The Creative Assistance and Development (CAD) helps people to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.
people whose lives have been upended by war, conflict, natural and man-made disasters.
In hard-to-reach locations where people don’t have the support they need to recover from crisis.
Immediately to crisis, staying to help crisis-affected communities to stabilize and rebuild their lives
IDPs and returning refugees to Somalia, help them to rebuild their lives and reintegrate into their communities.
Creative Assistance and Development (CAD) works with local communities and partners in order to find sustainable solutions to improve the living standards of communities. We focus on reaching those most vulnerable in various sectors, including Education, Health and Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH),Food security and Livelihoods, Protection and community outreach programmes, and to thus contribute to the ultimate goal of our organization to end poverty through implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in all our areas of operation.
Education empowers, however, Somali children in particular the most marginalized and those affected by humanitarian situations lack access to free, quality and equitable education. Through our interventions, Creative Assistance and Development (CAD) ensures that all girls and boys have access to inclusive, quality and equitable education.
Read MoreWith an infant mortality rate of currently 132/1,000 live births and a maternal mortality rate of 1,600/100,000 live births, Somalia's health indicators continue to be some of the worst in the world. Undernourishment, lack of potable water, no sanitation infrastructure and life-threatening diseases such as diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis, malaria and measles are only some of the ...
Read MoreAccess to adequate, safe and clean water is fundamental human rights as articulated in various international legal instruments such as Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Additionally, the UNSCR 64/292 explicitly recognizes the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledges that clean drinking water and sanitation ...
Read MoreThe protracted armed conflict in Somalia which continues unabated for over three decades coupled with humanitarian crisis, conflict, severe economic decline and limited availability of essential public services have taken an enormous toll on Somali population, exacerbating the existing vulnerabilities, with high impact on loss of livelihoods.
Read MoreIn emergencies such as floods, famine and man-made disasters, children and women are disproportionately affected. Usually, vulnerable children and women are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence. Cases of unaccompanied and separated children and those subjected to worst forms of child labour exists. Creative Assistance and Development (CAD) in ...
Read MoreSomali youth are highly vulnerable and economically marginalized lot. Through our youth empowerment interventions such as access to demand-driven vocational skill training and business development services, we empower them in order to enhance their employability and access to sustainable income.
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