Action Against Disasters Somalia (AADSOM) is a national, non-for-profit humanitarian organization that is committed to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity in the face of man-made and natural disasters in Somalia
AADSOM was established in 2008 by a group of local professionals with a cumulative experience of over 20 years in the fields of humanitarian aid and development
AADSOM’s key thematic areas of intervention include Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food security and Livelihoods (FSL), Health and Nutrition (H&N) and Education
AADSOM seeks to bring about a paradigm shift on all its key thematic areas through greater mainstreaming and focus on the following cross-cutting themes: gender equality and environmental protection
This is because AADSOM firmly embraces gender mainstreaming as a strategy towards realising integration of gender perspectives into the preparation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs, policies, and regulatory measures, with the view of promoting equality and accessibility between women and men henceforth combating gender-based discrimination in the humanitarian context
The organization advocates for impartial and unconditional aid delivery to affected communities in order to reduce the devastating impact of crises on the lives, livelihoods, and well-being of the communities it serves.