Over view of WARDI Organization
MAY 2015
Establishment of WARDI:
WARDI Relief & Development Initiatives is a national non-profit
making and non-governmental organization founded in June
1993 and subsequently registered under the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of the transitional Federal Government of Somalia
through under Article 22, Para 1, 2, 3; Article 26 and
Article 67 Para3 of the transitional federal charter of Somalia in
2004, as well as the Article 7, Article 26 and Article 32 of the
first constitution of Somalia in 1960.
WARDI is also registered in Kenya with the NGO Coordination
Board of Kenya through the NGO Coordination Act of 1992.
WARDI target groups:
WARDI relief and development initiative particularly
targets the most vulnerable members of the society mainly
women and children, it focuses on issues of WASH,
Health, Livelihood, Education, Skill Development, as well
as other human rights issues such as Protection,
HIV/AIDs, Gender with special focus on women and youth
empowerment through civic education, skill development,
intensive employment and income generation activities
(IGA). Therefore to achieve its indented interventions,
WARDI works directly with beneficiary communities at
large to identify their needs and found appropriate
solutions.
Vision:
Enabling all people to live with dignity freedom and prosperity
Mission:
Working directly with beneficiary communities and their
representatives to achieve human rights, sustainable
humanitarian
services
and
equitable
socio-economic
development that promote peace and justice.
Objectives:
To improve protection & the rights among vulnerable people
including IDPs and Refugee
To increase access to public health care service among
vulnerable poor households/ at both urban and rural areas in
Somalia
To promote sustainable and low cost WASH interventions at
both rural and urban settlements
 To promote sustainable agricultural/livestock production
technologies
To ensure improved food security and reduction of food aid
dependency level in Somalia
To increase access to education at all levels including skill
and vocational training
Continue
 To promote sustainable community based natural resource
management and integrated livelihood diversification to
improve the long term resilience of the community
 To promote good governance and gender equitability with
special focus on women/girls empowerment and
eliminations of all forms of violence against women
including FGM, rape, domestic violence, etc
Core Values:
We envision WARDI as an institution characterised by the
following values:
Accountability to our stakeholders through their ownership of
and involvement in the work of the organization
Promoting transparency, openness, freedom of expression
and social responsibility.
Empowerment, Equality of opportunity and gender principles
in the conceptualization and implementation of programs.
Professionalism that adds value to the challenges of
redefining human security and peace building by building
a knowledge base of lessons that can be shared class and
gender divides
Humility in the course of work and respect for diverse views
Geographical coverage
The current programs of WARDI Relief and Development
Initiatives are currently covering six (6) regions in South Central
Somalia including;
Banadir
Hiran
Lower Shebelle
Middle Shebelle
Bakol and
Galgaduud
WARDI Partners and Collaborations
Among the agencies that WARDI works and maintains
partnerships for community development support so far are:
UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, WFP, UNOCHA, FAO, UNDP, IOM,
DRC, OXFAM Novib, IRC, OIC, AFSC, SC, Care International
and Action Medeor.
WARDI also works closely with the following ministries in
ensuring effective delivery of services to the people:
Ministry of health, water and minerals, internal affairs, education,
agriculture, labour, women and human rights and youth and
sports.
Networking
WARDI is a member of six clusters:
WASH, Health, Nutrition, Protection, Education and Food
Security.
WARDI also is:
Chair of Hiran Region Health cluster
Co. Chair of Hiran Region WASH cluster
Member of WASH cluster Review Committee
Member of Health cluster Review Committee
Member of WASH Technical Working Group
Member of National Malaria Working group
Member of GBV Technical Working Group
Focal point of Banadir and Hiran regions’ cold chain
Focal point of Hiran Region WASH supply hub
WARDI current STAFF
S/N
1
2
3
Description
Nairobi Office Staff
Mogadishu Office Staff
Education and Vocational
Total
Female Male Female % Male %
11
5
6
45%
55%
40
7
33
18%
82%
14
2
12
14%
86%
training staff
4
Hamar Jajab Health Staff
37
23
14
62%
38%
5
IOM Health Center
26
18
8
70%
30%
6
Dharkenley Health and
41
23
18
56%
44%
Nutrition
7
Lower Shabelle Region
65
33
32
51%
49%
8
Hiran Region Staff
98
41
57
42%
58%
Funding sources of WARDI programme support
S/N
DONOR
PERCENTAGE
1
Partners (Indirect cost =7% – 15% of every
project budget)
78%
2
Contribution from WARDI General assembly
members
14%
3
Contribution from Somali Diasporas
5%
4
Zakat and well wishers contribution
3%
Total
100%
Summary of WARDI Implemented Projects for the last three years
WARDI has implemented for the last THREE years, 99 projects worth USD
20,205,675 supporting humanitarian and development activities. Within those
projects WARDI managed to reach 9,828,556 beneficiaries in Livelihood &
Agriculture, WASH, Health, Emergency shelter, protection, governance, human
rights and women & youth economical empowerment projects.
S/N
Program
1
Health
2
Nutrition
3
Food security &
Livelihood
4
WASH
5
Others
Total
Budget
9,076,623
1,454,187
2,976,078
# of projects
32
9
14
6,274,062 30
424,725
14
20,205,675 99
Beneficiaries
8,922,729
55,711
48,742
581,992
219,382
9,828,556
Nurse with sick child (HJJHC)