OSDA is a local non-governmental organization working with communities in Northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. We help people help themselves.
Kenya, Somalia & Ethiopia
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This week at #AidEx2026 (21-22 October, Palexpo Geneva), Organization for Sustainable Development Africa (OSDA) was proud to be the only national/local NGO exhibiting among the world's leading humanitarian organisations.
Thank you to everyone who visited our booth, attended the session and engaged with us. The work continues.
Locally led pooled funds now need to grow from short-term relief into long-term resilience. We return from Geneva with new connections with global players and a stronger conviction that local organisations belong at the centre of the humanitarian conversation, not at its edges.
"We can't continue firefighting. What we need are mechanisms that talk to each other: humanitarian, development and peace, as parts of one jigsaw." He also challenged the room on localization, which too often remains a buzzword rather than a practice.
Our Executive Director, Albashir Ibrahim, joined a panel on innovative humanitarian financing. His message was clear: in the Horn, crises are cyclical. Drought gives way to floods, outbreaks and conflict, yet funding still arrives in silos.
The response was overwhelming. Over two days, a steady stream of visitors came to our booth: donors, UN agencies, INGOs and fellow practitioners. All of them wanted to hear how locally led action is making a difference across the Horn of Africa.
The Shoe That Grows Distribution in Mandera Special School for the Deaf and Special School for the Blind.
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Thanks to #BecauseInternational.
Organization for Sustainable Dev’t Africa (OSDA) retweeted
The outlook for #Somalia's upcoming Deyr season highlights a credible risk of severe flooding if #ElNiño intensifies.
Preparedness today can help reduce humanitarian impacts tomorrow.
Early action saves lives.
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On Aug 28, OSDA met community members of Border Point 1 & Neboi (Mandera), discussing tackling the invasive Mathenge under #ELEVATE (KOICA/IOM). The cutting of the plant will be replaced by fruit trees, while the Mathenge will be used for briquette production.
Under the ELEVATE project, funded by #KOICA through @UNmigration & implemented in partnership with @WorldVisionKE & the @OSDAFRIK (OSDA), an in-kind distribution exercise commenced on 24th June 2026 to support 150 vulnerable community members in Lafey Sub-County, Mandera County.
The in-kind items are designed to promote Climate Smart Agriculture through three key approaches:
- Smart crop production, using conical garden techniques and drought-tolerant seeds, including watermelons, kales, spinach, capsicum, sorghum, and cowpeas.
- Poultry farming – through the rearing of improved kienyeji (indigenous) chicken breeds.
- Apiculture (beekeeping) – to enhance livelihood diversification and food security.
The activity was officially launched in Meygag, Sala Ward, in the presence of County Officials from the Dep’ts of Agric. & Livestock. The distribution is scheduled to run until 28th June, with subsequent phases taking place in Warankara Ward (Bambo, Gari, Warankara & Kheira Ali).
The initiative is a component of #ELEVATE Project funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), through @UNmigration and implemented by the @OSDAFRIK
This initiative is expected to transform the local economy by creating meaningful employment for youth. The anticipated long-term impacts include reduced youth involvement in conflict and prevention of radicalisation into violent extremism and illegal migration.
Beyond clean energy, this initiative is expected to create meaningful employment for youth, reduce involvement in conflict related activities, prevent radicalisation into violent extremism, and curb illegal migration (Tahrib) in the long run.