THOSE IN NEED

The Headquarter of the Organization:  Waaberi, Mogadishu, Somalia.

Objectives Of the Organization:

ARHI, Action for Reduction Hunger and Illiteracy was formed on 28/04/2008, by Somali Intellectuals who want to fulfil their duty towards their people who are struggling all corners of life. ARHI is non-profit and non-governmental organization.

ARHI wants to do humanitarian development activities in Somalia.  ARHI will operate the whole of Somalia.

 Education: We will build new schools and renovate the existing ones. Improve the environment where the education is conducted. We will encourage the children to get access to education especially the girls. Our aim is to reach the remote areas where there are few schools or where there have never been one. It was estimated  only 10% of Somali children go to schools and literacy is 17% which is one of the lowest in the world.

  Healthy:  There are not enough hospitals. People travel more than 40 kms in rough roads and that journey takes hours.  Our aim in this regard is to build hospitals and mother and childcare M.C.H. to save people specially children, and pregnant woman who even give birth on the way without professional nurses and clean equipments which makes them have infection and some even die on the way.

  Water:  More places have no wells, and one has to travel for hours to reach the nearest well. If the land does not receive enough rain, the land become dry and then there is drought. Our aim in this regard is every single person in Somalia to have clean drinking water. We will dig wells because without water there is no life.

ARHI will encourage   intellectual Somali Diaspora community to go back to Somalia to participate the reconstruction of Somalia. It also urges donor countries and aid organizations to facilitate intellectual Diaspora community to go back to Somalia, to educate the people and transfer their knowledge. ARHI welcomes development programs either from individuals, countries or group of investors to setup productive projects in Somalia. This will create jobs and improve the lifelihood of the Somali society.

Poverty alleviation:  Through small-scale food production programs which will lead access to food for everybody.

ARHI will not discriminate anybody because of sex, region,  tribe and clan.

ARHI is totally against female genital mutilation, which is widely used in Somalia, and it will take all the necessary steps such as informing the people the dangers of genital mutilation.

Core Values:

1. Respect 
2. Integrity
3. Transparency and Accountability
4. Commitment

Principles of operation:

ARHI activities will be reduction of hunger, improving the health, Education and other areas which are beneficial to the people and the country.  ARHI  is oriented to the field of education to contribute solving the problem of children without schools in Somalia by building new schools and renovating the  old ones.

The Vision of ARHI.

To see Somalia to improve all aspects of life, people to get clean water to drink, Access to Education, Access to Hospitals and MCH and Access to food.

TASKS:

 Our tasks are building hospitals, Schools, MCH Mother and childcare, digging wells, irrigation, giving food to displaced people, fisheries and reducing Hunger.

The Board  Members consist of:

• The Chairman
• The Secretary
• The Treasurer
• The Coordinator

A managing board chaired by Abdi Mohamed Ahmed governs ARHI. The staff consist of individuals with different educational background. The staff work in the field, carry out implementation of the projects with the supervision of the Managing Board.

There will be at least one yearly general meeting of the board of management.

Any board member can call an extra meeting.

At least two board members must be present at any meeting.

Project implementation:

Any project we carry out has mainly two phases: – Planning: includes setting up project proposal and fund raising.  Once sufficient fund is found, the project is implemented.  Project follow-up, progress report writing, and financial statement are all integral part of project implementation.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

• Abdi Mohamed Ahmed                 Chairman
• Farhiyo Ali Ahmed                          Secretary
• Mohamed Ali Osman                     Treasurer
• Osman Hassan Salah                    Coordinator
• Eng. Liban Adan Mohamed         Programs Focal Point