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. 
   Journalism
   and political Science: Journalists’ detention is one of the most common areas
   of human rights violations in Somaliland.
   Almost all of the journalists in SL have no formal journalism training. They have heard of freedom of speech and
   would write and say whatever they want without verification whether information
   is correct or not. Journalism ethics and
   professionalism are not there. On the
   other hand government officials do not recognize freedom of speech and would
   want journalists to cater for their causes and not the public interest. According to a survey which has been
   conducted recently, there is a great need for such studies to maintain
   stability and focus on community development politically and economically. Effective Journalism requires balance between
   freedom of speech, observing others rights and responsible reporting.
2. 
   Skills
   Development: According to another survey recently conducted among youth who
   wanted to migrate to Europe, youth expressed that desperation and frustration
   caused by unemployment and hopelessness are pushing them to flee the
   country. Should employment opportunities
   become available locally, the vast majority were willing to stay in their
   homeland.
3. 
   Family
   Economic Development: almost 50 % of Somaliland households are supported by
   women. A great majority of the men are
   dependent on drugs. Drugs lead to mental
   disability in most cases. Men in SL
   suffered oppression during Siyad Barre regime and after the separation from
   Somalia employment opportunities were scarce and many turned to drugs to num
   their feelings. Women who traditionally are stay at home moms, are supporting
   their children and almost all of them are not skilled and are not job ready but
   they must feed their children. The
   outcome is low income and wide spread poverty.
4. 
   Computer
   training: electronics are coming to Somaliland and training on computer
   applications, networking, hardware and maintenance will create employment
   opportunities for youth along with other areas of training.
5. 
   Research:
   Social research is crucial in identifying social problems, their solutions and
   also 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