The Baidoa Rehabilitation project is a pilot project to design and test in Somalia a broadly acceptable rehabilitation programme for convicted Al Sbabaab prisoners in the Baidoa prison. The project will build on lessons learnt to review and device appropriate approaches to counter violent extremism among convicted offenders. The proposed project approach will target the underlying causes of Al Sbabaab extremism through religious counseling in order to provide a more positive understanding oflslam, civic education, and psychosocial healing in order to enhance a sense of citizenship, generate a greater understanding of the Federal Government of Somalia state building processes, and address feelings such as low self-esteem that may have contributed to violent extremism among offenders. An evaluation of the project will be done to assess the scope for scaling-up as a national rehabilitation programme for Somalia.