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SONO was established on 15^th may, 2008. Since the collapse of the central government, the hope of the Somali people was worsening day after day and getting into dire situations, including civil war and droughts which affected the life of Somalis in both rural and urban areas. The killing, robbery and human rights abuse became common and the institutions to act against all these conditions diminished. Many reconciliation conferences renewed the hope of Somalis, but finally failed. Clan based conflicts became the ever permanent problem affecting Somali people, despite all these problems, Somali peace loving patriots stood for the establishment of this organization as to save the nation.

The Somali Nationalist Organization (SONO) wishes to welcome the constructive opinions of the Somali Nation wherever they may be. SONO would welcome any support from all our esteemed supporters. Therefore if you would like to join us in our journey looking for a peaceful and prosperous Somalia based on the principles of the SONO please join the increasing family of SONO.

Somali Nationalist Organization (SONO) is Somali patriotic union who has got the same objectives based on Unity, justice and brotherhood. These peace loving Somali nationalists in different parts of the world decided to establish this union after they have seen that the gravely situation in Somalia makes it necessary to have a body who can act and is capable of bringing marked changes among the common people by conducting an effective/productive awareness programs.

The Somali Nationalists' Organization (SONO) is a social organization with the objective of peace, SONO is free from any political persuasion, self-interest and nepotism they have dedicated their time to safe the nation, social welfare and general awareness. SONO stands to support the Somalis achieve survival, social development by working with national and international organizations as well as governments to support effective programs that will support achievement of SONO strategic goals. Somali Nationalists Organization (SONO) is an organization based on the protection of human rights, the recovery of the devastated Somali economic, the participation of the Somali peace processes, the establishment of awareness raising programs about the significance of durable peace in Somalia. This means all of SONO's policies and programs are rooted in Somali Nationalists' minds living worldwide.

The organization opens to every Somali whose mission is to get peace and development and it is not specific for specific group of people.

The Somali Nationalist Organization (SONO) has its mission originated from well defined objectives based on the national interest and is free from any political and religious organizations.

ü SONO is dedicating to create a true and competent Somali patriotic who is loyal to his/her country and people.

ü SONO is struggling to lead the Somali people to a sustainable development in all aspects such as economical and educational development

ü SONO is struggling to promote peace, prosperity, unity, justice, trust, and cooperation among Somali society to live long lasting peace

ü To unite the Somali people and strive to get peaceful coexistence and general awareness.

ü To promote the vision of the organization by creating offices through out the world wherever the members of the organization are present.

ü To contribute to the overall development with special emphasis on education and eradicates illiteracy by opening educational centers getting a curriculum based on our religion and to get higher education for the young Somalis.

ü To conduct seminaries to educate the children about their language, history and define Somali culture.

ü To raise awareness programs to enhance patriotism and its value among the Somali people.

ü To rehabilitate the young generation who are culturally transformed in the west and provide the proper guidance

ü Inaugurating new educational institutes and establishing Somali culture based curriculum

The SONO has got a meaningful objectives based on Patriotism justice and equality. The objectives are including;

ü To unite all Somalis both in home and abroad and create harmony and brotherhood.

ü To struggle against tribalism, illiteracy and segregation (partiality) of Somali people.

ü To encourage the Somalis to utilize their manpower, mind and show that through cooperation they can reach peace, stability and prosperity.

The formation of SONO provided the Somalis an intervention strategy to participate and strive for the rescue of the abandoned country. The patriots' participation in such organization would be employed as means of sharing information, experiences, and lessons learned on the disastrous tragedies during the two decades civil war and its elimination. Total participatory bottom-up approach would be part of SONO's strategies.

It is very probable that the vision, mission and specific organizational objectives would lead the country to the formation of a recovered structure of economy and free society. The attitudinal changes that SONO brought is widely felt in the areas of humanitarian, peace and development processes. The major indicators of this impact are:

2. Production and dissemination of peace toward the humanitarian security crisis in the country.

3. Participation of the organization in the Somalia reconciliation processes, such as the recent Djibouti conference.

4. Establishment of SONO Newsletter for the spread of nationalists' expressions worldwide.

To consider the current gender issue, a policy that can help SONO attain social, political and economic improvements in the organization has been carefully developed. Thus, SONO is committed to gender equity and the capacity building of women is in its priority list in order to create skillful female cadres. In line with these, SONO recruitment plan and administrative procedures were adjusted for the purpose of enhancing the job opportunities for women and poverty eradication process.

The organization has a structure through which its policies, strategies and operations are implemented, which is following:

General assembly: The highest governing body of SONO articulates its vision, mission, and objectives and approves its activities.

Executive committee: is responsible for the SONO's strategies to achieve the vision of the General Assembly, for maintaining the organization's focus on its short and long-term goals, managing its day to day activities, monitoring and controlling its plans, resources and programs, measuring and correcting its activities to ensure that they conform to plan.

Internal audit and control: This committee elected by the general assembly and is responsible to carry out overall organizational audit. Its duties are submitted to the general assembly.

The coordination office: implements the daily activities of the organization and coordinate task forces under the guidance of the Executive Committee and Chairperson.

Task Forces: These task forces conduct assessments and make recommendations on the design of the projects and implement the project activities.

At each of these levels, there are links to provide for interfaces within the structure. This is important for the purpose of participation of each group at the next functional level for decision-making.

Means	Group target	Levels
Through structural dialogue/participation of policy/strategy formulation	National/International Bodies	Higher Level
Networking, meetings, conferences and communication	Other civil society institutions for joint problem definition and common action	Middle Level
Through rallies, production of cultural events, sports, production of drama plays and other related events	Community based bodies in the rural and urban level for mass mobilization	Lower Level

SONO currently resides and operate out side the country. Though this organization not shifted to Somalia it has temporary offices in these countries.

1- Karachi: Pakistan: where the chairman of SONO and Vice Chairman operate and it’s the Core Political Leadership centre

2- Amsterdam Area: (Holland): Data and Opinion collection centre and the office of second vice Chairman.

3- Toronto, Canada: Communication and Press Centre and the office of general secretariat.

4- Mogadisho, Somalaa: , Foreign affairs and international communication centre and the Media centre and where the SONO website administers and a number of journalists reside.

5- Portland (Oregon) USA. Foreign affairs and international communication centre.

SONO headquarters and zonal offices in both Somalia and the worldwide has become important sources of information for people seeking knowledge about the current situation of Somalia, especially in the fields of humanitarian, peace and development.

Similarly, SONO tried to keep in contact with the international agencies involved in other sectors in order to develop integrated strategic development framework.

However, SONO officials occasionally visit foreign countries to participate in conferences, seminars and workshops to gain further experiences. The organization also organizes study tours to both domestically and neighboring countries for its members.

SONO look forward to collaborate with other national/international agencies to share experiences and gain the immediate needed institutional capacity to respond effectively to the demands of its target groups.

Although, it is difficult to predict when the organization will become financially self-supporting, SONO is now working out plans towards this objective and it might take several years to come, as the situation of Somalia requires a long-term remedy.

To ensure that the organization's members and the other interested parts to receive adequate information about the organization's activities, SONO create websites:

All organization's activities and progress reports can be viewed above web pages. They are designed in both English and Somali. Waddaniga Newspaper will proclaim major part about the dissemination of the organization's activities, vision and mission

Dou to know more details the structure of Somali Nationalist Organization (SONO), in short we will present organizational chart in below diagram.