Happier Mothers
HAMOT is a community -based organization which is non-profit making and non-political, non-government organization (NGO) whose focus is to bring a smile to women and children in Somalia
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Our Vision
A society where disadvantaged Somali children and women are empowered through education, vocational skills training, family support and economic empowerment as well as other support.
So that they are educated and skilled, healthy, productive and free from rights violations so as to actively participate in social, economic and leadership matters.
Mission
Happier Mothers (HAMOT) exists to promote spiritual wellbeing, rights and improved livelihoods of Somali children and women in central Somalia so that they are capable of participating in all social-economic development programmes in a God conscious manner for a better life.
Core Values
Commitment
We are committed to what we do so that children and women are holistically empowered and realize their full potential.
Accountability
Accountability being a hallmark of good governance, each HAMOT employee is accountable to the board of directors, the general assembly, funders, beneficiaries and various categories of leaders.
Respect
At HAMOT, we shall promote respect and self-confidence of vulnerable children and women. These include: orphans, former child soldiers, disabled children, children from very needy homes, children from broken homes, children who have chronic illness.
Excellence and effectiveness
HAMOT believes that a small, multi-talented and multi-skilled well-coordinated team committed to the highest standards of hard work, cooperation, and open communication is a key to success. HAMOT staff and management will promote this spirit of excellence and team work for effective interventions. The team will continuously explore innovative ways to make each and every intervention relevant, effective, efficient and sustainable. The highest standards of excellence are pursued to ensure the beneficiaries receive the very best service that HAMOT is able to offer.
The core values form the acronym “CARE” which underscores the passionate cause of Abdimalik Mohmoud Aden -the founding Director of Happier Mothers (HAMOT)
What We Do?
Goals
Objectives
1: Mobilize disadvantaged women including unemployed women, women with disabilities, single mothers, poor children and women living with HIV to engage in income generating activities (IGAs), health programmes, and other programmes which will develop them physically, financially and mentally.
2: To offer love and caring based counselling or other forms of psycho-social support to disadvantaged women so that they are able to handle their difficult circumstances and adopt positive coping strategies.
3: To promote games and sports, as well as music/dance and drama for better health, social interaction and positive diversion for disadvantaged women.
4: To mobilize women to form village loan and savings associations (VSLAs) or savings and credit cooperative organizations (SACCOs) aimed at promoting a saving culture for improved household incomes and development.
5: To explore opportunities within and outside Somalia for the advancement of education and skills training for women with limited resources, including construction of schools.
6: To demonstrate and support acts of mercy and compassion in word and deed to all age groups. Family support and gender-based violence one-stop centres (GBV OSC) will be set up in various parts of the district and with time entire country.
Programs
Health
The management of menstruation hygiene (MHM) by older needy girls and women is an area often ignored by various players. Similarly, cervical and breast cancer amongst women are causing anxiety in many households just as HIV and now COVID, Ebola and other diseases are a growing concern. We have started a MHM programme which we plan to extend to many beneficiaries. a diffident front, families are facing conflicts and domestic violence is on the increase with many men running off leaving the wife and children to fend for themselves. Children commonly grow up in disturbed homes and mental health difficulties are on the rise.
Food Security and Livelihood (FSL)
HAMOT has 3 acres of land made available by family friends in Eyl. Some of this land has been used to grow foodstuff which has helped feed needy households. This will be strengthened and land acquired and registered as HAMOT property.
Education and skills training
HAMOT has in the past secured individual sponsors of needy children in school. One such beneficiary, sat her primary leaving examinations done over in 1999.
After exams, an excited Samali had this to say: I thank the people of our HAMOT. May Allah grant you your wishes.
The team plans to collaborate with other stakeholders in improving, formal, non-formal, adult basic education and training (ABET), functional adult literacy (FAL) and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Prevention of Domestic violence and support to affected members
Women and girls face untold emotional, physical and sexual abuse. During one to one, many break down and pour out their hearts. HAMOT has secured a professional psychosocial support worker, Hodan Mohamed to offer the much-needed psychosocial support services. This comes after realization that the entire population has been traumatized by COVID, political tension, poverty and other community violence. We ask international and national NGOs, corporate companies and individuals to visit HAMOT and discuss how we can bring relief to those facing diverse mental health challenges.
Skills training for women livelihoods
HAMOT management has teamed up with partners to operate a sweater making and tailoring centre with the Eyl area. It has 4 sewing machines and 2 Sweater gadgets. Other workshops planned are a motor vehicle workshop and training centre. The centre will offer hands on-training in a range of auto-related areas. These include motor vehicle mechanics/repair with aid of computer scanner, car body repair and spraying, maintenance of the cooling system, engine tuning, battery charging and repair and general electrical works. The trainees will gain employable skills of mechanical engineering in less than 6 months.
Get involved
We welcome volunteers from within and outside Somalia. Whatever your skill, so long as you have a passion to make life better for Somali children and women, then come we work together. We need every person, man or woman, educated or not to assist in all our work. We have a volunteer policy.
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