African Development and Emergency Organization (ADEO) is an African based NGO headquartered in Nairobi. The formation of African Development and emergency Organization(ADEO) was conceptualized by a group of medical doctors who had a rich and varied experience in humanitarian work from different countries in Africa. The concept was born out of the realization that most of the humanitarian actors in Africa are from the western countries but insignificant contribution by Africans. The formation of ADEO was a response to the need to strengthen and build the home-grown capacity to bridge the gap where Africans are at the centre of seeking solutions for the African people.

In the past one decade of existence, ADEO has actively contributed to finding solutions for various challenges in Africa. The first project was in north Uganda in 1999, where ADEO provided comprehensive Primary Health Care to over 40,000 Sudanese refugees, an HIV/AIDS project in Busia- Western Kenya was the second, followed by a long distance education project in Kenema- Sierra Leone, followed by a primary health care project in South Sudan and now in Somalia.