Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Empowering communities with skills, resources, and opportunities to achieve self-reliance and withstand future crises.
Milk goats, camels, vocational training and micro-grants help families earn their own income.
Milk goats, camels, vocational training and micro-grants help families earn their own income. Women start tailoring and henna businesses; herders rebuild their flocks after drought.
In Somalia, this programme is delivered by our Somalia Country Office with field teams in Mogadishu, Baydhabo, Las Anod, working alongside community committees and local leaders in Banadir, Bay, Lower Shabelle.
Accountable by design. Every beneficiary is registered and verified, and every distribution is logged with photos and GPS so that donors can trace their gift from pledge to delivery.
- 2,300
- Milk goats given
- 860
- Women trained
- 310
- Micro-grants
Cumulative figures across Somalia and Kenya, 2019–2026.
Activities under this programme
Each activity is tracked in our MIS, from the first registration to the final report shared with donors.
Milk goat distribution
Lactating goats that give families daily nutrition and income.
Vocational training
Tailoring, mechanics, solar installation and digital skills.
Micro-business grants
Business plans, mentors and tranche payments via mobile money.
Moments from the field
Photographed by our own teams during distributions, construction and follow-up visits. Faces are shared only with the consent of the families involved.
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