OTP: Somalis helping Somalis to help themselves

[Nationalist]

OTP, Ocean Training and Promotion, is a NGO founded by a Somali who decided to help his fellow Somalis with his Dutch and Canadian friends. OTP is based in Bosaso, but it also engages in development projects throughout Pland and Somalia. OTP is chiefly financially assisted by the Pland diaspora, Dutch fishing company InterFish and the Somali construction company JIBCCON as well as a number of European organisations such as Novib.

 

OTP is dramatically expanding throughout Pland state of Somalia. Of the Dutch NGO Novib alone it receives $500.000 US every three years. It has offices in both The Hague, The Netherlands as well as Bosaso, Pland Somalia.

One of it's accomplishements is so far educating girls and women alike in small business in the fishing sector. 100s of women in Bosaso have been educated in computerskills and as pharmacy assistants.

It has succesfully completed a water-programme in three towns; Abaarey [Mudugh], Beyra [Mudugh] and Dhahar [sanag], thereby focusing on quantity as well as quality. To boot the village Abaarey has now been renamed Cagaarey, because of it's easy access to healthy drinking water.

OTP also works hard to develop the fishery sector in Pland by helping the Pland fishers set up joint corporations. Train them with diving skills, boat repairment, fish production and conservation.

OTP is planning to build a full-fledged fishing school in Bosaso in the near future Inshalah.

 

Abdullahi Dayib, founder of OTP

 

Proud members of OTP

 

Projects

Fisheries

Water & Sanitation

Gender & Credit

Environment

Mechanical

 

Organisation Profile

Ocean training and promotion is an International NGO based in The Hague, The Netherlands (HQ), Bosaso, Gardo and Bender Baila in Puntland state of Somalia, it is founded in 1993 and registered in The Netherlands. It is founded by group of multinational (Canadian, Dutch and Somalis) people who are development minded intellectuals.

OTP VISION:

Is to improve Living Condition Somali Communities through socio-economic sustainable development programs.

OTP MISSION:

Is to support Somali needy communities in fisheries development (Infrastructures, Capacity Build and Marine Resource

Conservation) water Sanitation (Water Infrastructures and Water Management System) and Child/Women Development

(Food Security Capacity Building and Income Generating Programs) in a multidisciplinary way.

OTP COALS

To reduce socio-economic problems of Somali people relating to the Fisheries, Water and gender sectors in Puntland State of Somalia BY year 2002.

OTP STRATEGY

The basic approach to the projects is to operate at grass root level on demand of the local people in the Marine sector, supply of clean water, agriculture and training to people wherever necessary to achieve in the long run self-reliance development. The lack of proper state control of fisheries matters obligated OTP to choose for the co-management strategy, implying that the beneficiaries are not only strongly involved in both preparation and implementation of the projects. Work methods and techniques applied are preferably based on those already used and proven in the target area, with the smaller level of dependence on improved products and know-how.

 

Pictures are of low quality

 

http://www.stiotp.nl/

 

This is part 1 of a series of Somali NGOs; HAVOYOCO, Horn of Africa Relief, SSHDA, Amoud Foundation and Hirda will follow suit.