SUPPORTING INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE

  • Our services in these communities include:

    • Establishment and support of maternal health care services

    • Support for pregnant mothers through access to birthing centers with well-trained midwives

    • Income-generating activities for poor and vulnerable families, including chicken farming initiatives

    • Promotion of safe sanitation services

    • Provision of improved sanitation support to 20 households living with disabilities

    • Community health awareness and protection advocacy

    • Support to strengthen resilience in drought-affected families

    Through these integrated interventions, MAGAN aims to improve maternal health outcomes, enhance household livelihoods, ensure inclusive sanitation services, and strengthen the overall wellbeing of displaced and drought-affected communities.

MAGAN Facilitates Skills Development Placement for Community Birth Attendant at Edna Adan Hospital

23 May 2026 | Hargeisa, Somaliland

MAGAN Organization has successfully facilitated the placement of Ms. Hodan Ismail, a selected community Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) from IIMAAN Village, at Edna Adan University Hospital as part of its ongoing commitment to improving maternal healthcare services in underserved communities.

The placement follows a community-led selection process conducted by MAGAN to identify an experienced and trusted local woman who could strengthen maternal and newborn care support within the village. Ms. Hodan was selected based on her long-standing experience assisting mothers during childbirth and the confidence placed in her by community members.

On 23 May 2026, MAGAN representatives held a productive meeting with Edna Adan Ismail to discuss practical capacity-building support for Ms. Hodan. Following the meeting, an agreement was reached for Ms. Hodan to participate in a seven-day practical training and experience program, covering both day and night shifts to ensure broader exposure to maternal and newborn healthcare practices.

The practical placement will provide valuable hands-on learning opportunities in safe delivery procedures and maternal care services. In support of this initiative, Edna Adan Hospital generously agreed to provide accommodation support throughout the training period to strengthen Ms. Hodan’s learning experience.

Upon completion of the training program, Ms. Hodan will return to IIMAAN Village, where she will continue supporting pregnant women and promoting safer delivery practices within her community.

This initiative reflects MAGAN’s continued commitment to building local capacity and strengthening community-based healthcare systems to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in marginalized communities.

“Investing in local knowledge and skills creates stronger communities and safer futures for mothers and children.”

Our Work with IDP Comunities

In 2023, Magan developed a steragic Parnership with Mothers First in Ireland

  • Our work supports over 1000 familes in 3 IDP camps

  • Our focus area are

  • Maternal health

  • Water and Sanitation

  • Education

  • Livelihoods

The Listening tent

The Listening Tent

In 2023 Magan formed a steragic partnership Mothers First in Ireland to develop a holistic set of solutions for IDP communities.

The Listening Tent became a place where the communities themselves could identify both their needs and their soloutions.

What they asked for

The community came up with 6 long term durable solutions

Durable Solution Progress 

1 Training of traditional midwives 

 2 Build a  Birthing Centre

 3 Miro loans 

4 Global Action Plan on Wasting 

5 Dry Land Agriculture Project

6 Water and Sanitation

What we have achieved so far

In colobration with Mothers First and the Edna Adan University Hospital Traditional midwives from the camp have recived training .

Built a birthing and medical centre

A core ethos of our work in IDP camps is comunity empowerment. Central to this all work carried on in the camp comes from the Camp itself

Water and Sanitation

A core ethos of our work in IDP camps is comunity empowerment. Central to this all work carried on in the camp comes from the Camp itself

Where Ideas becomes reality

Listent to the stories of why these people needed our help in the provision of toilets and the joy having complected this work

Miro Loan project

One of the strongest requests for support was the need to create employment opportunities.