Value addition

KRD has been successfully delivering high quality service with well-earned reputation since 2011. It enjoys strong and cordial relationships with the different stakeholders, with particular emphasis on communities that it serves as well as the government and donor community. These relationships are based on mutual interest and shared commitments to poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable development. KRD developed and maintained these relationships through a range of networking and partnership opportunities, and through a thorough understanding of socio-economic, cultural, and other sensitivities in the region. Service delivery is usually done by the involvement of local communities, district administrations and community leaders. Appropriate Identification of community needs and prioritizing areas of interventions helped KRD to gain the confidence and the goodwill of both government and local communities. KRD has following added values:

Sustainability, coordination and Networking:

KRD defines sustainability as delivery of program service consistently support target communities both during and after program phase out, by strengthening the capacity of government institutions, facilities and community-based committees through community engagement and create sense of ownership. KRD understands the local constraints, a fact that helped its programs to effectively prioritize needs within the context. KRD is understood and viewed by its target community as part of them and initiate actions in ways that are socially accepted, economically sound, environmentally friendly and culturally deemed appropriate and suitable. KRD is uniquely positioned to initiate and establish close-working relationships with other locally based groups in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. Partnerships and collaborations among different institutions allow KRD encourage networking, sharing best practices, and thus inspire more local ownership. KRD does closely coordinate its operation with concerned government line ministries which facilitates for it to handover its accomplishments to both communities and government bodies. 

Following are key principles and strategies are used to effectively sustain programs:

Working closely with the government mandated structure at various levels to strengthen the existing structures to engage and own the programme.

1. Integration of sectors for enhanced efficiency and addressing beneficiaries’ needs for sustainable development.
2. Strengthening community structures for health, education and WASH through capacity development support on leadership, management, planning, reporting, documentation, financial management and community mobilization.
3. Establishment of complaint response mechanism to encourage community’s participation and get timely community feedback.
4. Joint supervision with government sector office and key stakeholders.
5. Updating targeted community on program progress and challenges to build trust among target communities.
6. Technical and Financial sustainability– target pastoral women are given opportunity to develop their own action or business plan through capacitating, training and giving them start-up fund. Establishment of groups and committees among the target people to help manage and control results. The capacity of the community is strengthened by giving them training, workshops and conferences.
7. Social and institutional sustainability– KRD intends to use techniques that are culturally acceptable, economically sound, socially sustainable and environmentally friendly. The existing community structures are importantly used and strengthened. Program management committee are set up to actively participate starting from the planning, implementation as well as monitoring and finally take over task from the implementing staffs.

Cost effectiveness:

KRD is often embedded within local communities and economies in such a way that it can provide services and assistance at a fraction of the cost that would be needed. All KRD Staffs are locally based staffs with no expatriate thus, has less administration cost.  Activities targeted at individuals and families are often efficiently implemented by linking complementary services at different levels.

Community Participation:

KRD always consults with its targeted communities to ensure that their involvement is continuous throughout the life of the project in action. In connection to this, KRD makes use of the existing community structures to ensure regular feedback, consultation and open lines of communication. KRD uses a technique known as Community Conversations to ensure that KRD does continually engage with the communities and hear what their priorities and proposed solutions are, resulting in strong interactive participation throughout its projects. Community Conversations is best described as a series of community wide meetings. Community does actively participate in almost every activity implemented by KRD such as livelihood, water point construction, education and health. KRD establish committee representing the entire target community to mitigate conflicts and sustain achievements.

Neutrality, transparency and the pursuit of human good

KRD operates in Somalia where droughts and civil insecurity combined, denied people to have access to food and livelihoods. KRD has an extensive understanding of the socio-economic development of its area of operation and execute its programs effectively and with minimal interruptions. Neutrality and the pursuit of only human good and transparency in its program implementation as well as the involvement of government institutions and communities have been the cornerstones of KRD’s operating principles which have assured its success in working some of the remotest and difficult to reach parts of Somalia.