Empowering communities to drive their own development for sustainable impact and local ownership. At CONHA, we believe that lasting change happens when communities identify their own needs, design their own solutions, and lead their own development processes across Somalia.
When communities lead their own development, solutions are more relevant, sustainable, and effective. Local ownership ensures lasting impact beyond project cycles.
Community-led initiatives continue long after external support ends. Local ownership ensures maintenance, adaptation, and continuation of development gains.
Communities understand their context best. Their traditional knowledge and cultural insights lead to more appropriate and effective interventions.
Development processes build local capacity, confidence, and leadership skills that empower communities to tackle future challenges independently.
We follow a participatory methodology that puts communities at the center of every stage of development.
We begin by engaging with community leaders and members to establish trust, understand the social dynamics, and create inclusive participation structures. Community Development Committees (CDCs) are formed with representation from all social groups.
Communities lead in identifying their priority needs through participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools. This ensures interventions address actual community priorities rather than external assumptions.
Community members co-design solutions, contributing local knowledge to technical designs. Together we develop implementation plans, budgets, and monitoring frameworks with clear community roles.
Communities contribute labor, local materials, and management oversight. This cost-sharing approach builds ownership and ensures projects align with local capacities and resources.
We provide training in project management, financial literacy, and technical skills to ensure communities can manage and maintain projects independently.
Community members participate in monitoring progress and evaluating impact. This participatory M&E ensures accountability and continuous learning.
Our community-led approach has transformed lives across multiple sectors in Somalia.
Community-managed water points ensuring sustainable access to clean water
Community-led reforestation and sustainable land use practices
Community-built schools, health centers, and market facilities
Community savings groups and small business cooperatives
Community dialogue platforms resolving local conflicts
Community health worker networks and sanitation committees
Empowering communities across Somalia to lead their own development journey.
Hear directly from community members about the impact of community-led development.
Your support enables us to facilitate community-led development processes that create lasting change. Partner with us to build stronger, more resilient communities across Somalia.