Somalia
NCA has worked in Somalia since 1993, beginning with emergency relief in the Gedo region following the collapse of the government. In partnership with local organizations, we support both long-term development and humanitarian response. Today, we are active in four regions, with key results in gender-based violence prevention, climate-resilient WASH, peacebuilding, and economic development and food security.
Challenges and response
Inadequate access to clean water & sanitation services
NCA supports communities in establishing their own community water committees. These communities receive training on operation and maintenance, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and water quality management. NCA also rehabilitates and drills boreholes, trains hygiene promoters in communities and institutions (such as schools, health facilities, and GBV centers), and provides menstrual hygiene management (MHM) kits to vulnerable households. In addition, NCA supports the government in policy formulation
Food insecurity & malnutrition
NCA supports local farmers by providing agricultural inputs and technology, enhancing their capacity in good agricultural practices, and assisting agro-pastoralists with fodder production. Additionally, NCA trains farmers in post-harvest handling, integrated water resource management, kitchen gardening, and the commercial production of vegetables and fruits. NCA also provides training for communities in disaster risk reduction.
Womens rights are threatened
NCA provides case management services to survivors, psychosocial support to vulnerable women and girls, and engages communities in discussions on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as well as Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM). We also train religious leaders on human rights, provide dignity kits to women and girls, and support the Ministries of Women and Justice in enacting GBV policies.
Norwegian Church Aid in Somalia
Been present since
1993
in Somalia (Also supported in 1983-1986)
In 2024, our turnover was
8.341.645
EURO in Somalia
Partners
- Social-life and Agricultural Development Organization (SADO)
- Centre for Research & Integrated Development (CeRID)
- Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD)
- Socio-Economic Development and Human Rights Organization (SEDHURO)
- KAALO Aid Development (KAALO)
- Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC)
- Bani'Adam Relief and Development Organization
- Save the Children Norway(SCN)
- Daryeel Bulsho Guud (DBG)
- Development Empowerment for Humanity(DEH)
- Act Somalia Forum Consortium (ASF)
Our donors in Somalia
All donors
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Act Alliance
World Food Programme (WFP)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
UN IOM
Why
The right to food is universal, yet vulnerable populations in Somalia face high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition. Loss of production assets, high youth unemployment (34%), inadequate agricultural support, and underdeveloped value chains weaken local food systems, intensifying the hunger crisis in Somalia.
How
NCA, in partnership with the Center for Research and Integrated Development (CeRID), supported 2,820 smallholder farmers (1,682 men and 1,138 women) in Puntland and Gedo with agricultural inputs, such as maize, onions, sorghum, cowpeas, spinach, and watermelon. We rehabilitated 45 canals in 25 riverine and agro-pastoral villages through cash-for-work and trained farmers in good agricultural practices, greenhouse technology, and solar-powered irrigation systems. Farmers were organised into 30 cooperatives, receiving cash grants to strengthen value addition and market linkages.
Result
Farmers' production increased, yielding 4.46 metric tons (45,627 kg) of crops worth $65,176. Benefits from innovative, low-cost technologies, including 17 solar-powered irrigation systems and 11 greenhouses, will continue to aid farmers (including 300 female farmers) for years to come. They will continue using knowledge of drip irrigation and greenhouse maintenance to boost production.
Local partners on this project
Center for Research and Integrated Development (CeRID)
Donors
The Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation (Norad)