GBV Awareness Community Dialogue in Waberi
A forum-theatre community dialogue session raising awareness on gender-based violence.
YIRDO delivers emergency relief, protection, education, health, and WASH programs across Somalia — designed with the community, for the community.
A forum-theatre community dialogue session raising awareness on gender-based violence.
Clean water access and hygiene promotion session for displaced families.
Door-to-door campaign encouraging families to enroll girls in school.
YIRDO began in 2012 as a group of young people trained by CISP in theatre-of-the-oppressed techniques to raise awareness on gender-based violence, child labour, and girls' education. In 2014 that group became Theatre of Oppressed Somalia (TOPS).
In 2020, in response to our partners, donors, and communities, we broadened our focus and became YIRDO — Youth Initiatives for Relief and Development — to deliver emergency…
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We believe change starts when people step forward and take part in their own community's recovery.
Every program is carried out by people who genuinely care about the communities they serve.
Programs are community-driven, developed with community input, and implemented together with the people we serve.
We listen first — to the most vulnerable, including women, children, IDPs, and people with disabilities.
Your support funds emergency relief, education, and protection programs for Somalia's most vulnerable families.
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