To improve lives and life standards of vulnerable communities in Somalia by tamely implementation of life saving, life-sustaining and community development based programs as well and increase their resilience to cope with future shocks:

1. To participate in the community development and meet post-conflict reconstruction needs by fulfilling the major needs of the communities that have suffered and continue to suffer diverse and numerous vulnerabilities and inadequacies in the fulfillment of their basic needs and rights.
2. To serve as a focal point for community development and transformation by partnering with local and international agencies to plan and coordinate the development efforts intended to improve the living conditions of the people.
3. To facilitate genuine peace, reconciliation, behavioral change and development issues by effective and continuous communication within the community and between the community and other development stakeholders.
4. To encourage the exchange of ideas on peace, reconciliation, governance, human rights, gender, behavioral change and development by providing to the community appropriate internal and external sources of information and knowledge.
5. To promote, encourage and support the use of multi-sectorial approach, information sharing and knowledge in designing and implementing community development programs and projects.
6. To promote self-reliance by building community and institutional capacity by tapping and orienting the community’s human, technical, financial, material and natural resources, while at the same time lobbying local, regional national and international groups to work with and invest in the community.

MADFO’s objectives are pursued through a multispectral and integrated approaches that prioritizes awareness raising ,information and knowledge sharing, capacity building and program and project delivery according to local needs and existing potentialities while enhancing synergistic approach among the various development works that may be taking place in a given area or community. MADFO adheres to internationally recognized principles and standards.