Action Youth in Development (AYID) is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-political organization established in the Sanaag region on January 12, 2004, by young intellectuals who recognized the urgent need for youth and women’s empowerment. Legally registered in the same year, AYID operates on the core principles of community partnership and responsiveness to local needs.
Working across all six regions of Somaliland, we collaborate with both local and international partners, including Mercy Corps and the Danish Refugee Council, to implement programs focused on education, economic opportunity, human rights, and democratic engagement, ultimately striving to improve the quality of life for vulnerable groups. Our head office is based in Hargeisa.
To improve the quality of life for vulnerable groups in the Sanaag region, including youth, street children, internally displaced persons (IDPs), people living with HIV/AIDS, and minority groups, through continuous participatory programs that uphold gender equality.
AYID envisions a free society, particularly for children, youth, and minority groups, that is liberated from disease, poverty, ignorance, and injustice. The organization strives to promote peace, justice, and the overall well-being of society.
AYID is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-political, non-profit making development youth organization seeking to solve all dangerous violence against , street children ,youth , and minority groups through health , economy, education, justice and empowerment of other human rights, promotion peace and reconciliation that are currently continuing in the country.
AYID is a committed organization with a clear objective, guided by the following core values:
We operate with openness and clarity in all our actions and communications.
We are responsible and answerable for our decisions and their impact.
We uphold and protect the inherent dignity and rights of all individuals.
We give special attention and resources to the needs of the most vulnerable populations.
We actively support efforts to resolve the grievances of youth, children, women, and minority groups.
We are dedicated to promoting equal rights and opportunities for all genders.
Our dedicated team of diverse volunteers brings a varied backgrounds, skills, and perspectives to support AYID's mission.
Your generosity helps AYID build stronger, more resilient communities in Somaliland.
A non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable youth and women in Somaliland through education, empowerment, and community development initiatives.