CARE Somaliland is an Australian Registered Association which is based in Melbourne, its non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit making organization aiming to enhance the well-being of the people of Somaliland. Our mission is to collect donation to create lasting change in the poor Somaliland communities in Somaliland, we will focus on the following priority areas to implement its objectives and translate them into action.

Health Care

  • Assist the repairing and maintenance of the healthcare facilities (hospitals etc).
  • Encourage the return of qualified staff such the doctors, nurses,midwives, pharmacies, radiologists, operation theatre staff, anaesthelogists& medical laboratory technologists after training or retraining.
  • To provide technical advice and financial and technical contribution.
  • To Provide health care assistance to women and children by helping and expanding the existing Mother and Child Health Centres (MCHs), Outpatient Departments (OPDs) and dispensaries in urban and rural areas.
  • Helping to extend health care services to rural/nomadic communities who are not accessible to health care services by opening more dispensaries and rural clinics.
  • Supporting and concentrating on improving clean water and ensuring access to health.
  • Initiate proposals to assess the mental health problems in the Somaliland.

 Education

  • Focussing on assisting the schools of the Somaliland financially, educationally and professionally in order to practically make them genuine learning centres for both adults and children.
  • Enhancing the quality of education and development in Somaliland.
  • Supporting and concentrating on implementing access and delivering primary education, secondary education and establishing in near future the University every major city of Somaliland.

Environmental Protection, Veterinary and Agriculture

  • Monitor long-term factors leading to food security including the state of the environment (i.e. range lands, water supply, animal health, access to markets and levels of purchasing power).
  • Prevent the clear-cutting of the trees for charcoal production and exportation.
  • Increase level of environmental understanding and increase environmental protection awareness among the local people and community leaders.
  • Set up agricultural schemes to assist farmers to plant trees, provide health seeds, farming equipment and general training.
  • Increase the reliability of water sources such as the boreholes, berkeds (ponds) and shallow wells.
  • Identify and respond to the major animal health problems.
  • Extend veterinary services to districts and remote villages.
  • Lobbying the international community to intervene and assist the people of Somaliland.

Community Development

  • Initiate community development programmes particularly for the vulnerable groups in the community such as women, children and the disabled.
  • Liase with and support local Somaliland non-governmental organisations  (NGOs) and community organisations inside Somaliland and abroad as well as International organisations.

Research and Training

  • Recognise and encourage the inclusion of research and training as an important component of the organisation programmes and projects.
  • Organise periodical workshops and if possible invite international NGOs.

Publicity and Public education

  • Raise the awareness of the International community about the needs of the Somaliland people.
  • Set up Somaliland international resource centre.

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