Built from within the Somali community
We are not an organisation that arrives with imported models. We are Somali-founded, Somali-led, and shaped by lived experience — grounded in deep cultural knowledge and committed to genuine partnership with the communities we serve.
The name Higsi reflects our conviction: that every individual, every community, and every nation carries within it the capacity to rise.
Our Story →
Four Strategic Pillars
Education
Community learning hubs delivering literacy, numeracy and life-skills for out-of-school children aged 8–16, with sport integrated to drive attendance and retention.
Leadership
Youth Leadership Academy, women's leadership forums, and coach-educator programmes building the next generation of Somali leaders at every level.
Sports
Football for Development delivered by UEFA and CAF-qualified coaches — the hook is sport, the outcome is human development.
Community Empowerment
Gender-transformative, community-owned development that shifts the underlying norms and structures determining who participates, who leads, and who benefits.
Our Work in Pictures
Before Higsi Foundation came to our community, my son had no direction. Now he trains every morning, studies in the afternoons, and talks about becoming a coach himself. The change in him is something I never expected to see so quickly.
Somalia's young people cannot wait
Your support directly funds community learning hubs, leadership programmes, and sports initiatives across Somalia and the Horn of Africa.