The nucleus of our operations has been Hope Village, where we have provided more than 10,000 internally-displaced people access to shelter, food, education, healthcare, and other services.

But our work has long gone beyond the Village: we have offered health care services, training, and community health education in neighboring towns, and we are piloting educational programs to share with educators in other post-conflict nations.

DHAF is an apolitical organization that is not affiliated with any government, political movement, religious or clan group. Our Foundation decides what projects to undertake and what relief to provide based on the on-the-ground needs in Somalia.

DHAF is a financially independent organization. We receive all of our funding from charitable donations from the general public around the world and other charitable endowments. We do not accept any funding from governments or from any Somali public institutions.

All of our critical services to the Somali people are provided at no cost and our Foundation spends less than 2% of its all its donations on administrative costs.