INOCDO was born on 25/1/2012 after getting duly registered with the relevant authorities. A Board of founding members and management has been constituted. INOCDO founders are professionals who are committed to the global ideals of integrated and sustainable development, as well as transparency, accountability and community participation in our voluntary and charitable work. The active participation of the target groups in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all projects will be the hall marks of INOCDO. In the same vein, INOCDO intends to avoid any non professional conduct, and will build a name as an NGO to rely on and partner with; knowing all systems and procedures will be up to internationally acceptable standards.

We want tangible signs and quality as opposed to bareness. From a programme perspective, INOCDO will support Somalia to find viable alternatives to environmental damage, to war mongering and loss of life and property, to emptiness in politics, to poor infrastructure, to non observance of human rights especially of the girl child/women and shallowness of education. The emptiness of substance in many aspects of our life is what INOCDO hopes to contribute to putting a stop at. Advocacy and service delivery will be merged to give best possible results. The organization is committed to assist the most marginalized communities especially the vulnerable group of the communities, including IDPs, people with disabilities, women, children and very needy groups. 

Somalia presents one of the most challenging and complex development pictures in the international development arena today. International actors are supporting the government and people of Somalia through different sociopolitical processes aimed at stabilization, state building, good governance and sustainable development of the country. An inextricable link between security, good governance and development is well recognized.

Unsurprisingly, Somalia is making slow headway; hence it remains at the bottom of any poverty-related international indices. Service delivery and government reform is hindered by corruption and considerable capacity constraints. The need for context-oriented solutions that are based on successful international experiences is crucial than any other time in the history of the country. Participation of expert Somalis in the re-building of the country is of the prominent priorities.  In this context, a group of national qualified people decided to proactively contribute in rebuilding the nation and country by establishing a non-profit national organization called Indian Ocean Community Development Organization (INOCDO).