Conceptualized in 2019, the Aamusnaan Maya (meaning ‘no more silence’ in Somali) Initiative (AMI) was initially a research project to identify the drivers of displacement and document the pressing socio-economic needs of displaced Somalilanders in Digaale Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp outside Hargeisa, Somaliland.
In responding to the changing circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, the project has now become a joint initiative between SOM-ACT, Transparency Solutions, and TGP to document and analyze the effectiveness of governmental and non-governmental humanitarian programming geared towards displaced Somalilanders.