1. Health
2. Education
3. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
4. CCCM
5. Shelter
7. Social protection
8. Urban and rural planning
Somali people remain one of the least who have access to the basic social and public services particularly education, health, and WASH facilities. This led to widespread illiteracy, high rates of diseases, malnutrition (particularly children under age five, pregnant and lactating women and girls), unemployment, lack of income sources as well as severe vulnerability to all types of crises and shocks.
The citizens also lack most of the public services which some are necessary for poverty alleviation, quality of life, better resilience and sustainable growth and development. The recent Somali National Development Plan (2020-24) identified that the most vulnerable and marginalized groups (women, IDPs, youth, rural communities, and disabled personnel) remain the least to access to the already limited, inaccessible and unaffordable social services. This increases the vulnerability and inequality in and among the citizens – an urgent call for all to take immediate steps to address these challenges and inequalities, a milestone that SOSDO is committed to contribute and achieve.
As the less privileged groups have no or limited access to any of the social services, SOSDO promotes and implements durable and sustainable solutions that ensures the access and provision of essential services to these vulnerable groups. At the same time, we implement initiatives that enable the uplifting of the maximum number of these groups (particularly the DPs/returnees, women, youth and rural) from their current situation to a more stable and settled economic and social situation and status. In this context, SOSDO’ interventions are also aligned with the national Human Capital Development Strategy which puts the citizens’ wellbeing and development in the heart of the country economic and political recovery and development.
In this regard, SOSDO contributes through different approaches and mechanisms that ensure the access of the Somalia -particularly the vulnerable ones- to the basic services and decent life opportunities. For instance, SOSDO conducts regular and serious assessments and studies to examine the causes and determinants of socio-economic disparities across sectors and regions of Somalia.
While we conduct these assessments and provide policy support and guidance, we acknowledge and take into the consideration the impact and contribution of the structural factors (such as insecurity, limited revenue, and poor infrastructure) to the poor social service condition and inequalities in Somalia. SOSDO also believes that only sustainable economic growth, stability and inclusiveness will ensure the targeted and needed services sustainably; therefore, tailors its recommendations and policies towards this direction and scope.
Apart from this, the organization implements and monitors the social service and protection programs while at the same time providing evidence-based and inclusive consultations and project planning services to our partners to guide their interventions and ensure it is timely, relevant, sustainable and result-oriented.