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.
Community Learning & Sports Hubs
Daily literacy, numeracy, and sport for children aged 8–16. Trained teachers and coaches work together targeting out-of-school, displaced, and girl learners.
Youth Leadership Academy
12-month programme for ages 15–30 combining civic education, mentoring, and real community project delivery. Minimum 50% women every cohort.
Football for Development
Measurable life-skills — teamwork, discipline, resilience — embedded directly into every coaching session by qualified coaches.
Women & Girls Empowerment
Girls' education clubs, women's leadership forums, mentoring and community dialogue — shifting the norms that determine women's participation.
Coach & Educator Development
Structured training, mentoring and certification for coaches, educators and youth workers across Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
Inside a Higsi Sports Hub
Footage from one of our community sports areas — where young people gather, train, and build the confidence and connections that fuel everything else we do.
Programmes in Action
Mogadishu (Benadir), South West State, Galmudug State
Hirshabelle, Puntland, Jubaland
Djibouti, Ethiopia (Somali Region), Kenya