The official name of this organization is NAPAD which is the acronym of Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development.

NAPAD is Community based Non governmental development organization that was voluntarily formed. It operates on a non-profit basis with principles and philosophy aimed at effectively reaching its vision, mission and core values.

NAPAD was formed in 2006 by a group of former senior UN and International NGO workers, who saw the need to improve local capacity of indigenous civil societies with regard to responding to the many challenges facing the war torn Somali nation. The workers were inspired by the fact that various international agencies had scored notable successes in reversing the poor development indicators evident in Gedo. Profoundly though, many of these agencies were staffed by Somali nationals and therefore it was also contradictory to see weak Somali civil society institutions in the area, coupled by brain-drain of talent to Kenya and other stable countries in the region. The need therefore to ensure transfer of skills and knowledge from international agencies to national actors was evident. NAPAD was thus formed to stem the hemorrhage of local talent that had been bred in the interstices of international agencies.

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Vision

NAPAD envisions a peaceful, prosperous and self reliant Society.

Mission

The mission of NAPAD is to promote peace and development for sustainable livelihoods among nomadic communities through Advocacy, Social-economic and political empowerment