The story and the name.
Baraare is the Somali word for prosperity — the abundance a good season brings. It came to us as an inheritance, and we keep it as a commitment.
The Baraare name is older than this organisation. In 2020, a group of Somali colleagues founded Baraare Organization, and our founder was among its members. When its founders each went on to establish organisations of their own, he carried the name forward into this one — so the word on our door has stood for prosperity since 2020.
Baraare Agri-Livestock Initiative itself was established in Mogadishu, Banadir, in 2026, and is registered with the Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation (MoIFAR). A young organisation with an inherited name, preparing its first pilot with care.
We started with a simple observation. Somali farmers and herders are highly skilled producers, yet most run their enterprises without the numbers — costs, margins, market prices — that turn hard work into steady income. Losses stay invisible. Buyers out-know sellers. Banks cannot see performance, however good it is.
Those are information problems before they are capital problems, and information problems can be taught away. That is why Baraare is a capability organisation, not a distribution one. We do not hand out inputs. We build the records, price knowledge and cooperative structures that make every later investment — water, breeds, credit — work better.
What we are here to do.
Our vision: Somali farming and herding families who know their numbers, name their price, and prosper from their own work.
Our mission: Baraare helps Somali farmers and herders earn more from their land and animals by teaching them to track their costs and profits, know fair market prices, access water, and work together in cooperatives.
Five things we won’t trade.
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Integrity & transparency
Dual-signatory finances. Public reporting of what we spent and what it achieved.
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Independence
Non-governmental and non-partisan. We take direction from our board and the communities we serve — no one else.
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Women & youth first
At least half of every training cohort women; young people hired and paid as facilitators.
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Evidence & honesty
Baseline before delivery. We publish what doesn’t work as well as what does.
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Do no harm
Community agreement, licensed professionals and required permits before any works.
Structure before operations.
Baraare is governed by a board of at least five members, including independent members who hold no staff role. Money moves on two signatures, never one. Safeguarding, procurement and conflict-of-interest policies are adopted before operations begin — not patched in afterwards.
Governance · at a glance
Board members
Names and short biographies will be published here once the board is formally seated.
The founder.
Ahmed Aden Mumin
Founder & Executive DirectorAhmed is a professional statistician and price analyst with an MBA in accounting and finance. He founded Baraare on a simple conviction: producers who know their numbers can negotiate, plan and borrow on fair terms.
Independent, and careful about it.
Baraare Agri-Livestock Initiative is an independent Somali non-profit. We are not a government agency, we display no state emblems, and we do not publish official statistics.
The training materials and local price reference sheets we produce are our own, clearly labelled as Baraare publications, and drawn from public sources. Our advice is practical, not political.