As an NGO, SAACID understands the necessity of developing effective and responsible governance structures in Somalia. To that end, SAACID has provided a lot of training and support to governance institutions at the district and regional level. The key to allowing Somali women, children and the poor to develop their full human potential is the modification of behaviour that relies on violence.
SAACID has implemented the only voluntary weapon destruction programmes in Somalia’s history (DDR). In exchange for giving up a functional weapon, militiamen were provided with vocational training or business enterprise training and micro-grants - all through a template of community ownership and participation.
