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

Our programs

Practical work across eight connected areas.

Our programs are designed to be greater than the sum of their parts — protection creates the safety in which livelihoods can grow, and peace across borders makes both possible.

Families collecting sacks of food aid at a JCC distribution point

Program 01

Protection & Monitoring

Frontline documentation and response for people affected by displacement, gender-based violence and reduced access to maternal health services.

  • Displacement tracking and vulnerability mapping
  • GBV case identification, referral and follow-up
  • Community-based maternal health monitoring
  • Data sharing with humanitarian coordination partners
Relief supplies being handed out to households queuing in the open

Program 02

WASH — Water, Agriculture, Sanitation, Health & Hygiene

JCC food distribution activity for the FGS forces against Jubaland Administration in the Ras Kambooni district and its environs.

  • Rehabilitation of water points and reservoirs
  • Agriculture support along riverine belts
  • Sanitation infrastructure and hygiene promotion
  • Community health outreach and behaviour change
Women recording contributions during a village savings and loan session

Program 03

Livelihoods

Programs designed for pastoralist and riverine economies — building assets and skills that hold up against drought, market shocks and displacement.

  • Small-scale enterprise support for women and youth
  • Restocking and destocking cycles for pastoral households
  • Agricultural inputs and training along riverine belts
  • Financial literacy and savings groups
Adult learners practising writing during a literacy and numeracy class

Program 04

Basic Community Development

Working with community structures to strengthen the basic services, skills and infrastructure that underpin resilient neighbourhoods.

  • Community capacity building and leadership training
  • Basic literacy, numeracy and entrepreneurship skills
  • Support to local committees and civic structures
  • Small community infrastructure projects
Elders seated in dialogue with JCC staff during a reconciliation meeting

Program 05

Peace Building

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

  • Elders' councils and community dialogue forums
  • Conflict mediation and resolution
  • Youth and women's participation in peace processes
  • Social cohesion and reconciliation initiatives
Illustration of two hands meeting across a border line on a map

Program 06

Cross-Border Good Neighborhood Initiative

Working along the Kenya–Somalia border to strengthen relationships between neighbours, reduce conflict, and build shared infrastructure and services.

  • Community dialogue and conflict-resolution forums
  • Joint natural-resource management planning
  • Coordinated service delivery across administrative lines
  • Coordination hub based in Liboi
Community awareness meeting on trafficking risks facilitated by field staff

Program 07

Human Trafficking Prevention

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

  • Awareness raising in schools and community forums
  • Identification and safe referral of at-risk individuals
  • Engagement with local authorities and border officials
  • Support to survivors and returning migrants
Illustration of cupped hands sheltering a young sapling

Program 08

Gender Violence Prevention & CVE

Prevention of gender-based violence and countering violent extremism through community-based approaches that build safer, more inclusive societies.

  • GBV prevention campaigns and safe-space programming
  • Survivor-centred referral pathways
  • CVE dialogues with youth, women and religious leaders
  • Working with schools and civic institutions