Development and Empowerment for Humanity (DEH) (formerly DEH Relief Somalia) is registered with the Federal government of Somalia as Non- governmental, Non-religious and Not-for-profit Organisation. It was established in the year 2004 by local Somali humanitarian professionals to address the looming humanitarian crisis in Somalia by helping the most vulnerable persons such as women, elderly, boys and girls through a participatory approach by all community levels on their priorities. Initially, DEH partnered with CARE Somalia in general food distribution and later WASH projects. At the time, Somalia was facing a severe humanitarian emergency, so saving lives was the highest priority.
Therefore, DEH projects were mostly life-saving and more of recovery. Since then, DEH has grown faster as the needs of the people in many sectors expanded. Now, DEH is a large Somali national NGO partnering with UN agencies such as WFP, FAO, UNOCHA/SHF and UNICEF, and other international NGOs with offices in more than six regions.
DEH aimed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, including droughts and disaster prevention and building livelihoods and assets of Somali People-Youth, Women, IDPs and poor rural community to reduce poverty and contribute to National Development Goals.
The organisation is currently registered with the Federal Republic of Somalia (Registration no NGOD/MOIFA/0706). DEH is also registered with Galmudug, Hirshabelle Banadir Regional Authority( BRA) and South West State in south-central Somalia.
It’s currently a member of United Nations Somalia’s led clusters: Nutrition, Food Security, Education, WASH and Protection, among others. It also has vast experience in Somalia, and we have established strong working relationship with the local communities it supports.
The organisation is governed by well experienced, active and robust board members that have been elected/ selected on the basis of integrity, willingness to render voluntary services, professional experience regarding the management of development and humanitarian entities, expertise on resource mobilisation, contacts at the national, regional and international level while considering diversity in gender, geographical, community (clan) and special interest group representation. It has highly experienced officers with vast experience working with NGOs.
What We Do
FOOD SECURITY
DEH is committed to ensure that every person has a right to a standard living that is suitable for his/her health and wellbeing. This can be reached by protecting people’s food and livelihoods….
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
The nutrition program is tailored towards addressing urgent nutrition and health support for the acutely malnourished. Stressed populations remain highly vulnerable to shocks and require interventions…
WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
The WASH program aims at ensuring that vulnerable communities in Somalia have access to clean and portable water; and that pastoralists and agro-pastoralist have ..
SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME
The Federal Government of Somalia defines social protection as “government-led policies and programs, which address predictable needs throughout the life cycle in order to protect all…
PROTECTION
DEH protection program follows a multi-sector response approach aimed at ensuring that vulnerable groups such children, women, people with disabilities, survivors of …
EDUCATION
Millions of children in the Sub-Saharan Africa region are kept out of school due to conflicts and natural disasters, putting them in a desperate situation where their future is …
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