In response to this deep crisis, since 1984, COOPI has been running emergency and long-term resilience building projects including health, food security & livelihoods, water and sanitation projects to improve the living conditions of thousands of vulnerable families.
Especially, since 2012, COOPI has been part of the SomReP (Somalia Resilience Program) consortium, with which it carries out resilience programs in Bay and Gedo regions, with interventions in 11 villages in Baidoa district and 10 villages in Dolow and Belet-Hawa districts.
With regard to the emergency needs as a result of the prevailing drought and to protect livelihoods, COOPI is currently supporting 6,348 households (38,088 persons) in Bay, Banadir and Gedo regions with Unconditional and conditional cash transfers.
Projects
Source: COOPI Annual report 2022
Beneficiaries
Source: COOPI Annual report 2022
International staff
Source: COOPI Annual report 2022
Local staff
Source: COOPI Annual report 2022
22-12-2023
Resilience is the ability of a person to maintain his or her integrity even in the face of dramatic circumstances to overcome difficulties. This is well known...
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16-12-2023
Eight months were needed for Abubakar Abdi Mohammed to obtain his carpenter's certificate in 2023 and learn one of the most sought-after trades in his...
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14-12-2023
Refugee, displaced, returning migrants and vulnerable women from host communities in Mogadishu who participated in the six-month training promoted by COOPI...
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29-11-2023
In Somalia, a country suffering from repeated climate crises and emergencies, the SCC (Somali Cash Consortium) is a lifeline fund for many people. Thanks to...
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11-10-2023
Phase two of the Somalia Drought Response Project, funded by SDC, the Swedish Agency for Development and Cooperation, has come to an end. The final project...
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05-04-2023
To alleviate the ongoing drought in Somalia, the SomRep Consortium, of which COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale is a member, is successfully using the...
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31-03-2023
The crowfunding campaign "Who is my neighbour?", created by the consortium of NGOs, SomRep (Somali Resilience Program) of which COOPI - Cooperazione...
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29-11-2022
Sumaya and her husband Bare, parents of seven children, live in the Budkey refugee camp, located in the Bay region of Somalia. They have always based their...
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20-12-2021
On 19th December 2021, COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale held a traditional heritage festival for the Yemeni refugee community, Somali returnees, and...
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29-10-2021
Ali is a sorghum farmer in Shibelow, a village in Baidoa district. Due to the impact of the 2020 drought on agro-pastoral households, he and his family fled in...
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29-09-2021
Mr. Ibrahim Afjer Adur, aged 42, is an agro-pastoralist farmer living with his wife and 8 children (5 males and 3 females) in Dayah village, Dollow District,...
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23-04-2021
An open letter to States and their Leaders from the civil society organisations working with and for the 270 million people facing hunger, starvation or famine...
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15-03-2021
The novel coronavirus has woven itself into the daily lives of Somalis’ pocketbooks, hitting hard and affecting small businesses, causing market...
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15-01-2021
As of 1 January 2021, a new partnership contract between the European Union's Department for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and...
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14-12-2020
In Mogadishu, 250 vulnerable returnees, displaced persons and members of the host population received training and cash to start a small business, thanks to...
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16-11-2020
In response to the fast spread of the pandemic, COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale, in September 2020, intervened in Somalia through the project "Saving...
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27-10-2020
Sharifo Mahammad Sheikh is a 48-year-old widow and a mother of eight children (five daughters and three sons). She belongs to the 922 vulnerable households...
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15-10-2020
On Friday 9 October, the World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to...
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20-05-2020
Sanbur Ibrahim Durow, aged 39, is a father of 3 children (3 females). He lives in Dayah village, situated in Dollow District, along the Dawa River, in the...
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15-05-2020
Quresha Adan Dahir, aged 37 and mother of 7 children (5 males and 2 females), resides in Oda village, Belet Hawa District, Somalia. She is one of the...
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08-05-2020
Magalo Muhumed Sufi, aged 50 and father of 8 children (7 males and 1 female), lives in Oda village situated along the river Dawa, in Gedo Region, Somalia....
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04-05-2020
Sahra Adan Axmed, aged 50, is a mother of 9 (6 males and 3 females). She lives in Beertir, an agro-pastoral village situated 5km of Dollow (one of the major...
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23-04-2020
Markabo Maxamed Farax, aged 50, is mother of 7 children (2 males and 5 females) and she is a member of the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) in Dollow town...
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16-04-2020
Sowdo Mohamed’s family, residing in Shriko village, Belet Hawa district – Somalia – has gone through a positive transformation thanks to the...
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08-04-2020
Abdiyo Khalif Dahir, 67 years old, mother of 6 and grandmother of 31 children, is a member of the Village Development Committee in Dayah Village, Dollow...
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31-03-2020
Abdi Farah, aged 69, lives in Beeritir – Somalia - an agro-pastoral village that depends on agriculture for its survival. He is one of the beneficiaries...
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16-03-2020
Saharla Farah Warsame, aged 55, is a mother of 7 children (2 males, 5 females) and has 22 grandchildren. She lives in Dayah village, situated in Dollow...
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11-03-2020
Jamac Mohamed Mohamud, aged 38 and father of 4 children (3 females and 1 male), is a resident of Sadhumay, a village in Dollow District, situated 30 km from...
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03-03-2020
In Somalia, the lack of appropriate access to sanitation and hygiene constitutes a critical emergency for the most vulnerable communities. The existing...
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18-12-2019
Since October 2019, the Deyr season in Somalia has brought torrential rains, which have caused the displacement of about 570 000 people and, since December,...
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10-12-2019
"Before receiving the first cash transfers, I was desperate - after losing my crops due to drought and after falling ill, I didn't know how I could...
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13-11-2019
"The first cash transfers helped me paying off my debts and giving a more diversified diet to my children. It was humiliating being seen as a burden, and...
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11-11-2019
On November 4th, 20 people representing United Nation agencies, non-governmental organisations – among which COOPI - and the local...
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20-06-2019
In 2018, 70.8 million people fled war and persecution – this is the highest number ever recorded by the United Nations Refugee Agency in the Global...
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02-01-2019
36-year-old Farah Cabdi Raage is the household head and a father of 8 children (4 boys & 4 girls). His family consists of 12 members, including his elderly...
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17-12-2018
45-year-old Mohamud Madey Bula is a father of 15 children (8 boys and 7 girls) living in Sadhumay village, located in Dollow district, Somalia. As a result of...
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22-06-2018
Gabaa is one of the villages in Luuq district, Somalia. It is now home to hundreds of pastoralist households who lost all or some of their livestock in remote...
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28-09-2017
Last August 13th, in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, 160 people achieved a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) certification, as part of...
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28-06-2017
Somalia is experiencing one of the worst crises since 1945: prolonged drought has knocked the entire population and more than an half (6.7 million people)...
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16-12-2016
There are many ways to save lives in emergencies and crisis. In the South-Central of Somalia, in relation to the project supported by ECHO (the EU...
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29-11-2016
Natural calamities and man-made disasters. For people who live in a crisis, forced to survive with little resources or displaced from their abodes, the past...
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01-04-2016
Caraturka is an area of Somalia that extends south of the city of Baidoa. In recent years it has become the region of the refugee camps: it has, in fact, 15...
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