Somalische jongeren bij elkaar brengen en helpen hun weg te vinden in Nederland! Dit is een van de kerndoelen van het jaarlijks terugkerend A’dam Futsal Tournament (AFT) dat Stichting HIRDA – een diaspora ontwikkelingsorganisatie – organiseert. Dit jaar 2023 vond het toernooi plaats op 21, 22 december in de Sporthallen Zuid in A’dam. Meer dan …

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HIRDA Amsterdam Football Tournament (AFT) 2023, scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on the 23rd and 24th of December at Sporthallen Zuid. This tournament has been an annual event organized by HIRDA for the Somali youth in the diaspora since 2005. Its primary aim is to promote the integration of Somali youth in the Netherlands …

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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 sport of the south west …

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Anki Dunnewind. Photo © Frank Uijlenbroek 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 …

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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 global humanitarian response plan, Somalia …

COVID-19: Additional challenge in fragile context of Somalia Read More »

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 Dutch society. It goes without …

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Report of the consultation meeting AU-CIDO & HIRDA

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 and sustainable manner. Training courses …

Training enhancing Diaspora impact Read More »