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Horn Of Africa Development Initiative
AbbreviationHODI
Formation2003 (21 years ago) (2003)
FounderFatuma Abdulkadir Adan
Founded atMarsabit, Kenya
TypeNon-governmental
HeadquartersMarsabit, Kenya
Staff (2015)
28
Websitehodiafrica.org

The Horn Of Africa Development Initiative (HODI) is a non-profit organisation in northern Kenya. Founded by Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan in 2003, the organisation's mission is to champion justice and development in northern Kenya through advocacy and facilitation of education, community cohesion and livelihood support programs.[1][2]

The organisation is known for its use of a program known as "Shoot To Score, Not To Kill" through which football is used as a vice in the advocacy for peace among members of different ethnicities in northern Kenya. In 2015, the organisation won a Beyond Sport Award for sport for social inclusion.[3]

In January 2011, Adan received the Stuttgart Peace Prize for her work with the Horn of Africa Development Initiative "combining soccer and emancipation".[4]


References

  1. ^ "Four brave women who are making a difference". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Horn of Africa Development Initiative (HODI)". streetfootballworld. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Beyond Sport". beyondsport.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Friedenspreisträgerin 2011". Stuttgartr FriedensPreis der AnStifter. Retrieved 6 February 2016.