Phone:
(701)814-6992
Physical address:
6296 Donnelly Plaza
Ratkeville, Bahamas.
About Us
Advocating For Minority Rights
AMARD's unwavering dedication and life-saving initiatives showcase the true spirit of compassion and resilience.
Najmo Ali
Baidoa
The Agency for Minority Rights and Development (AMARD) is an independent, non-political, non-profit humanitarian and development organization dedicated to improving the lives of minority, marginalized, and vulnerable groups across the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Founded in 2012 in Baidoa, Somalia, by leaders from minority communities, AMARD has since grown into a vibrant rights-based development organization with operations in Somalia and Kenya, and a growing footprint across the region.
We are committed to promoting equality, dignity, and inclusion by ensuring that communities often left behind can access essential services, exercise their rights, and build resilient futures.
Our Vision
AMARD envisions a society where the rights of minorities, marginalized, and vulnerable populations are recognized, respected, and actively championed — fostering inclusive, equitable, and resilient communities across Africa and beyond.
Our Mission
AMARD is an independent organization dedicated to improve the lives and welfare of the minority groups, not exclusively living in Somalia, but the entire Horn of Africa irrespective of race, ethnicity, religion, political ideology and or age groups.
AMARD’s programs include
- • Protection - (Gender Based Violence (GBV), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child protection).
- • Food security and livelihoods.
- • Health and Nutrition.
- • Water, Hygiene and sanitation (WASH).
- • Camp coordination and camp management (CCCM)
- • Income generation activities through women empowerment.
- • Environmental conservation.
- • Education both formal and non-formal.
- • Peace building and Conflict Resolution.
- • Youth Programs.
- • Peace, political stability and security
- • HIV /AIDs awareness.
Objectives
- Deliver health, nutrition, WASH, and shelter interventions for vulnerable populations.
• Advance climate action, clean energy, and environmental restoration in fragile ecosystems.
• Bridge the digital divide in marginalized areas by improving connectivity and digital literacy.
• Promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.
• Strengthen peacebuilding and social cohesion in conflict-affected areas.
Address emergency humanitarian needs to reduce preventable mortality and morbidity.
Safeguard children’s rights and expand access to quality education, including early childhood development (ECD).
Prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV).
Partners
