Education First - CONHA
📚
🎓
✏️
📖
🏫
👨‍🎓

Education First

Education as the cornerstone of all development interventions, ensuring sustainable community growth. At CONHA, we believe that access to quality education is the fundamental right of every child and the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and building resilient communities across Somalia.

Children Learning
Building Futures Through Education

Why Education Matters

Education transforms lives, strengthens communities, and drives sustainable development. It's the most powerful tool we have to create lasting change in Somalia.

Empowerment

Education empowers individuals with knowledge, skills, and confidence to make informed decisions, advocate for their rights, and participate actively in community development.

Economic Growth

Educated populations drive economic development. Each additional year of schooling increases an individual's earnings by 10% and boosts a country's GDP growth.

Social Stability

Education promotes social cohesion, reduces inequality, and fosters peace. Educated individuals are more likely to support democratic values and resolve conflicts peacefully.

Our Education Programs

We implement comprehensive education interventions that address barriers to learning and create inclusive, safe, and supportive learning environments across Somalia.

School Infrastructure

We rehabilitate and construct safe, inclusive learning spaces equipped with essential facilities. Our infrastructure projects include classrooms, libraries, water points, and sanitation facilities.

  • 50+ schools rehabilitated
  • 15 new schools constructed
  • Safe water access in all schools

Teacher Training

We provide continuous professional development for teachers, focusing on child-centered teaching methodologies, inclusive education, and psychosocial support skills.

  • 500+ teachers trained
  • Modern teaching methodologies
  • Ongoing mentorship programs

Learning Materials

We distribute age-appropriate, culturally relevant learning materials and establish libraries to support literacy development and create a culture of reading.

  • 100,000+ textbooks distributed
  • 25 school libraries established
  • Digital learning resources

Girls' Education

Special programs to promote girls' enrollment and retention in school, addressing cultural barriers and providing menstrual hygiene management facilities.

  • Girls' enrollment increased by 40%
  • Separate sanitation facilities
  • Female mentorship programs

Our Education Impact

Since 2008, we have been transforming lives through education across Somalia's most vulnerable communities

50,000+
Children Reached
65+
Schools Supported
500+
Teachers Trained
6
Regions of Operation

Success Story: Aisha's Journey

"I was 12 years old when CONHA opened a school in our village. Before that, I helped my mother with chores and never thought I'd learn to read. Today, I'm in secondary school and want to become a doctor. Education changed my life."

- Aisha, 16, Hiran Region