Principles of operation
The most important part of HIRDA’s activity is oriented to the field of education in order to contribute solving the problem of children without schools in Somalia.
Projects
Our projects are basically primary education in this first phase of the organization. Apart from running the schools our projects are mainly building classrooms to accommodate the high number of unschooled children.
Project implementation
Any project we carry out has mainly two phases: -
Planning: includes setting up project proposal and fund raising. Implementation and missions: once sufficient fund is found, the project is implemented. If is necessary, a mission is sent to the site prior to project implementation. Project follow-up, progress report writing and financial statement are all integral part of project implementation.
Staff
A managing board chaired by Eng. Mohamed A.Egal governs HIRDA. It is staffed with intellectuals with different educational background. We have a local staff in the field. It is them who carry out the projects in the field. Based on the suggestions of the local staff, the board devices the policy and the road map of HIRDA activities either implementation or planning.
Training Projects
Four training courses –two for the staff in the Netherlands and two for the local staff are incorporated every year plan. Trainings are mostly capacity building and financial handling.
The contents of any training among other things are: -
- Inventory of training institutions
- Assessment of training needs
- Preparation, execution and evaluation of the training programs
Partnership in the Netherlands
Partnerships lie at the core of HIRDA’s work. Therefore we are partner with NOVIB Netherland, NCDO, ICCO, HIVOS, Wilde ganzen and many others. But we get financial support from NOVIB, NCDO and Wilde ganzen. We are having discussions with ICCO and HIVOS for future partnership.
Partnership in Somalia
Local community: 5000 Euro/yearly
Future
Future activities will be based on the success of the current activities within the framework of the organization’s objectives. In other words, these activities will be:-
- Maintain the balance between
- (a) sustaining the current projects and
- (b) creating the new ones.
HIRDA’s solid criterion is which project has priority over others in terms of short-term social benefits. Other areas of future attention are:-
- Management problem solving
- Promoting public awareness and environmental protection.
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Development Oraginsation whos major acitivities are in Somalia... 
so as the community can take more active role in development programs financially as well as human resources.