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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh: “There can be no sustainable growth without social justice”
The President of the Republic, Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, reaffirmed this Thursday that the fight against poverty and precariousness remained a central focus of public action, during the launch of the National Solidarity Week, at the People’s Palace. “For the government, the fight against poverty and precariousness is an absolute priority,” declared the Head of ... -
PDUI2 – PDUI2-Ter: ADDS highlights the social impact of the project at its first press conference
The Djiboutian Agency for Social Development (ADDS) held its first press conference today dedicated to the Integrated Urban Development Project (PDUI2), recently inaugurated by His Excellency Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic. This meeting with the media marks an important step in the approach of transparency, openness, and accountability that ADDS now intends ... -
Under the high patronage of His Excellency Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh: Inauguration ceremony of several infrastructures in the municipality of Balbala
Under the high patronage of His Excellency Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, the inauguration ceremony for several infrastructure projects in the Balbala district was held today. These projects were carried out by the Djiboutian Agency for Social Development (ADDS) as part of the Integrated Urban Development Project 2 (PDUI2), financed ... -
PDUI 2ter Community Development Fund: Launch of the third call for projects
The Djiboutian Agency for Social Development (ADDS), in partnership with the municipality of Balbala and with financial support from the French Development Agency (AFD) through the Community Development Fund (FDC), launched the third call for projects for the Integrated Urban Development Program 2 ter (PDUI 2ter) yesterday morning. This initiative offers hope, citizen participation, and ... -
Inland regions: Communities approve action plans to better address migration challenges
On a joint mission to the interior regions, the Djiboutian Agency for Social Development (ADDS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), supported by the European Union, conducted participatory consultations in the five interior regions. From Dikhil to Obock, including the regions of Arta and Tadjourah, communities, following a series of consultations at each stage, ... -
A cooperative meeting under the banner of solidarity
The Director General of the Djiboutian Agency for Social Development (ADDS) received the Mayor of Bollnäs, Sweden, Mr. Abdillahi Adani Mohamed, today in the Agency’s meeting room, as part of an official working visit. This meeting is part of the Mayor’s tour of the regions, which he is undertaking with the Prefect of the Dikhil ... -
Obock Region: Responding in a coordinated manner to the needs of host communities exposed to the effects of migration
Yesterday, the Obock region hosted a large delegation including the representative of the IOM Regional Office in Nairobi, representatives from the Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDCA), based in Stockholm, the representative of the European Union, and the IOM representative in Djibouti. The regional prefect, the president of ... -
Integrated Urban Development Program PDUI2 ter: Leaders from 33 Layabley and Moustiquaire associations equipped to set up and manage community projects
The Djibouti Social Development Agency (ADDS), in collaboration with the municipality of Balbala, concluded a training session last Thursday focused on the development and management of community projects. Funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), the initiative, which is part of the third phase of the Integrated Urban Development Program 2 (PDUI 2), provided training ... -
IGAD Lauds Community Projects Benefiting Refugee Hosts
The implementation of the Kenya Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (KDRDIP) by local communities has attracted the attention of countries in the Horn of Africa to benchmark on the successes and challenges of the project as the World Bank extends the project to their countries. KDRDIP’s Team leader Wilfred Omari briefing the IGAD delegation ... -
Delivery of driving licenses to 25 young people from the Dikhil region
On February 23, the Dikhil region hosted a driving license ceremony for 25 young people in the region, following a training course funded by ADDS (Djiboutian Agency for Social Development). The ceremony saw the participation of the director of social development of ADDS, Mr. Dirieh Farah Souldan, accompanied by a strong delegation from his institution, ... -
A literate woman is worth two
For two decades, the government, with the help of its partners like the UNDP, has made literacy a priority for women. The Ministry of Women and the Family and the National Union of Djiboutian Women are on all fronts in order to lift as many women as possible out of illiteracy. A program that is ... -
Training of community facilitators on the Development Approach Led by the Communities of the PITCH Project
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity, Ifrah Ali Ahmed, and the Secretary General of the State Secretariat in charge of Decentralization, Mohamed Issa, jointly chaired yesterday at the People’s Palace a training workshop for facilitators of the ADDS on DCC (Community Driven Development) relating to the PITCH project (Integrated Cash ...
