Skip to content

Our programs

Four pillars across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus.

Together they link early action, essential services, livelihoods and peace, so that every response leaves communities stronger for the next shock.

1. Climate Resilience & Livelihoods2. Preparedness, Response & Solutions3. Education, Health & Skills4. Peace, Cohesion & Governance
Green riverside farms and a small boat on the Shabelle River at Afgooye01

Climate Resilience & Sustainable Livelihoods

Outcome: Productive, climate-ready livelihoods

We help farming and riverine households protect what they have and grow what they need, by restoring the irrigation and river infrastructure that the Shabelle economy depends on.

What we do

  • Rehabilitation of irrigation canals, embankments and water-control structures
  • Support to smallholder farmers: inputs, climate-smart agriculture, cooperatives and market linkages
  • Ecosystem-based adaptation, reforestation and riverbank stabilisation
  • Cash-for-work that builds productive community assets
Aligned withFood Security, Early RecoverySDG 2SDG 13SDG 15
Homes standing in brown flood water after the Shabelle burst its banks near Jowhar02

Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Response & Durable Solutions

Outcome: Lives saved, durable solutions for IDPs

We turn early warning into early action, respond fast when floods or drought strike, and stay to help displaced families find safe and dignified homes.

What we do

  • Community early warning, contingency planning and anticipatory action
  • Rapid needs assessments and emergency response: food, shelter, NFIs, WASH and cash
  • Voluntary resettlement, durable shelter and land tenure for IDPs
  • Integration of displaced families with host communities
Aligned withWASH, Shelter, CCCM, ProtectionSDG 1SDG 11SDG 13
A girl writing on the blackboard in a newly renovated classroom03

Human Capital Development: Education, Health & Skills

Outcome: Children learning, healthy, skilled youth

We bring schools, clinics and skills training to villages that have never had them, so that children learn, mothers and babies are healthy and young people find work.

What we do

  • Schools in villages without education access; Education in Emergencies and Alternative Basic Education
  • Teacher training and training of trainers
  • Health centres and clinics in remote villages: maternal and child health, immunisation and nutrition outreach
  • TVET centres, vocational and entrepreneurship training
Aligned withEducation, Health, Nutrition, LivelihoodsSDG 3SDG 4SDG 8
Women leading donkeys loaded with water containers across dry scrubland04

Peacebuilding, Social Cohesion & Local Governance

Outcome: Peaceful, inclusive communities

Without peace, gains do not last. We bring elders, religious leaders, women and youth together to resolve disputes over land and water and to shape local decisions.

What we do

  • Peace awareness and community dialogue
  • Reconciliation with elders, religious leaders, women and youth
  • Conflict-sensitive management of land and water; local peace committees and conflict early warning
  • Women's and youth participation in local governance
Aligned withProtectionSDG 5SDG 16

Cross-cutting practice in every pillar: locally led action · gender equality and women's empowerment · protection and child safeguarding · disability inclusion · accountability to affected people · PSEA · conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm · environmental sustainability · evidence and learning.

Operating model

From community voice to lasting results

Every SHARAN programme follows a five-stage cycle, with accountability and learning built in at each step.

  1. 1

    Assess

    Joint needs, risk and context analysis with communities and authorities; conflict and protection analysis; identification of the most vulnerable.

  2. 2

    Engage

    Community entry through elders, local authorities, women's and youth groups; forming or strengthening committees; agreement on roles.

  3. 3

    Co-design

    Locally feasible, conflict-sensitive solutions; results framework, targeting criteria, budget and safeguards agreed with communities.

  4. 4

    Deliver

    Implementation through community structures, local procurement and labour; close monitoring and rapid adaptation.

  5. 5

    Sustain and learn

    Handover of assets with operation and maintenance plans; evaluation, learning and sharing results with communities and partners.

Cross-cutting controls throughout: inclusion · safeguarding · conflict sensitivity · complaints and feedback · financial accountability

Technical capabilities

Methods and outputs partners can assess

Every programme starts from the community's priority and the change that must happen. Evidence is gathered with communities, verified before use, and shared back with them. Every asset built has a plan for who will maintain it.

Emergency response & anticipatory action

Rapid needs assessment, community early warning, trigger-based contingency plans, cash and in-kind assistance

Deliverables · Assessment reports, contingency plans, distributions, post-distribution monitoring

Climate resilience & natural resources

Participatory risk mapping, irrigation and embankment rehabilitation, ecosystem-based adaptation

Deliverables · Rehabilitated canals and embankments, community adaptation plans, restored land

Livelihoods & food security

Value-chain and market analysis, farmer training, cooperatives, cash-for-work

Deliverables · Trained farmers, functioning cooperatives, productive assets

Education & skills

School construction, EiE, Alternative Basic Education, teacher training and ToT, TVET

Deliverables · Classrooms, enrolled learners, trained teachers, skilled youth

Primary health care

Health facility construction and support, community health outreach, nutrition screening and referral

Deliverables · Functioning health posts, trained community health workers, referral systems

Durable solutions

Site planning, shelter, land tenure facilitation, host–IDP integration

Deliverables · Resettled households, secured tenure, integrated communities

Peacebuilding & social cohesion

Conflict analysis, dialogue facilitation, peace committees, women and youth inclusion

Deliverables · Peace agreements, functioning committees, dialogue reports

Research, MEAL & knowledge

Mixed-method assessments, baselines, evaluations, community feedback systems

Deliverables · Baseline and evaluation reports, dashboards, learning briefs

Typical engagements

How partners work with us on the ground

  • 01Emergency response and anticipatory action in flood- or drought-affected districts
  • 02Integrated resilience programmes (irrigation, livelihoods, natural resources) over 12–36 months
  • 03Construction and operation of schools, health posts and vocational centres with community and government partners
  • 04Needs assessments, baselines and community consultations for partners and consortia
  • 05Community dialogue, reconciliation and social cohesion processes

Partner with SHARAN

Invest in communities that are ready to lead their own resilience.

We welcome partners who value local ownership, accountability and lasting results.

Get involvedTalk to us