Project Background
Adventist Development and Relief Agency Somalia is a humanitarian agency registered in Kenya and operating in Somalia. ADRA Somalia is part of a larger network of ADRA operations in over 125 countries.
ADRA has been operating in Somalia since 1992 implementing emergency relief and development interventions in different sectors. Since then, ADRA has managed over 40 projects funded by different donors in 8 sectors namely: water; primary health care; education; food security; infrastructure; institutional capacity building; micro-enterprise development and emergency response interventions.
ADRA has been operating in Bay region for the last three years and in Hiran region for the last ten years. In Bay region, ADRA has continued to implement water and sanitation projects including livelihood and recovery activities. In Hiran region, ADRA implemented education development programs, education in emergency, water and sanitation, livelihood activities and emergency response activities focusing on the distribution of non food items.
To improve the management of the rehabilitated water points in the two regions, ADRA organized the trainings for WASH management committees, community leaders, business people, the youth and religious leaders.
This project was done in June 2009.