Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid, HIJRA is an international African humanitarian organization focused on the implementation of emergency and resilience programming in the Horn of Africa; Somalia, Kenya and Uganda. Our programs in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Livelihoods, Health and Education are designed to address immediate needs and increase opportunities at the grassroots level. Program components include; the construction of water and sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion, cash distribution, primary, communicable and gynaecological health services and capacity building. HIJRA was founded in 1992, coordinating regional interests through its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. HIJRA is an immediate responder. As such, the organization works to ensurethe safety of its beneficiaries and staff by adhering to a strict policy of transparency, neutrality and accountability. HIJRA is among one of the largest actors in South Central Somalia
providing aid to over 370,000 of the region’s most vulnerable.
