Hidde Iyo Dhaqan
Malmö, Sweden
About
Founded in 1995, Hidde Iyo Dhaqan is a non-profit association based in Malmö, Sweden working on arts & culture, community development, children & youth +3 more.
Hidde Iyo Dhaqan is a Malmö-based cultural and non-profit association founded in 1995 that works to ease the integration of the Somali community into Swedish society. It runs cultural, educational and social projects for children, young people and adults, including reading promotion, youth leadership for girls and young women, Somali dance and history, urban gardening and bee and insect farming. Its activities target Somali-Swedish children, young people and adults in Malmö and across Sweden, and reach the wider Somali diaspora through publications and online exhibitions. The association has around 420 members and works from premises in Sofielunds folkets hus, Bennets väg and Seveds plan in Malmö. It is a member of Afro-svenskarnas Riksförbund.
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Ung Vision
Children & Youth · Sweden
Youth project (2007-2010) encouraging young people with immigrant backgrounds to make positive life choices through physical activity and creative work.
Barn i Stan
Community development · Sweden
Project (2008-2011) that launched urban gardening in Malmö public spaces.
Egna röster, egna bilder
Arts & Culture · Sweden
Heritage project retelling and documenting modern Somali history through voices and images.
Hand i Hand
Children & Youth · Sweden
Social, physical and cultural activities enabling Swedish-Somali children and young people, with and without disabilities, to organise independently and participate in society.
Tjejer kan
Gender equality · Sweden
Training and coaching of Somali-background girls and young women to act as leaders in projects, associations and businesses.
SoDaNo
Arts & Culture · Sweden
Project promoting Somali dance to reduce exclusion and prevent extremism and radicalisation among young Somalis.
Läs Lek Lär
Education · Sweden
Ongoing reading promotion project for Swedish-Somali children aged 2-9 and their parents, teaching Swedish and Somali through books and play.
BISAM
Environment & Climate · Sweden
Project developing employment for people with disabilities in bee and insect farming and educational materials on sustainable development for children.
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Rädda Barnen, Coompanion, Yalla Trappan, Imagenes del Sur, Enter Stadsmissionen, Statens Kulturråd, Stiftelsen Solstickan, Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne, Stiftelsen Kempe-Carlgrenska Fonden, PostkodLotteriets Kulturstiftelse, Nordisk kulturkontakt, Nordisk Kulturfond, Fredsmiljonen/Folke Bernadotteakademin
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