This year, we proudly celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Hirda Tournament, which was founded in 2005. The main objective of the tournament has always been to connect, empower, and build a strong network of Somali youth, with a special focus on football and sport. Over the years, the Hirda
The HIRDA AFT Tournament took place on 20 and 21 December at Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam, marking a successful and vibrant celebration of football, youth engagement, and community unity as part of AFT’s 20th Anniversary year. A total of 18 teams, each consisting of 10 players, participated in this year’s
HIRDA Amsterdam is proud to host the 20th Annual Futsal Tournament, bringing together Somali youth in Amsterdam to celebrate sport, culture, and community empowerment. This tournament is more than a competition. it’s a platform for young people to connect, grow, and showcase their talents. Empowering Youth Through Sport Futsal provides
On 21st and 22th December 2019, HIRDA successfully organized again the HIRDA Tournament “Amsterdam Futsal Tournament”(AFT) 2019. The team from Nijmegen won The AFT 2019 and Team from Leuven (BL) took second place in AFT 2019. Minister of the youth and sport of Somali federal government, minister of youth and
Anki Dunnewind wrote a book about refugee women and decided to donate half of the revenue to organizations improving women’s positions in their countries of origin. HIRDA is one of the organizations she selected. Anki chose to support HIRDA’s Women Empowering Centres in Somalia. Through her work at the Dutch
Somalia was in the civil war since 1988, which led to insecurity, famine, and displacement within Somalia and the neighboring countries. Somalia has more than 2.6 million displaced people and some five million Somalis are reported by the UN to be in need of humanitarian assistance. According to the UN’s
The Covid-19 virus has held the Netherlands in its grip for a month. In a very short time, the cabinet had to take a number of drastic measures to protect the Dutch population. In addition to health problems, this crisis has also caused economic and social problems for the entire
HIRDA organized week training course last week of July 2021 In Mogadishu for HIRDA Somalia staff, partners, and diaspora volunteers with aim of enhancing diaspora development impact and capacitating HIRDA Somalia staff, partners, and diaspora volunteers to deliver a high-quality service to their beneficiaries in more effectively, efficiently, accountable, transparent
