Somali Trust Foundation (STF) is a local non-governmental organization working with communities in Somalia. The organization was formed by young local professionals with a vast experience in humanitarian work. STF was registered in Somalia as a Community Based Organization (CBO) on 7th April 2013 and later with NGO Coordination Board as a fully-fledged NGO in 2016. The organization has offices in Mogadishu,Kismayu and Baidoa
STF’s original mandate was to solely undertake women empowerment programmes and advocate for gender equality. Over the years, the mandate has expanded its scope to Research and Development (R&D), Food Security and Livelihood (FSL), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Peacebuilding and Governance, Gender responsive protection and Humanitarian Assistance and Development.
STF embraces the Community Driven Development (CDD) model that operates on the principles of transparency, participation, local empowerment, demand-responsiveness, greater downward accountability, and enhanced local capacity. The main purpose of community development is to organize the people to bring about sustainable development. This is to enable the people to collectively identify, prioritize and plan to solve their problems that ultimately leads to sustainable development. STF works for and through the community members to achieve overall development that meets the immediate and long term needs of community. The CDD places the community and its needs at the center of its planning and implementation.
At STF, we have dedicated teams of professionals and volunteers to support beneficiaries through specialized services in:
• Protection services
• WASH and hygiene promotion services
• Peace building initiatives
• Food security and livelihood activities
• Humanitarian response
• Women empowerment
Food security is an integral part of our programming; the major concerns are improving rural food production, diversification of income and easing vulnerability during disasters.
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We improve access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education to reduce disease outbreaks and enhance community health
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STF empowers women and girls to use their voices to access services and information they need to live a safe and respectable lives. We also sensitize communities and community structures on GBV prevention
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STF supports people affected by violent conflicts to achieve lasting peace. Conflict dynamics in the region is both vertical and horizontal, including between clans and sub-clans, with a diversity of conflict drivers.
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STF works with all stakeholders to strengthen the disaster preparedness and response as well as support creation of contingency plans and strategies to improve disaster preparedness and humanitarian response capacity.
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Conflict, natural disasters such as droughts and floods, insecurity, pervasive social norms and illiteracy are some of the issues that disproportionately affect women and girls especially in Somalia.
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The prolonged conflict and the perennial droughts have disrupted the livelihoods, disenfranchised the people of Somalia and by extension the region, in particular the vulnerable populations of minority, and marginalized…
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Large sections of the vulnerable population in Somalia do not have access to sustainable sources of water for both livestock and human consumption while an estimated half of the population…
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STF empowers women and girls to use their voices to access services and information they need to live a safe and respectable lives. We also sensitize communities and community structures…
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STF supports people affected by violent conflicts to achieve lasting peace. Conflict dynamics in the region is both vertical and horizontal, including between clans and sub-clans, with a diversity of…
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STF will work with all stakeholders to strengthen the disaster preparedness and response and support creation of contingency plans and strategies to improve disaster preparedness and humanitarian response capacity. We…
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STF's approach to resilience building is one of integration, in that we build resilience capacities, which support the achievement of a project’s objectives, while also building communities’ ability to prepare…
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