A considerable part of the medical and social infrastructure that was destroyed in the armed conflicts between 1980 and 1994 still has to be rebuilt. SOS Children’s Villages decided to further commit itself in Somaliland and to help abandoned children and the needy population in the capital city Hargeisa. In June 2008 the construction of Somaliland’s first SOS Children’s Village, an SOS Kindergarten, an SOS Social Centre (Family Strengthening Programme) and an SOS Medical Centre was completed.  

The Family Strengthening Programme enables children who are at risk of losing the care of their family to grow within a caring family environment. To achieve this, SOS Children’s Villages works directly with families and communities to empower them to effectively protect and care for their children, in cooperation with local authorities and other service providers. Moreover, in Berbera, a new Medical Centre started to operate in 2008.

At present there are one SOS Children's Village, one SOS Kindergarten, one SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, one SOS Social Centre and two SOS Medical Centres in Somaliland.