s vulnerable populations—women, children, and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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