Jubalandese Charity Center emblem: a camel beside an acacia treeJubalandese Charity Center (JCC)Kenya & Somalia

Humanitarian · Peacebuilding · Development

Empowering communities across the Horn of Africa.

For over two decades, Jubalandese Charity Center (JCC) has worked with pastoral, agro-pastoral and riverine communities — restoring dignity through protection, livelihoods and lasting peace.

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Painted signboard at the entrance to the JCC Ras Kambooni compound
Board in front of the JCC Ras Kambooni compound

Worked with

  • UNHCR
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
  • OCHA
  • Adam Smith International
20+
Years of experience
4
Field offices
7
Dedicated team members
2
Countries of operation

What we do

Eight programs, one shared purpose.

Our work is grounded in a rights-based approach — reducing vulnerability, diversifying economies, and restoring peace and harmony between communities.

Community members gathered at a JCC food distribution site in Ras Kambooni

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Protection & Monitoring

JCC food distribution activity funded by Deriswanag / Adam Smith International after the Jubaland and FGS war in the town.

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Families seated with relief supplies during a second JCC food distribution in Ras Kambooni

02

WASH

Second food distribution in Ras Kambooni. Funded by the Deriswanag Programme / Adam Smith International.

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Women attending a JCC village savings and loan association training session

03

Livelihoods

VSLA training for 12 women solidarity groups in 12 villages around Ras Kambooni and its environs. Funded by Deriswanag / Adam Smith International.

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Women seated at desks during a JCC literacy and numeracy class

04

Basic Community Development

Literacy and numeracy training for 12 solidarity women groups in and around Ras Kambooni, funded by Deriswanag / Adam Smith International.

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Elders and community representatives meeting with JCC staff

05

Peace Building

Convening elders, youth and women to resolve disputes, rebuild trust and hold fragile agreements together.

Human Trafficking Prevention Seminar, funded by the Deriswanag Programme.

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Entrance to the JCC field office in Ras Kambooni

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Cross-Border Good Neighborhood

Coordinated peacebuilding and development along the Kenya–Somalia corridor, connecting neighbours on both sides of the line. Pictured: the JCC field office in Ras Kambooni. Funded by the Deriswanag Programme / Adam Smith International.

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A JCC protection monitor interviewing a mother and her children during a household visit

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Human Trafficking Prevention

Community-led prevention and early identification, focused on the routes and vulnerabilities that expose young people to trafficking. Funded by NRC / UNHCR.

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Women registering at a JCC community session on gender-based violence prevention

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GBV Prevention & CVE

Preventing gender-based violence and countering violent extremism through community-based approaches that build safer societies. Funded by UNHCR.

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From the field

Present where it matters most.

Recent distributions and field presence in Kamboni, Lower Juba — one of the many communities we walk alongside across southern Somalia.

Rehabilitated water catchment holding open water out to the treeline
Men and women swinging picks in a cloud of dust along a new trench line
Women digging in close formation on the edge of a catchment basin
Catchment brimming with water after the rains, clouds mirrored on its surface

JCC-completed water reservoir project in the Bakool region of Somalia, funded by FAO in 2014.

Stand with us

A small gift travels a long way in the drylands.

Every contribution supports protection monitoring, livelihoods training and cross-border peace work — reaching families where few others go.

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