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African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN)


Xudur District, Horseed section, Bakool Region
Somalia

Kontaktperson: Hafsa Ali

+252618929419
info@asensom.org
https://www.asensom.org
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574886837854#

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  • Hilfsorganisation
  • Bildungspolitik/-projekt
  • Sozialpolitik/behinderte Menschen
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Über uns

The African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) is a non-governmental organization officially registered in Somalia through the Ministry of Interior and Internal Affairs. Founded on October 15th, 2010, ASEN's primary goal is to tackle the issues encountered by minority and marginalized communities, particularly youth from these underrepresented groups, within Somalia. ASEN is devoted to upholding the human dignity and rights of Somalia's disadvantaged populations and delivering comprehensive humanitarian aid to support local minority and marginalized communities in their recovery from prolonged internal conflicts, unrest, and environmental challenges. The organization is steadfast in its mission to foster sustainable solutions and empower these vulnerable groups to surmount the unique obstacles they face, fostering enduring, positive transformations.

Mission:
The African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) is dedicated to improving the lives of minority and marginalized communities in Somalia by providing essential services and advocating for the rights of women, ethnic minorities, and other excluded groups. ASEN aims to foster sustainable development, enhance resilience, and ensure equitable access to basic needs and services for underrepresented populations.

Vision:
A resilient and empowered Somalia where minority and marginalized individuals, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, have equitable access to resources, opportunities, and rights to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. This vision prioritizes the inclusion and empowerment of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups, ensuring that all Somalis can thrive and reach their full potential.
Programs:
• General Protection: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to support Protection Monitoring to identify Protection concerns/human rights violations of the vulnerable IDPs and conflict-affected people in the target locations through the protection monitoring system.
• Gender-Based Violence: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to strengthen case management through direct service provision for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and immediate lifesaving assistance to vulnerable populations through comprehensive case management and psycho-social support (PSS), including emergency care, referral to medical teams.
• Child Protection: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to support girls and boys to have adequate access to child protection services and are protected from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation at home and in the community and ensures that affected children are receiving appropriate support through the case management process.
• Education: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to support community access in a dignified way while coordinating with government ministries and other stakeholders focusing on quality education. In its programs, African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) will focus on children from the most vulnerable, marginalized, and minorities.
• Health and Nutrition: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to improve and promote sustainable nutrition and the provision of primary healthcare services to vulnerable communities by targeting child health and maternal health to save the life of expectant women / pregnant mothers and infants.
• Food security and livelihood: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable community members through the provision of conditional and unconditional cash transfers which can empower economic and skill development in minority and marginalized communities.
• WASH: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities the minorities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and vulnerable host communities in Somalia, through working with institutions like schools and health facilities in order to address the challenges of water, sanitation and hygiene in the respective communities and ultimately restoring the dignity of the affected populations.
• Camp Coordination: African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to improve and ensure that internally displaced persons (IDPs) have equitable access to services such as humanitarian assistance and protection to improve their quality of life and dignity. Additionally, African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) aims to support the improvement of site maintenance and site monitoring capacities to improve the living conditions of the IDPs and minority communities and where applicable with of cash for work activities.
• Shelter and NFI: In the immediate aftermath of a disaster or crisis, African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN) provides options that support emergency shelters to ensure the affected population has a safe place to stay. These include Shelter NFI to strengthen affected shelters during the crisis.

Hafsa Ali is the Executive Director of African Social Empowerment Network (ASEN).

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