Horn of africa Training and Research Organization

Organization Profile

Horn of Africa Training and Research Organization is a non profit organization dedicated to serve its community in training and community development areas. It evolved from observation of community suffering, youth fleeing life of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, disease and unemployment. Single mothers, whose husbands either died, or are drug addicts, the disabled and the elderly who have no support from anyone. The greatest impact is on children living with disease, malnutrition, illiteracy and hopelessness.

Vision:

Minimize youth illegal migration to Europe by creating employment opportunity and increasing employability by training and support mothers better care for their families by providing employment skills.

Mission:

To conduct comprehensive research in several social studies area such as: sustainable peace, poverty reduction and creating employment opportunities, introduction of productive families, and skills development for youth.

Background:

Somaliland a country emerging from a brutal civil war, maintained its relative stability since 1991. Due to the civil war the infrastructure of the country was destroyed. The most pressing problems right now are poverty, diseases, illiteracy and unemployment. These problems led to more serious problems such as illegal migration of youth to Europe seeking employment opportunities, men losing sources of income and coming back to no resources and turning to drugs and family breakdown. Youth migration drains valuable human resources from the country and because fleeing youth are without any training, they would not contribute much to host countries. In fact, they may create more social problems to these countries.

This organization has identified several areas of training:

1. Journalismand political Science: Journalists’ detention is one of the most common areasof human rights violations in Somaliland. Almost all of the journalists in SL have no formal journalism training. They have heard of freedom of speech andwould write and say whatever they want without verification whether informationis correct or not. Journalism ethics andprofessionalism are not there. On theother hand government officials do not recognize freedom of speech and wouldwant journalists to cater for their causes and not the public interest. According to a survey which has beenconducted recently, there is a great need for such studies to maintainstability and focus on community development politically and economically. Effective Journalism requires balance betweenfreedom of speech, observing others rights and responsible reporting.
2. SkillsDevelopment: According to another survey recently conducted among youth whowanted to migrate to Europe, youth expressed that desperation and frustrationcaused by unemployment and hopelessness are pushing them to flee thecountry. Should employment opportunitiesbecome available locally, the vast majority were willing to stay in theirhomeland.
3. FamilyEconomic Development: almost 50 % of Somaliland households are supported bywomen. A great majority of the men aredependent on drugs. Drugs lead to mentaldisability in most cases. Men in SLsuffered oppression during Siyad Barre regime and after the separation fromSomalia employment opportunities were scarce and many turned to drugs to numtheir feelings. Women who traditionally are stay at home moms, are supportingtheir children and almost all of them are not skilled and are not job ready butthey must feed their children. Theoutcome is low income and wide spread poverty.
4. Computertraining: electronics are coming to Somaliland and training on computerapplications, networking, hardware and maintenance will create employmentopportunities for youth along with other areas of training.
5. Research:Social research is crucial in identifying social problems, their solutions andalso peace, what jeopardizes it maintaining peace and stability.

Current status:

This organization is founded and funded by members of the community. The organization has an office and it is furnished with basic office furniture. Computer classes are furnished with basic classroom furniture such as desks, chairs and some computers. The organization has skilled trainers who are currently working on voluntary basis.

Contact address

Country:

Somaliland

Telephone:

0025224419063

Email:

abdiaziz2@gmail.com