Brief Personal and Work Information

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Brief Personal and Work Information

• Ahmed Aden Mohamed

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Ahmed Aden Mohamed

• My job title is
• Program Officer D, ME with the
• Rural Food Security Program of CARE
• International in Somalia.

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• With an overall responsibility following
  up on ME activities in the program based on
  the ME plans and project implementation
  plans.
• Data verification. This will include assessment
  of the data collection processes,
  comprehensiveness of the data collected, analysis
  and reporting mechanisms.
• Undertake visits to project sites to verify and
  assess ME activities
• Prepare monitoring site visit schedule and share
  with SPO
• Visit and verify information collected during
  free food distributions
• Visit and verify information collected in FFW
  activities
• Produce site visit reports
• Inspect partner warehouses and report on
  commodity status and accounting
• Submit reports to DME Coordinator with copies to
  TL and SPO
• Identification of gaps/areas for strengthening
  and make recommendations for capacity building of
  staff and partners
• Compile monthly and quarterly reports on ME
  activities in the RFSP program
• Produce monthly and quarterly reports on
  achievements and challenges in ME activities
• Hold regular review meetings with project staff
  and D,ME Coordinator to
• Prepare action plans for coming period eg year,
  quarter

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CARE Somalia at a glance.

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  CARE INTERNATIONAL
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  OUR VISION
• We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social
  justice, where poverty has been overcome and
  people live in dignity and security.
• CARE International will be a global force and a
  partner of choice within a worldwide movement
  dedicated to ending poverty. We will be known
  everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to the
  dignity of people.
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  OUR MISSION
• CARE Internationals mission is to serve
  individuals and families in the poorest
  communities in the world. Drawing strength from
  our global diversity, resources and experience,
  we promote innovation solutions and are advocates
  for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting
  change by
• Strengthening capacity for self help
• Providing economic opportunities
• Delivering relief in emergencies
• Influencing policy decisions at all levels
• Addressing discrimination in all its forms
• Guided by the aspirations of local communities,
  we pursue our mission with both excellence and
  compassion because the people whom we serve
  deserve nothing less.
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  CORE VALUES
• Respect We affirm the dignity, potential and
  contribution of participants, donors, partners
  and staff.
• Integrity We act consistently with CAREs
  mission, being honest and transparent in what we
  do and say, and accept responsibility for our
  collective and individual actions.
• Commitment We work together effectively to serve
  the larger community
• Excellence We constantly challenge ourselves to
  the highest levels of learning and performance to
  achieve greater impact.

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• CARE Somalia/southern Sudan Mission
• Statement
• CARE and its partners will work with vulnerable
  communities to address the underlying causes of
  poverty, and promote peace and development, by
  strengthening civil society, responding to
  emergencies and advocating for policy change.

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CARE SOMALIA PROGRAM SUMMARY

• CARE has been active in Somalia since 1981 when
  it began providing support to refugees in the
  country at the invitation of the former
  government of the Somalia Democratic Republic.
  CAREs programming activities since then have
  included large-scale emergency relief and refugee
  assistance activities, water facility
  construction, primary health care, small scale
  enterprise development, local institutional
  building, primary school education, and
  agriculture. With the outbreak of civil war in
  1991, CARE moved its main office to Nairobi, but
  continued to maintain sub-offices in Puntland,
  Somaliland and Southern Somalia. CARE Somalia
  works in partnership with Somali and
  international NGOs, civil authorities and local
  communities.

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Rural Food Security Program (southern Somalia)

• CARE began implementing the Rural Food Security
  Program in 1998, which is working to improve
  agricultural production and economic activities.
  Using food for work, the program has been
  rehabilitating key agricultural infrastructure
  such as tertiary canals, secondary roads and
  local markets. Initially focusing on improving
  agricultural infrastructure in Lower Shabelle, a
  traditionally food surplus region, in 2000 the
  focus shifted. In response to the growing food
  crisis in parts of southern Somalia, CARE began
  to undertake Emergency Food Distributions and
  Emergency Food for Work in the Gedo, Hiran, Bay
  and Bakool regions. Through the RFSP, CARE has
  made substantial contributions to improving
  agricultural production and addressing emergency
  food needs in southern Somalia, directly
  benefiting more than 200,000 people.
• Objective To improve the food and livelihood
  security of vulnerable populations affected by
  drought and insecurity in southern Somalia.
• Participants 350,000 people
• Partners 25 local NGOs
• Donors USAID

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Civil Society Expansion Program (Somaliland and
Puntland)

• Working in both the Somaliland and Puntland
  regions of Northern Somalia, this program builds
  on the seven-year Somalia Partnership Program.
  Using an explicit civil society strengthening
  approach, and introducing RBA to CAREs partners,
  the CSEP is working to strengthen the linkages
  between Somali communities, NGOs and local
  authorities. Sub-grants are provided to partner
  organizations for capacity building, agriculture,
  livestock, maternal health and income generation
  sectors. Entering its final year, discussions
  are currently ongoing with USAID to re-design the
  program and extend it for an additional two
  years.
• Objective Strong civil society organizations
  that contribute to good governance and peace
  building with cooperative, productive linkages
  with civil authorities
• Participants approx. 50,000 people
• Partners 33 civil society organizations and
  authorities in Somaliland and Puntland
• Donors USAID, CARE Africa Fund

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Support to Primary School Education
(Somaliland)

• Working with 18 primary schools in Hargeisa,
  Somaliland, this EC funded project improved
  physical infrastructure, teachers skills and
  community education committees ability to manage
  schools. The sheer number of students requiring
  access to primary school education in Hargeisa
  has meant that only a fraction of the communities
  needs could be met with this two-year project,
  and a second phase was developed. Funding from
  the EC for the second phase has not yet been
  approved, but it is anticipated that this happen
  before the end of the calendar year.
• Objective Provide structurally sound, sanitary
  physical facilities and classroom environments
  that promote learning to the approximately 14,000
  students in the 19 targeted schools in Hargeisa.
• Participants 23,000 students, 18 schools, 327
  teachers
• Partners Ministry of Education officials,
  Head-teachers and Community Education Committees
• Donors
• European Commission, UNHCR, Thomas WarthJuly

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Support to Vulnerable Groups Livelihoods through
a Cash-for-Work Programme in Sool and Sanaag
Region
CARE will apply the cash for work approach to
provide short term employment opportunities and
much needed cash for purchase of food and meet
other livelihood requirements. The cash will
injections will have direct impact on improved
food access and livelihood security of the target
group in particular and the local economy in
general. The proposed main activities will
involve rehabilitation or rural infrastructure,
environmental conservation, and community
management capacity building. Specific
activities will include rehabilitation of roads,
berkads, balley, soil conservation along the
gullies, and training of community implementation
and facility maintenance committees on
management. The project will also aim to stem
the environmental degradation caused by human and
animal pressure on the natural habitat that has
exacerbated over the past period of poor
rainfall. Objective To improve the livelihood of
vulnerable households through access to food as
well as enhanced water availability, market
access, and environmental conservation
Participants A population of 5,440 households
Partners Civil authorities and other
International NGOs Donor European Union
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Reintegration of Returnees (Somaliland)

• The first year of the program included four
  separate projects targeting returnees to
  Somaliland micro-credit, vocational training,
  informal education for women and rural food
  security. During its second year, the informal
  education for women project was integrated into
  another project targeting non-formal education
  for women. CARE works in partnership with NGO
  partners to assist in the re-integration of
  returnees into Somaliland society.
• Objective To facilitate the re-integration of
  Somali returnees into Somaliland society and
  provide returnees with the skills and resources
  needed to productively contribute to the
  rehabilitation process in Somaliland.
• Participants approximately 30,000 to 40,000
  returnees
• Partners Local NGOs and Somaliland civil
  authorities
• Donor BPRM-Bureau for Population and Refugee
  Migration

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Shabelle Agricultural Rehabilitation Project
(Southern Somalia)

This project is part of a larger initiative in
the Lower Shabelle region being implemented by a
consortium of international NGOs (CARE, Concern,
ADRA and Chefa) and is funded primarily with the
EC. SHARP builds upon the achievements of the
RFSP, and the earlier Institutional Strengthening
Project (ISP), which was funded by CAREs Africa
Fund, but uses cash-for-work, rather than
food-for-work. Due to the positive impact of and
response to the sluice gate and culvert component
of the ISP, this was integrated into the SHARP,
as well as training for communities and Somali
NGOs on community management of irrigation
systems. It is expected that by the end of the
project, target communities and partner NGOs will
be better able to sustainably manage tertiary
irrigation canals. Objective Improved food
security at the local and household level and
reduced vulnerability to natural disasters for
communities in 2 regions of southern
Somalia. Participants 100,000 people Partners
Local NGOs, Cefa, Concern and ADRA Donors
European Commission CARE Deutschland
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Integrated Reproductive Health Project
(Somaliland)

• The project seeks to strengthen the links between
  communities, Maternal and Child Health Centers
  (MCH) and hospitals in Hargeisa and Bossaso, and
  improve MCH services available to women. In
  addition, capacity building support is also
  provided to the Ministry of Health and Labor to
  improve their ability to supervise and manage
  health services in Somaliland. The first phase
  of this project was the two-year Safe Motherhood
  Project, which was completed late in 2001, while
  the second phase two-year phase started up in
  July 2002.
• Objective Improved reproductive health of
  approximately 30,000 women in Gabled Region of
  Somaliland by focusing on the four pillars of
  safe motherhood family planning, antenatal
  care, safe delivery and essential obstetric care.
  
• Participants 30,000 women of reproductive age
• Partners MCH Center Management Committees, and
  Ministry of Health
• Donor UNFPA

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Support to Reproductive Health Services and
Information Project (Puntland)

• In 2001, UNFPA approached CARE regarding the
  possibility of implementing the 3rd phase of an
  ongoing UNFPA funded project in Bossaso,
  Puntland. This was due to CAREs success in
  implementing other UNFPA funded projects in
  Somaliland and Puntland. The project is working
  with the local referral hospital in Bossaso to
  improve maternal health services and rehabilitate
  the maternity ward.
• Objective To improve the reproductive health
  status of women living in the Bossaso district.
  
• Participants Approx. 40,000 women of
  childbearing age
• Partners Ministry of Health, Bossaso Hospital
  management
• Donor
• UNFPA, CARE
• Learning needs
• Develop Appropriate tool for ME
• How to link ME system within the project plan
• Acquiring necessary skills for establishing ME
  systems