KAALO is significantly expanding its school feeding program to support children and adolescents across the Nugal Region. This crucial initiative provides daily, nutritious, and balanced meals directly within schools, tackling critical issues like child hunger and poor educational outcomes. The program is built on four core pillars. First, it focuses on enhancing nutrition by guaranteeing […]
𝐊𝐀𝐀𝐋𝐎 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦! Read More »
In Budunbuto and Qabaal communities, prolonged drought has severely affected household food security, placing additional pressure on families and disrupting children’s education. Many households struggled to prepare three meals per day, forcing children to attend school hungry or miss classes altogether. Prior to the School Feeding Program, students depended on small amounts of break money
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Hawo Abdi Da’ud, a 45-year-old mother of 11, lives with her family in Salama one IDP camp in North Galkayo, Somalia. Forced to flee her home in southern Somalia due to ongoing conflict and insecurity, Hawo’s life was marked by daily struggle. With limited opportunities in the drought-prone Mudug region, she worked as a clothes
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KAALO Aid & Development Organization successfully wrapped up a pivotal three-day training event in Garowe, Puntland, centered on the Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+). This crucial capacity-building initiative, hosted by KAALO and expertly facilitated by a technical expert from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) under the BRCiS consortium, represents a significant step forward for the
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The village of Horogle, located in the Galkacyo district, is celebrating a truly transformative event today: the grand opening of a new, life-sustaining borehole. This essential infrastructure project marks the end of a prolonged period of suffering and hardship caused by a critical lack of access to clean and safe drinking water. For years, the
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In the face of continued insecurity, inter-communal violence, and weak rule of law, the people of Somalia have long struggled to safeguard their lives and livelihoods. Ongoing conflicts, often rooted in competition over resources like land, have displaced entire communities, leaving them vulnerable. However, thanks to the collaborative efforts of KAALO and NCA, significant advances
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Youth participation in governance in Badhan and Dangorayo districts was largely ceremonial and limited to appearances rather than influence. Youth voices were disorganized, fragmented, and rarely coordinated, making it difficult for local authorities/local governments to engage them effectively. Many young people also lacked awareness of governance structures, civic rights, and available opportunities for engagement, leaving
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Earlier last month, a significant milestone was reached in the ongoing effort to strengthen civil society and foster sustainable development in Puntland. Kaalo Aid and Development, with crucial financial support from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) through Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), successfully concluded an intensive five-day capacity-building workshop. This foundational training was specifically tailored
KAALO Empowers Youth with Transformative Skills Read More »
KAALO has conducted a free Eye check-up campaign for 150 students and provided degree eyeglasses to 100 needy students. This was targeting school children in Shabelle IDP Camp in Garowe, and Budunbuto, Qabal villages under dangoroyo district. The aim is to enhance the vision and learning capabilities of students by ensuring that vision problems are
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Building resilience starts with empowering those who feed our communities. Based on that, KAALO has provided hands-on training sessions to 40 Agro-pastoralists from Ballay and Caanoyaskax under Garowe District. The training focused on sustainable farming and climate-smart practices. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: ✅ Climate-Smart Irrigation Systems & Management: Participants learned modern irrigation techniques to optimize water
🌱 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐨-𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞! 🌿 Read More »
