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Somali Women and Child Care Association (SWCCA) is a national, nonprofit humanitarian organization that was founded in April 2012 and registered by the Federal Government of Somalia the same year with its headquarters in Mogadishu with branch offices in Baidoa of South West State and Walawayn.
The organization was founded by a group of like-minded Somalia women who saw the suffering and the burden women and children were experiencing in Somalia as a result of the over three decades of instability occasioned the war, inter-clan conflicts and natural disasters. Somali women and child care association is mainly involved in empowering Somali women and girls, aiming for gender equality and the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women and children.
Through empowering and mobilizing women participation in decision making process, the contribution to the development processes, the promotion of woman’s political, economic and civic rights and the expansion by providing legal support through social improving psychological wellbeing among women and girls, and combating gender-based violence also enhancing Child protection and child education.
SWCCA has focused for since establishment at promoting the social, educational, economic and political development of Somali women, and spend greater efforts in raising woman’s awareness of their legal rights in order to promote their participation in the decision-making processes, protect their rights and to encourage development.
the major goals of the organization are to end Gender based violence, promote gender equity and equality and strengthen the capacity of women at grass root level by establishing enabling, inclusive environment where no one is left behind.
We establish the level of awareness among the women and to equip marginalized women with information and knowledge on human rights. SWCCA focus on helping our partners improve their access to quality health care, education and economic opportunities.
Throughout the years, SWCCA have helped our partners obtain training in organic farming, leadership, conflict resolution, tailoring, managing cooperatives and many other skills.
SWCCA will endeavor to achieve the following objectives:
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- Improvement of the education through promotion providing development courses, provision of education materials and exchange of Empowerment.
- Empowerment of Somali women and children in the social-economic and political context living in an environment free of violence.
- To provide humanitarian relief and sustained development support to communities experiencing natural and/or man-made disasters and adversity in the region.
- To train and and provide support IDPs with the basic skills required to anticipate and effectively deal with disaster situations.
- Networking with other NGOs at both National and International level.
- To work towards a society free from violence against women.
- To support vulnerable group such as children, elderly, disabled, and orphan’s through providing education, health programs and a sustainable livelihood.
- To promote and empower the community’s self-reliance to attain a sustainable livelihood.
- To build links of cooperation and shared aims with national and international institutions with similar objective to SWCCA.
- Empowering women economically and socially through the establishment of
development programs, Livelihood skills and development projects , Micro
finance,building their capacity and facilitating them to participate in decision making bodies and Micro finance. - To protect and promote Human rights of women children and whole Somali community.
- To ensure gender mainstreaming and meaningful participation of women and children at all levels of our work.
- To promote formal education in under served communities among girls.
- To ensure child protection and protecting them from child labor.