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

We address complex issues of minority communities through: Lifesaving humanitarian assistance, research, promoting minority rights, socio-cultural economic, technological and empowerment of minority communities, enabling minority communities to have access to basic social and development needs and services.

Agency for Minority Rights and Development (AMARD) is a young organization with head office in Baidoa, Somalia. AMARD is a nonpolitical, non-profit making, human rights, aid & development-oriented organization founded in 2012. It was established by individuals from the Somali minority communities dedicated to improving the degraded conditions and rights of the underprivileged minority groups in Somalia. AMARD seeks to help the minority communities in creating sustainable solutions to the problems they face, and progress away from absolute poverty, exclusion, marginalization and unemployment.

Our Vision

Vision Peaceful coexistent and promote equitable access to justice of society living in the greater horn of Africa through quality Child protection, GBV, primary healthcare and nutrition services, WASH, CCCM, provision of basic education and empowering and advocating minority for rights in matters affecting and impede their lives as well as promoting women’s representation and meaningful participation in decision-making and leadership positions in peace and political processes with specific focus on minorities.

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.