Horn Of Africa Development Initiative (HODI)

Name

Horn Of Africa Development Initiative (HODI)

Legal name

Horn of Africa Development Initiative (HODI)

Website

https://hodiafrica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marsabit

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants and Donations: HODI operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through grants from institutional funders and individual donations. Revenue comes from foundation grants (GlobalGiving, FIFA Foundation, Comic Relief, The Christensen Fund, ForumCiv, Austrian Development Agency), government funding support, and individual donations through their website and MPesa mobile money platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HODI is a non-profit organization that delivers community-based peacebuilding, education, and development programs in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. Its core offerings include football-for-peace programs (Shoot to Score and Breaking the Silence), village savings and loan schemes (Qusanno), girls' education support (sanitary kits and partial scholarships), cross-border peacebuilding projects (IPDHE), and climate resilience initiatives (Mala Marii). All programs are provided free of charge to beneficiary communities and funded through grants and donations from institutional and individual supporters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shoot to Score, Not to Kill: Football for peace program using soccer to build bridges between ethnic groups and promote peacebuilding.
• Breaking the Silence
• Qusanno
• Educating Girls in Northern Kenya
• Mala Marii

Products and services

• Breaking the Silence Program Football-based program that addresses FGM, gender-based violence, conflict, girls' rights, menstruation, and HIV/AIDS for vulnerable children and adolescents in northern Kenya.
• Shoot to Score, Not to Kill Football-for-peace program using soccer to build bridges between ethnic groups, promote peacebuilding, and provide life skills training for youth.
• Qusanno Village Savings and Loan Scheme Village savings and loan scheme meaning 'saving together' that enables women to pool resources for savings, access small loans, and drive economic empowerment.
• Educating Girls in Northern Kenya Program supporting vulnerable girls to complete formal education through provision of sanitary items and partial scholarships, combined with life skills training.
• IPDHE Cross-Border Peacebuilding Project Integrating peacebuilding, development and humanitarian efforts across the Kenya-Ethiopia cross border, targeting communities in Moyale and Miyo districts of Ethiopia and Sololo and Moyale sub-counties of Kenya.
• Inter-Community Peace-Building, Cohesion and Rights Advocacy Project Project addressing the intersection of environmental degradation, social inequality, and conflict in Marsabit County through grassroots-driven solutions.
• Mala Marii Project Community resilience project in Butiye and Sololo wards focused on CMDRR approach, climate resilience, and community empowerment.
• Building Resilient Communities Program Program supporting community resilience through disaster risk reduction, environmental restoration, and public participation in policy development with county government.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82,000+ households impacted through IPDHE project
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centre for Development and Capacity Building (CDCB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Ethiopia-based partner implementing the IPDHE project in collaboration with VSO and HODI. Works on cross-border peacebuilding and development initiatives.
• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022VSO serves as the lead partner in the IPDHE cross-border project. The partnership focuses on integrating peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian efforts along the Kenya-Ethiopia border, targeting over 157,000 people in cross-border communities.
• Center for Development and Governance (CDG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthiopian partner in the IPDHE consortium. Collaborates on policy review workshops and cross-border coordination between Kenya and Ethiopia.
• GlobalGivingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHODI is listed on GlobalGiving platform which provides fundraising infrastructure and donor connections. Multiple HODI projects are featured including Building Resilient Communities and Educating Girls programs.
• County Government of MarsabitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for multiple initiatives including public participation in policy development, DRM Act operationalization, and community action plans.
• Kenya Forest Service (KFS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment agency collaborating on tree planting and environmental restoration activities in Moyale sub-county.
• IGADminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntergovernmental Authority on Development participated in cross-border policy review workshop alongside government officials from Kenya and Ethiopia.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Search for Common Ground: Leading global peacebuilding NGO using sport, media, and community dialogue to prevent conflict. Directly comparable methodology (dialogue, community-led peace) and donor base to HODI.
• Women Win: Sport-for-development organization focused on girls' and women's empowerment. Was a past funder of HODI's Sport on the Cutting Edge project and shares the sport-plus-rights methodology.
• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO): Direct consortium partner on HODI's flagship IPDHE cross-border project. Both organizations run grassroots peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian programs in similar geographies using volunteer and community-led models.
• Peace and Sport: International organization promoting peace through sport — HODI is a recognized award winner from this body. Shares the sport-for-peace methodology and global funder network.
• Concern Worldwide: Active in Marsabit and Isiolo counties on livelihoods, resilience, and community engagement. Multiple HODI alumni previously worked at Concern, indicating direct overlap in program model and operating geography.
• CARE Kenya: Operates in Marsabit and surrounding counties on women's economic empowerment, food security, and resilience — overlapping directly with HODI's Qusanno and Mala Marii programs. Shared pool of local staff and partners.
• International Alert: Specialist peacebuilding NGO working on cross-border conflict, gender, and governance in fragile African contexts. Comparable to HODI on peacebuilding methodology and donor ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit): German development agency that has previously funded HODI projects. Operates comparable peacebuilding, governance, and resilience programs across the Horn of Africa as part of a much wider portfolio.
• World Vision Kenya: Large humanitarian and child-focused NGO active across northern Kenya. Comparable geography and overlapping child welfare, education, and resilience programs but at materially larger scale and broader scope.
• Oxfam GB: Major international NGO working on gender, livelihoods, and humanitarian response in Kenya and the wider Horn of Africa. Board member Halima Shuria previously worked with Oxfam, reflecting close operational and methodological overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Hodiafrica
• Facebookfacebook.com/HornAfricaDevelopmentInitiative
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/horn-of-africa-development-initiative---hodi
• Instagraminstagram.com/hodiafrica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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