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Training focused on the management of the community development fund
As part of the integrated urban development project 2 (PDUI 2), the Djibouti Social Development Agency (ADDS) launched a training workshop on Sunday, September 29, focusing on the management of the community development fund. The initiative targets members of associations from Layableh and Moustiquaire neighborhoods in the town of Balbala. Lasting five (5) days, these ... -
Prize draws for young people from Dikhil to participate in “entrepreneurship and life skills” training
As part of the FORJE Project (Youth Entrepreneurship Training), the Djiboutian Social Development Agency (ADDS) organized, in collaboration with the Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (CLE) and in partnership with the Secretariat of State for Youth and Sports (SEJS), draws in order to decide in an impartial and transparent way, the candidates of the region ... -
Three questions to Mahdi Mohamed Djama, General manager of ADDS
Mr. Director General, ADDS is the armed wing of the government for the execution of its social policy. Is it up to its missions? First, As you yourself recall, ADDS is the executing arm of the government. I would not use the term “armed wing”, which is not always positive, but saying that it is ... -
Different reactions to training within the framework of Propeja
The impact of design training ARCES Treasurer, PK12 “First, I did my training with a French woman, I learned from her that you can easily mix two different colors, for example: green and white. Sincerely, it was useful to me and I came out proud of it. In fact, our trainer suggested that we mix ... -
ADDS / CLE: Launch of FORJE project activities for the municipality of Balbala
The Djiboutian Agency for Social Development and the Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship proceeded yesterday in the Al Rahma complex to launch the activities of the FORJE project financed by the World Bank, for the benefit of the municipality of Balbala. The launching ceremony was attended by the director general of the CLE center, Oubah ... -
Municipality of Boulaos: Towards the implementation of the FORJE project
As part of the launch of the activities of the training project for young people in entrepreneurship led jointly by the Djiboutian Social Development Agency (ADDS) and the Center for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (CLE), the president of the commune of Boulaos Mohamed Omar Ismail, on Thursday July 16, welcomed in his office located in the ... -
ADDS / UNHCR: A partnership agreement to better protect refugees living in our country
The Djiboutian Agency for Social Development and the High Commissioner for Refugees initialed a partnership agreement last Sunday as part of the refugee entrepreneurship support project. The Director General of the Djiboutian Development Agency, Mahdi Djama, and the Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Yohondamkoul Sakor, proceeded last Sunday in the meeting room ... -
Ali-Sabieh region: Official launch of the youth entrepreneurship project
After the northern regions, the headquarters of the regional council of the city of Ali Sabieh hosted an official launch ceremony last Wednesday of the youth entrepreneurship project of the Ali-Sabieh region. This saw the participation of the deputy prefect, Mohamed Houmed Abass, the vice-president of the regional authority for decentralization, Nouh Saïd Gueldon, the ... -
Signing ceremony of partnership between ADDS and the Leadership Center
A signing ceremony of partnership between the Djiboutian Social Development Agency and the Leadership Center was organized in the CLE auditorium, this Thursday, January 23, 2019. The purpose of this partnership is to initiate one of the major components of the Youth and Women Entrepreneurship Support Project, namely the training of women and young people ... -
ADDS agency praised by World Bank group
After a delegation of members of the World Bank Group Board of Directors visited Obock from January 10 to 12, 2020, as part of the Development Response to Displacement in the Horn of Africa project, The time has come for the World Bank to address these thanks to the Republic of Djibouti, and especially to ... -
Developement respond to displacement impacts projet (DRDIP)-Regional DRDIP quarterly Newsletter
By end of 2018, the IGAD region hosted 3.89 million refugees and slightly more than 9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Despite the concerted efforts, the IGAD region has been experiencing signicant levels of forced displacement and mixed migration ows. This trend continues to exert strains on governments and their resources, especially when displacement situations ... -
Electricity access signals light at the end of a long struggle for refugee-hosting communities in Djibouti
It was a festive occasion when the street lights came on the main street of Holl Holl in Djibouti. Children, women, and men had waited patiently for this moment – when electricity department workers hoisted 190 utility poles along Holl Holl’s streets, and finally, in May 2019, all houses and public buildings were successfully connected ...





















