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For over 15 years HIRDO has delivered inclusive, rights-based, and gender-sensitive humanitarian and development programmes across Somalia — prioritizing women, children, older people, and persons with disabilities through eight integrated thematic areas.
Learn About HIRDOTreatment of acute malnutrition through Outpatient Therapeutic Programmes (OTP) and Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programmes (TSFP) for children under five, PLW, and older people.
Explore ProgramSafe water access, sanitation infrastructure, and hygiene promotion reaching over 10,000 beneficiaries across Benadir — with a focus on IDP communities and age-friendly facilities.
Explore ProgramUnconditional and conditional cash transfers targeting drought-affected households, women-headed households, older people, and persons with disabilities to restore food security and dignity.
Explore ProgramGBV prevention and response, child protection, PSS counselling for 1,300+ displaced individuals, community-based peacebuilding, and AGDI-inclusive protection mainstreaming.
Explore ProgramNon-formal education, vocational skills training, life skills, and entrepreneurship programmes for youth, women, and displaced communities — building self-reliance and long-term resilience.
Explore ProgramAnticipatory and inclusive emergency response reaching 596 households (3,576 individuals) in 2025 through cash transfers, NFI kits, and 15 community early warning groups across Benadir.
Explore ProgramStrategic Humanitarian Assessment for Participatory Empowerment — a 9-month HelpAge-led capacity strengthening initiative building HIRDO's governance, HR, finance, and programme quality systems.
Explore ProgramCommunity-based TB case detection, DOTS treatment support, and integrated HIV awareness and prevention in Mataban District, Hirshabelle State — in coordination with the Ministry of Health.
Explore ProgramWe operate with full transparency, embed inclusion in every programme, and focus on creating sustainable impact that improves lives across Somalia's most vulnerable communities.
Every programme integrates Age, Gender, and Disability Inclusion (AGDI) — ensuring older people, persons with disabilities, and women are active participants, not just beneficiaries.
We work hand in hand with communities, local leaders, and authorities — co-designing interventions that are contextually relevant, locally owned, and built to last beyond the project cycle.
HIRDO upholds SPHERE Standards, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), and Humanitarian Inclusion Standards. We are the SPHERE focal point in Somalia and maintain robust AAP mechanisms across all programmes.
Our programmes don't operate in silos — health, WASH, protection, livelihoods, and education are deliberately integrated to address the interconnected needs of crisis-affected households holistically.
HIRDO works with UNICEF, WFP, WHO, OXFAM, HelpAge International, and Somalia's Ministry of Health — delivering results that maintain the confidence of the international humanitarian system.
From early warning systems to MEAL frameworks, HIRDO uses data to anticipate crises, monitor outcomes, and continuously improve the quality and relevance of our interventions.