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Recognizing that employment
creation is the only sustainable
way out of poverty and is
critical to the achievement of
the MDGs.
SOMRAF will undertake
project several projects
starting from ‘Literacy, Life
Skills & Livelihoods projects
and provide access to affordable
and appropriate forms of basic
education for disadvantaged
young people including women who
have least access to formal
education and training
opportunities.
Vulnerable minority occupational
groups are excluded community in
Somalia from the overall
development process of the
country. They are scattered all
over the country, performing
livelihood activities in almost
all Districts and Regions of
Somalia using locally available
raw materials, with limited
products differentiation based
on culture, history and
traditions. They are performing
the following livelihood
activities & produce ranging
from basketry, mats,
agriculture, hand-crafts, small
hand industries, fishing, boat
building, blacksmith, carpentry,
tannery, shoe-making and other
leather products which is
considered by Somalis as a
menial casts work or tasks.
These items are produced in
almost all Districts and Regions
of Somalia using locally
available raw materials, with
limited products differentiation
based on culture, history and
traditions.
After the collapse of Somali
central government in 1991,
these occupational communities
faced additional problems. The
new generation lacked education
and skill development,
innovation, design and product
became limited, given the low
skills and capacity of Somalia’s
artisan producers.
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The situation is made worse by
the marginal position of these
communities. Well-intended
development projects from donors
have failed to establish contact
with these excluded communities,
due to capacity problem and
because non-minority people who
were better connected socially
and politically took the
benefits. Because, most of the
minority communities are
illiterate, many are landless,
and are exploited by outside
moneylenders.
They live in what an ILO calls
an ‘evil circle of economic and
social marginalization’.
Accordingly,
SOMRAF
would like to address
livelihoods and employment
crisis of these communities all
over Somalia. It would like to
create short and medium term
employment opportunities with
collaboration of donor community
to supports capacity building at
all levels to enable the process
of local ownership and execution
of projects. This involves
developing public-private
partnerships and strengthening
community capacities to
facilitate sound economic
recovery and development
planning and coordination.
SOMRAF
EPVT programs will
linked to multi-agency program
in supporting the development of
capacities for the delivery of
urban service at the same time
strengthening gender
mainstreaming in the fishing,
industrial, agricultural and
rural development aspects of
poverty reduction strategies in
Somalia.
In conclusion,
technical/vocational skills that
can be more in line with local
employment opportunities in
Somalia are as following:-
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Electrical installation,
Carpentry, Auto mechanics, I.T.
/ computing, Cooking,
Beautician/hairdressing,
Tailoring, welding and metal
work, Masonry, Plumbing, Baking,
shoemaking, Handicrafts,
Electronics repair, Driving.
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Electronics repair,
carpentry, tiling, beautician,
hairdresser, cooking, panel
beating/spraying, auto
upholstery, medical lab
technician, electricity
(domestic), electricity
(industrial), plumbing, sign
writing, weaving, knitting,
metal work
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Plumbing, carpentry, computers,
metalwork, cooking, handicrafts,
pharmacy assistant, tailoring.
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Telephone lineman/switchboard
operator, midwifery, weaving,
food processing, auto electrics,
carpentry, and midwifery. |
Somalia/Somaliland,
