Cafis – Cafi aad Caafimaadide

We work with the community

We target most vulnerable community groups including: civil war victims, IDPs, returnees, youth, pastoral drop-outs in Somalia.

Cafis Brief

We promote peace reconciliation, Human rights, Forgiveness for community integratiion

Mission

To promote peace and enhance peace education, human rights, community integration, freedom of the press and media development.

Vision

To establish a networking system for peace activists and journalists across the country and in the Diasporas that establishes peace in a grass-root manner/level along with the media developments.

Our Intent

We develop programs and initiatives that bring a fresh approach and creativity to addressing the challenges faced by our people.

Our target groups

Peace Building and development programs aim at the most vulnerable community groups including: civil war victims, IDPs, returnees, youth, pastoral drop-outs and other vulnerable groups in Somalia.

Forgiveness Day celebrations in 2020

WOMEN FOR PEACE PROGRAMES

Yea re on a mission:

To promote women peace makers.
To encourage women to involve peace activities.
To create and train facilities for women peace activists.
To empower women leadership in peace building & conflict resolution

APPROACHES OF DEVELOPMENT

Cafis Org. applies Sustainable Peace approaches that provide a framework for addressing poverty and vulnerability in both development and humanitarian contexts. They have emerged from the growing realization of the need to put the poor and all aspects of their lives and means of living at the Centre of development, while maintaining the sustainability of natural resources for present and future generations.

NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIONS

Cafis Org. already created and maintains the collaboration of governmental, private, non- profit institutions and communities at large in the targeted areas in Somalia to promote sustainable peace among the most vulnerable communities in both urban and rural areas. Cafis is a member of both national and zonal sector clusters in Food Security and Livelihoods, Education, Protection & Early Recovery at Nairobi and field level in Somalia. It has established cooperation with a number of Network and Coalition bodies in the region.

OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE

To stimulate community development and transformation, by offering the youth in the target area access to peace building, reconciliation & forgiveness.

To discourage the youth from becoming members of armed militias, and organizations, with negative ideologies, by providing them with skills for alternative source of income generation including as; computer skills, entrepreneurship skills, enhancement of English language ability, management skills for youth organizations, leadership skills and learning of non-violent ways of living and resolving conflicts, through training, and appropriate reading materials.

Belief in Values

We work in the belief that our community through their own efforts and in collaboration with local, national and international partners are central to transforming our own lives and the lives of their communities and population of which they are part.

Our Core Values

Moral and ethical integrity
Fairness and equity
Solidarity with the poor
Communication and collaboration
People-centered development
Honesty, transparency and accountability to stakeholders

01. COMMUNITY

Public debate between the communities.

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03. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Ensuring the presence of justice, social cohesion and mutual acceptance.

02. THE MEDIA

Training journalist and peace activists

04. THE YOUTH

Connect youth to the employment market and increase the inclusion of youth into society through vocational training.

THE JOURNEY TO WHERE WE ARE

Cafis Org. established on 2nd April, 2018 and its first name was Cafis Org. although we believe we should do more, it has achieved a lot to serve our community by mobilizing to help from outside and within.

Cafis is non-profit, committed organization that promotes peace, human rights, community integrations, freedom of the press, expression and media development in Somalia. CAFIS. raises awareness on radicalization, homegrown terrorism, human trafficking, and environmental conservation.

Since inception, the organization was successful to implement a number of emergency and development projects in cooperation with the Federal Government of Somalia Ministries, UN agencies and international organization. These projects benefited a large number of the most vulnerable communities in Somalia. It created credibility, good-track record, close collaboration with the all stakeholders; local authorities, communities and donors. It has now transformed into well-established NGO competent of implementing multiple projects simultaneously.