ANPPCAN-SOM was established in 2008 as one of the 28 Chapters across the continent.
ANPPCAN-SOM is a legally registered body in Somaliland and Somalia. It is a non-government, not-for-profit and non-partisan organization concerned with status of children and women in general and those in need of protection in particular.
It is affiliated with ANPPCAN, a Pan-African child rights organization with headquarter in Nairobi, Kenya. ANPPCAN-SOM could also be labelled as an implementing organization which designs and implements various projects with the financial and technical support of international development partners.
ANPPCAN-SOM has valid MoUs with relevant Government authorities in Somaliland, Puntland and the Federal Government.