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List of Acronyms
Kaalo TVET FGM/C
IDPs NED DPA DAI TPEC SGBV RAS ICCPR LNGOs
INGOs
PSU CBAHW
GECPD
NDI Table of Contents
List of Acronyms 2
Executive Summary 4
Word from the Executive Director
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Background of Kaalo as an institution
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
PROGRAMME AREAS
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Internally Displaced Persons
OUTREACH
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National Endowment for Democracy
OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS/DONORS
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CONTEXT ANALYSIS THAT SHAPED OUR WORK IN 2013 8
Kaalo Aid and Development
Technical and Vocational Education Training
Danish People’s Aid
Development Alternatives Initiative
Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Refugee and Asylum Seekers
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Local Non-Governmental Organisations
International Non-Governmental Organisations
Puntland State University Community Based Animal Health Workers
Galkacyo Education Centre for Peace and Democracy
National Democratic Institute
Kaalo at a glance6
Management and governance6
Mandate (Vision, Mission, and Core Values) 6
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS IN PUNTLAND6
Contribution in promoting democracy, good governance and human rights
Promotion and protection of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers Promotion of the rights of the girl child and women
Promotion of Civil and Political Rights Assets/Land/Property Rights CONTRIBUTION IN THE AREA OF LIVESTOCK
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Promotion of economic rights and right to food through Livestock
Value Chain Development
CONTRIBUTION IN THE AREA OF EDUCATION
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EMERGENCY AND HUMANITERIAN RESPONSE 30
WASH Youth economic rights through TVET for employability skills Protecting education rights through support to increase access to University Education 33
OUR 2013 OUTREACH (BENEFICIARIES) 33
ONGOING PROJECTS
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 2013
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PARTNERS/DONORS AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2013
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PHOTO GALLERY
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Executive Summary
T
his report aims to depict the work that Kaalo did this year (2013) in delivering development support to
the people of Puntland state of Somalia. The year began with rolling our five year Strategic Plan, 20132017 which focus on sustainable initiatives in social sectors to improve access to services. It also guides our
action in development sectors that are prime movers of economic growth. During the year, Kaalo worked in
the areas of Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights; Youth Skills Training; Livestock and Rangeland
Management; Civic education, and capacity building support to other organizations and some government
departments. Our services were directed to support the young people, the Refugees and Asylum seekers, the
girl child and women, and the poverty stricken nomadic communities.
The interventions that were carried out were directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of our
target group in 2013. The rights that Kaalo touched include:
1. Rights of refugees and asylum seekers
2. Rights of the girl child and women
3. Civic and Political Rights: through civic education to increase awareness on the Somalia
Federal Constitution, voter education and registration, and promoting the concepts of
community policing for effective crime prevention
4. Asset/Land/Property Rights
5. Economic rights and right to food among the nomadic communities in Puntland through
interventions contributing to the development of the livestock value chain
6. Youth economic rights through promoting youth employability using technical vocational
education training (TVET) among the youth
As at 31st December, Kaalo still had a number of projects that were ongoing and continuing to contribute to
the protection and promotion of the above mentioned rights. A new project had been approved in the area of
HIV&AIDS with Global fund through UNICEF and Kaalo was also in final touches with Oxfam Novib and STIDIT
on two grand projects in the fisheries sector.
We are greatful to our development partners, the government of Puntland and community at large for having
enabled us to deliver an unwavering service to the people of Puntland state of Somalia.
Word from the
Executive Director
Mohamoud Hamid Muhamed
I
am proud to present the 2013 KAALO’s Annual
Report. In the year 2013, Kaalo continued with
her illustrious track record of contributing to the
reconstruction of Puntland state of Somalia through
development and emergency initiatives. Our support
focused particularly on the youth, the girls and
young women, and vulnerable nomadic people living
in extreme poverty. Kaalo continued to work under
six programmatic areas which include: Democracy,
Good Governance and Human Rights; Education;
Health; Livestock and Fisheries; Emergency and
Humanitarian response; and Water and Sanitation
and Hygiene (WASH). We rolled-out our strategic
plan, now running from 2013 to 2017, which defines
our direction on development action and emergency
response in the next five years. The year registered
a number of successes as well as challenges that are
characteristic of our context.
communities suffer the brunt of malnutrition. The
dignity of young girls abused through FGM/C and
arranged marriages which violate their sexual and
reproductive health rights. The limited government
resources and low Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
as a result of the political context in which we live
has continued to be a precursor of pervasive youth
unemployment exacerbated by high fertility rates
that result into a youth bulge in the Somali region.
Puntland still faces a challenge of hosting Internally
Displaced people (IDPs) from the Somali region and
Refugees and Asylum seekers that put pressure on
the already limited resources. The potential sectors
of the economy, for example livestock, fisheries, and
mining face legal, regulatory and policy development
challenges to position them as prime movers of
growth to address untold unemployment that is
known as a threat to security in our region. As it is known, Puntland is one of the emerging
democratic regional states in Somalia, confronting
effects that emanated from the longstanding
conflicts. Numerous challenges therefore still exist
to build a fully democratic state based on human
rights standards and values of good governance. The people still face a humanitarian food crisis
resulting from persistent drought and climate
change. It should be noted that the children in rural
This year, Kaalo in collaboration with its development
partners managed to supplement efforts of
government through various interventions that were
aimed at contributing to addressing challenges facing
our people.
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We designed and implemented community and people-centered
development initiatives to promote and protect refugee and asylum
seekers’ rights, promoted the dignity of young girls through our antimutilation campaigns, promoted civic competence among the Puntland
citizenry for increased participation in government, supported practical
skills development for the young people to reduce youth joblessness. We
therefore achieved some significant milestones in these areas.
I look forward to serving as a voice for people living in poverty throughout
puntland and adding value as a steward of the Plan and ensuring recognition
for the work of KAALO. I invite you to reflect on the pages of this Report and
the huge range of KAALO’s activities, through its emergency response work,
campaigning and development programs, to help people lift themselves out
of emergencies and find greater prosperity.
I therefore present this report to the Puntland people, government, our
partners in development, and likeminded Civil Society organizations as part
of our usual accountability and transparency mechanisms. On this auspicious
occasion, I express my sincere and innermost heartfelt gratitude to our
beloved donors who provided us with the financial support that made us
to achieve our 2013 development objectives, the KAALO team who devoted
themselves to produce this magnificent work Led by Kule Abubakar,
government for creating an enabling environment in which we operated,
our fellow Civil Society Organizations with whom we collaborated during the
delivery of our development actions, and above all, we are grateful to the
Puntland community we served for enabling us to work with and for them.
We assure you that we shall continue doing our best to better the lives of
the Puntland people.
The struggle continues.
BACKGROUND OF
KAALO AS AN INSTITUTION
Kaalo at a glance Kaalo Aid and Development (Kaalo) is a national NGO established in 1991, in
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia and legally registered (Reg. No. 739) by the Puntland government to carry out
multi-sectoral projects. Kaalo also opened a regional coordination office in Kenya this year (2013) and thus
legally registered by the Kenyan government under the NGO Board Act. The organization was established with
an aim of responding to the humanitarian crisis and development concerns of the people in the Somali region
and IDPs fleeing the civil war in Somalia. Kaalo has 22 years of program implementation and management
experience and has partnerships with international NGOs, UN agencies and Diasporas in extending emergency
and development support to IDPs, Women, Youth, refugees, asylum seekers, and people experiencing
emergency situations. Kaalo’s programmes take a national dimension with projects implemented in both
rural and urban areas.
Governance and Management structures:
Kaalo is a Somalia-based organization, formed, led and managed by Somalis in Somalia. Kaalo’s leadership
structure consists of the Board of Directors (7) and a Secretariat comprising over 40 staff living in Somalia.
The Board formulates organizational policies, offer strategic direction and supervise the Secretariat. The
Secretariat led by the Executive Director does day-to-today management of the Organisation. Mandate
Vision: Kaalo envisions a society free of ignorance and poverty to attain genuine development
Mission: Kaalo Mission is to improve the livelihood of Somali society through provision of basic needs in
a sustainable, environmentally sound and right-based approach
Core Values: Transparency
Commitment
Credibility
Enhancement of Human rights and tenets of democracy
Teamwork
Ownership
Decision sharing
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PROGRAMME AREAS:
OUTREACH
1.
Geographical Coverage: Kaalo works in all the five traditional Puntland regions. These regions
include Nugaal, Bari, Mudug, Sool and Sanaag. In 2013, Kaalo expanded its reach outside the boarders of
Somalia, and legally registered a regional coordination office in Nairobi, Kenya.
Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights:
To promote Democracy, Good Governance and human rights in the areas, Kaalo focuses on eradication
of FGM/C, child protection, assistance to disadvantaged groups and IDMA (Investigation, Documentation,
Monitoring and Evaluation)
2.
Livestock and Fisheries:
Kaalo focuses on equipping fishermen, fish retailers and the technical persons with necessary knowledge on
fishing, fish storage and marketing. On the side of livestock, KAALO focuses on projects aimed at improving
livestock’s health and supporting rangeland rehabilitation for animal grazing and construction of Gullies to
increase pasture availability that lead to increased animal production.
3.
Target group: Kaalo’s target group include the girl child and women, the youth, the IDPs, the refugees
and Asylum seekers, people living in poverty facing scarcity of water and communities hit by humanitarian
emergencies.
OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS/DONORS:
Education:
To improve access education, both primary and university education (including offering of vocational and Life
skills training)
4.Health:
Kaalo aims to improve the health delivery system focusing on sectors of: HIV&AIDS, animal health Care,
provision of potable water to both humans and livestock
5.
Water and Sanitation (WASH):
6.
Emergency and Humanitarian Response:
Our focus is on enabling the community overcome problems related to water, Sanitation and Hygiene through
intensive capacity building and awareness on better management of water resource and better hygiene and
sanitary practices.
In this area, Kaalo facilitates emergency, recovery and rehabilitation of communities experiencing emergency
situations in Puntland. This includes timely assessments of emergencies, mobilisation and delivery of
resources needed by people in areas hit by natural disasters and conflicts.
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CONTEXT ANALYSIS
THAT SHAPED OUR
WORK IN 2013
The year 2013 witnessed a lot of events
that characterized the context in which
we delivered our development and
humanitarian interventions. The context
shaped what we did, the way we did it
and people we served. It is summarized as
follows:
Planned 2013 Local Council, Parliamentary
and Presidential Elections: During the year,
Puntland state of Somalia witnessed a political
wave in which it planned to have local council,
parliamentary and presidential elections. This was
a democratic dispensation programme aimed at
fulfilling the democracy standards as enshrined in
the 2012 Puntland Constitution. The government
reformed the electoral process through formulation
of new electoral laws which were passed by
Parliament. The President and Parliament nominated
the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission
(TPEC) which was given a mandate until the election
of political parties that were to be voted from political
association during the local council elections. During
the year, the Puntland citizens formed the political
associations and prepared themselves for elections in
July 2013. In the first quarter of the year, a number of
local NGOs including Kaalo and relevant government
departments supported by International community
(INGOs and UN Agencies), conducted rigorous civic
education campaigns to mobilize the citizens of
Puntland for massive participation in the election
process.
The campaigns for political associations began early
June preparing their councilors for the July 5 elections.
This election would determine the three political
parties based on the three political associations that
would get the highest seats in the local councils. The
three political parties would then present Members
of Parliament to be elected two month after the
July 5 local council elections. This election process
shaped Kaalo’s civic education programme that we
carried out. Our civic rights programme aimed at
increasing the participation of the Puntland citizenry
in the electoral process and government. It should
be noted that the election process witnessed a lot of
political space for women and youth ever witnessed
in Puntland.
Unfortunately after great work done by government
in respect to electoral reforms and the civic education
activities that many stakeholders conducted to get the
people involved in the election process, the elections
did not happen. Elections were suspended as a result
of the violence that emerged before the voting day.
The spark of the violence started in Gardo. Based
on the magnitude of the violence and the shape it
was taking, the situation made the then President
Mr. Faraole to postpone the local council election
planned under adult suffrage. Parliament, which was
also planned to be elected under adult suffrage was
later constituted through a clan selection system. The
Parliament later elected the president and with a one
vote difference, the incumbent president lost to Mr.
Abdiwelli (current Puntland President).
High number of Diaspora returnees arrived:
As 2013 was planned as a year of numerous political
activities in respect to election, it witnessed a
number of Somalis originally from Puntland to return
home with an aim of seeking for elective posts. These
people got involved in the formation of political
associations as leaders and as participants. They
added their civic knowledge on the civic information
that civic education stakeholders conducted. Youth irregular migration (Tahariib): Because
of the youth bulge in the Somali region and untold
youth joblessness in Somalia, the vice of youth
irregular migration continued to occur in Puntland
state of Somalia in 2013. Information from the
Puntland migration department indicates that
more youth left the country in 2013 than ever. The
migration of the youth to the Middle East and Europe
has caused a lot of deaths of the young Somalis who
especially use dangerous routes via Libya through the
Mediterranean Sea to migrant destination countries.
This made Kaalo to continue efforts of supporting the
youth as a contribution to addressing the pervasive
youth unemployment which exacerbate youth
irregular migration, popularly known as Tahariib.
November Cyclone: In November 2013, Puntland
experienced a cyclone in the districts of Eyl, Bander
bayla and Dangoranyo which left devastating effects
on the households in the villages of Ceelmadobe and
Quarxis. The cyclone created an emergency situation
in which over 5,000 households were affected. An
aerial assessment was done by UN in November
followed by a Kaalo-Oxfam assessment conducted
in same month. The results of the assessments
indicated that a lot of Households lost people,
property and livelihoods. This situation encouraged
Kaalo’s partnership with Oxfam Novib to develop
an intervention together that is planned to offer
humanitarian aid to the vulnerable HHs in the cyclone
affected areas in 2014. KAALO’S
2013
Kaalo’s car gets stuck as staff head to Eyl for the 2013
Oxfam-Kaalo cyclone Assessment
Above, animal carcasses killed by the Nov. 2013 cyclone
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CONTRIBUTION
TO THE PROMOTION & PROTECTION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS IN PUNTLAND
1.0. KAALO’S CONTRIBUTION IN PROMOTING DEMOCRACY,
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Introduction
Puntland’s democracy, governance and human rights are still at their nascent stage given our context.
A need to promote democratic and human rights standards in Puntland is therefore indispensable. The
real process of the democratic dispensation in Puntland began with the ratification of the constitution
in April 2012 that allows a multiparty system and protects and promotes the human rights of the
people in Punland. However, the development process of democracy and human rights continues to
face challenges with elections still being marred by violence resulting from limited trust of the system
and little knowledge on democratization. Political leaders are still selected based on the clan system of
administration and the system of adult suffrage is not yet embraced. In addition, voter registration is
still not done, the population is experiencing human rights violations, knowledge on civil rights among
the population is still low, and the legal and institutional frameworks promoting democracy and the
human rights are facing operational challenges.
In 2013, based on its strategic plan 2013-2017, Kaalo planned to support Puntland in promoting
democracy, good governance and human rights. The support was planned to focus on promoting and
protecting rights of refugees and asylum seekers; promoting the rights of children and women through
an anti-FGM/C campaign; improving democracy through promotion of civil and political rights for
increased participation of the citizenry in government; and promotion of property rights particularly
land rights for reduced insecurity associated with land grabbing. The following summarises Kaalo’s
2013 specific contribution in the area of democracy, good governance and human rights in Puntland:
1.1. Promotion and protection of the rights of refugees and
asylum seekers
Based on Puntland municipal law and
international human rights standards, Kaalo
understands that Refugees and Asylum
Seekers (RAS) have the legal rights to live, work
and get access to legal remedies. However in
Puntland, they face discrimination because
of lack of clan affiliations and limited access
to protection law, enforcement and justice
mechanisms. As a result, Refugees and Asylum
seekers are sometimes subjected to arbitrary
arrests and detentions, suffer exploitation and
forced labour, Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
(including rape) and human trafficking. The
overall protection context of asylum seekers,
refugees and migrants is weak, characterized
by detentions, hostility, discrimination,
harassment, and GBV. Such violations happen
at a time when the RAS want to access and
benefit from the existing limited socioeconomic opportunities which are available to
the local populations.
In 2013, Kaalo thought there is need to avert
the situation and with the support from
UNHCR, we conducted interventions to
promote and protect the rights of refugees and
asylum seekers. In this area, Kaalo enhanced
the knowledge of the justice sector institutions
including the police, the courts, and the
prosecution department through training on
refugee and asylum seekers’ rights aimed at
reducing arbitrary arrests and detentions.
Kaalo also provided legal aid and counseling
to refugees and asylum seekers. We also
intervened in some of their cases at the courts
for those who were found arbitrarily arrested
and detained.
The capacity building trainings reached 500
participants who included police officers,
Judges, Court Clerks and Prosecutors. The
trainings resulted into increased knowledge
on rights of refugees and asylum seekers
(RAS) that has seen reduced arbitrary arrests
and detentions from 120 RAS in 2012 to 100
in 2013. The legal representation of refugees
increased access to justice and improved the
due process in prosecution of refugees who
were alleged to have committed offences.
More than 31 cases of RAS were brought
to court for legal representation by Kaalo’s
lawyers and over 130 RAS were provided with
legal counseling. This expedited the delivery
of verdicts by the court judges resulting into
reduced case backlog of the RAS at the courts.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
training on human rights
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1.2. Promotion of the rights of the girl child and women
Most communities in Puntland are faced with a great problem of violating the rights of the children
and girls particularly through FGM/C which is a traditional practice undermining their dignity. Somalia
tops the list of all countries in the world where FGM/C is widely practiced with 98% of the women
undergoing the brunt of the practice (UNICEF, FGM: A Statistical Overview and Exploration, July, 2013).
It has been found out that FGM has devastating effects on future reproductive health of women which
increase maternal and child mortality. Many girls who undergo the practice some end up in death,
others left with physical and psychological injuries. FGM/C also leads to reproductive health effects on
girls and women including bleeding after childbirth, prolonged and obstructed labour that lead to high
levels of maternal mortality and morbidity (MDG Progress Report Somalia 2010).
Kaalo, in 2013, found it important to protect the dignity of the female young people faced with the
vice of FGM. With collaboration and financial support from our partners, particularly Danish Peoples’
Aid (DPA), Kaalo was able to make a contribution in addressing FGM through implementation of an
awareness-raising programme that involved: awareness training workshops for community members
which were conducted in 7 villages in Garowe, radio programme, visual education programme, and
FGM/C drama competitions. It also included other interventions inter-alia: the capacity enhancement
for community leaders that enabled them to get skills to advocate for FGM/C abandonment, and
forums for key stakeholders including the traditional elders, religious leaders, women, youth, and
community members to discuss the abandonment of FGM/C. The aim of these activities was to discuss
the devastating effects FGM/C on the reproductive health and rights of women and girls, delinking it
from Islam and coming up with a road map of rooting out the vice. Kaalo’s anti-FGM/C interventions achieved great impact and we proudly report that the external end
of project evaluation found that 99% of the people and groups interviewed reported that FGM/C has
significantly reduced, though the extent to which it reduced was not captured. What is clear is that
the FGD of the religious leaders and traditional elders interviewed by the external evaluator in Waberi
village estimated that FGM/C reduced by 70% in their area. Kaalo’s interventions on FGM led to a
positive shift in attitudes of the communities, especially among the religious and traditional leaders,
and women involved in cutting the girls because of the anti-FGM/C awareness programme. The project
was able to leverage 6 FGM/C circumcisers to abandon the practice. Four of them became involved in
the giving testimonies in which they shared how wrong what they were doing was and thus abandoned.
It was estimated that Kaalo reached more than 200,000 people in Puntland with anti-FGM messages.
Anti-FGM/C Compaign
1.3. Promotion of Civic and Political Rights
The democratic dispensation of Puntland is faced with numerous challenges to promote and protect
the civil and political rights as enshrined in the state’s constitution and international human rights
instruments, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). These
problems are exacerbated by limited resources available to government to build strong democratic and
human rights institutions given that it is just emerging out of conflict. Most of the people in Puntland
are neither aware of their rights as enshrined in the constitutions of the state (Puntland) and federal
government of Somalia. There are very low levels of knowledge on the international human rights
standards and how they are supposed to be domesticated in local legislations.
The conflict and violence in the Somali region, especially clan-based, has persisted in most of the
communities in Somalia and Puntland in particular. Conflict associated with extremism which is more
pronounced in South Central Somalia, has always had spillovers in Puntland with militants finding their
ways in Puntland seeking refuge in houses of their relatives and collaborators. On many occasions when
government responds to avert conflict and extremism, communities always clash with government
security agencies, making relations between the police and communities sour. This makes the process
of combating crime to result into violations of peoples’ rights by the police as people are perceived to
be condoning impunity. KAALO 2013 Annual Report. Transforming lives
With the support from our development partners, particularly NDI, Diakonia Sweden, and NED, Kaalo
was enabled to intervene in promoting civil and political rights through an integrated civic education
programme:
1.3.1.
Civic Education: Awareness and Discussions
on the Somalia Federal Constitution
Under the support from NDI, through the project titled “Civic Education Forums Project”, Kaalo’s aimed
at increasing the citizen’s understanding of the milestones in the roadmap to end Somalia’s transition,
including the constitutional process and constitutional issues; strengthen the ability of citizens to engage
in decision-making and implementation of the new constitution; and support a peaceful and stable
transition. Specifically, the interventions focused on discussing the content of the new Somalia Federal
Constitution, distributed copies of the Constitution and provided printed materials with content on
local legislations - calendars, Constitutional booklets, and CDs on civic education and democracy based
on the Somali tradition. These materials were given to the students, the elite, and researchers. Forums
in which over 100 people participated were conducted in 2013, under the slogan “know your rights”
that enhanced their knowledge on their rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution of Somalia.
Kaalo Executive Director (left) opens a Civic Education Forum on Somalia Federal Constitution, Garowe
Kaalo, under the support from Diakonia through a project entitled “civic education, voter education
and voter information campaign in Puntland” carried out a number of activities to promote civic
rights. The partnership with Diakonia under this project was aimed at educating people in Puntland
on their civic rights, do massive mobilization of the population for their participation in the July 15th
local council elections so as to exercise their citizenship. The action’s activities on voter education
included development of a voter education manual in Somali language, trained twenty (20) trainers
who officiated the civic education forums, conducted civic education forums at district and regional
level capitals, community meetings, media (radio flash messages, radio debates, TV and websites), and
developed IEC materials that showed the process of voting.
Voter Education Forum on the July 2013
Local Council Elections in Puntland
The civic education support conducted to
provide information on the 2013 July voting,
Kaalo directly reached 9,720 people with
messages on the electoral process and those
reached through the medial and IEC materials
were estimated at 100,000 Somalis particularly
in Puntland. At the district level discussion
forums, Kaalo reached 4,400 persons in 18
districts; in the 8 regional capitals, 1,280
people were reached; with community level
meetings in the Puntland remote areas, Kaalo
reached 4,000 people with voter education
and information messages. Though these
numbers are claimed my Kaalo, it is important
that there were a number of CSOs that were
involved in the voter education exercise that
Kaalo collaborated with. A part from Diakonia,
they include Interpeace, SFS, PDRC, and TPEC.
However to the dismay of many people and
organizations that were involved in voter
education on the electoral process spearheaded
by TPEC, elections never happened on the
15th of July 2014 as earlier planned. It was
suspended on 14th July, 2013 by the former
President, Mr. Abdirahman Muhamed Faraole
through a press release because of an election
violence that erupted and left one person
killed. The president thought that letting the
voting to continue, it would plunge the state
into chaos. Voter Education in Saanag with Kaalo’s Nuur Shire
catalyzing negative sentiments on elections
1.3.2.
Community policing on
crime prevention
As the relationship between police and the
community was always sour at times of
combating crime, Kaalo deemed it important
to engage these two parties (Police and the
Community) to create a cordial partnership in
combating crime. To do this, Kaalo with support
from National Endowment for Democracy
(NED), particularly under the project titled
“Enhancing Positive Interaction between the
Police and the Citizens”, conducted human
rights and community policing trainings. These
trainings were aimed at increasing human rights
knowledge among the police so as to respect
personal liberties during crime prevention.
The trainings were also targeting community
members with an objective of making them
to appreciate the roles of police in stumping
out crime. In addition, Kaalo conducted media
campaigns for massive awareness on roles of
community members and police in fighting
crime and impunity.
KAALO 2013 Annual Report. Transforming lives
Group Discussion during the Galkacyo
Community Policing Training
Kaalo reached more than 120 people including police officials, religious and community leaders through
the trainings. The intervention on community policing resulted into the formation of community policing
committees which are currently monitoring the occurrence of crimes in communities and preventing
them together with police authorities. Kaalo is estimated to have reached over 100,000 people through
a media awareness programme, particularly on radio Garowe and radio Dalji. The radio programme
relayed information on the importance of community policing and cordial relations between police and
the communities in crime prevention.
Success Story - Citizens and Police Interaction
Improved in Gardo
Name: Batun Mohamud Aynab. Location: Gardo
“I remember before the project, the relationship between the police and citizens
was very poor. There was very high mistrust and perception. The people did not
report anything to the police and the police did not accept fairly the cases they
met, because there was hatred between the two parties. The citizens believed
that the police are for only to collect bribe and the police believed that the
citizens hide the criminals in their homes and protect them. For that reasons the
level of criminal cases were high. Rape, killings, thefts took place in every hour.
But when we received training on positive interaction between the police and
citizens, it created a very interesting platform that allowed us to express our views
towards the security of the town. Currently the police receive immediate report
from the people. I believe Rape, killings, theft, illegal road blockages reduced.
Now the citizens are satisfied with the service of the people and the police are
satisfied with the working relationship between them and citizens”.
In 2013, Kaalo in partnership with Diakonia, under the project titled “Positive Interaction between the
Police and Citizens: Examining Achievements and Challenges” also invested in community policing. In
respect to this action, Kaalo conducted three major workshops on improving the relationship between
police and the public, a relationship that was marred by mistrust and suspicion. This was aimed to
enhance security through improving the relations between public and police and create a positive
environment and trust between them. Three workshops were conducted in Bossaso, Galkacyo and
Gardo that focused on citizen’s perception of the police, police perception of citizen, and challenges
they face, how the citizens expect their police to be, equity and impartiality in police services, and
a verbal agreement between police and the public was reached on working together in preventing
crime. Kaalo reached over 180 direct beneficiaries including Internally Displace Persons (IDPs), clan
elders, community representative, local authorities, INGOs, LNGOs, the media and private sector
representatives whose knowledge increased on the importance of community policing.
Success Story on Community Policing
Col. Aden Muse Jam
Col. Aden, the former commander of Garowe Main Police Station The story
was extracted from him in March 3013. He says “Before the workshop on
positive interaction between the policy and the citizens, there was no any
working relationship between the police and community on stumping out
crime. Neither the citizens nor the police knew how to work together to counter
criminals. There was mistrust and suspicion between the police and people. We
received no report of any cases from the citizens or support from the people
for carrying out investigations or capturing perpetrators. Kaalo’s workshop
on positive interaction between the policy and the community became a
turning point in improving relations and led to the formation of a committee
called “The Committee of Trust building and Positive interaction between
the police and citizens” to which I am the Chair. It consists of police officials
andcitizens. Since the formation of this committee, there is a very good working
relationship between us and the people in which I can say it is 100%. Trust and
confidence between the police and citizens is now evident. The Citizens now
send us immediate reports of any criminal suspect they come across. “The people
reported 300 suspects to my police station in February and March 2013 only”
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A group photo of participants during a community Policing
workshop at PDRC in Garowe
1.4. Asset/Land/Property Rights
Kaalo, with its experience of working with both
rural and urban communities, learned that one
of the factors that exacerbate different kinds
of conflicts is the struggle and competition to
own land by individuals and/or clans. On many
occasions land has led to inter-clan hostilities in
which the youth are mobilized to fight alongside
the people grabbing land. The land is grabbed
by individuals sometimes after conspiring
with government officials. Unfortunately, the
legal, policy and institutional frameworks on
land are weak, if not nearly none existent. The
government of Puntland has never formulated
any land laws and policy to guide land
acquisition and reign on land grabbers. Much
of the land owned by government under the
Barre regime is automatically owned by the
Puntland government but the effort to regain
it from the grabbers has been superficial.
In 2013, Kaalo found it important to engage
stakeholders in the review of the existing legal
and regulatory frameworks on asset/land/
property rights in Puntland. With support from
Diakonia under the project titled “review on
the legal and regulatory frameworks on asset/
property rights”, Kaalo conducted 7 workshops
in 2013 and another one planned for 2014.
The aim of these workshops was to make
stakeholders recognize that land is a source
of conflict in Somalia between individuals or
between sub-clans, the negative impact of
land grabbing on community cohesion and
suggest solutions to it, understand how the
existing legal and policy frameworks are weak
to deal with land issues, including ownership/
acquisition and grabbing, remind government
of the need to regain government land from
grabbers of any kind since it is public land,
and create structures that could continuously
engage government to influence it to formulate
the necessary land laws and policies. These
workshops were conducted in the four main
cities in Puntland – Garowe, Bossaso, Galkacyo,
and Gardo. A number of stakeholders were
involved including Clan Elders, community
representatives, Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs), LNGOs, INGOs, local authorities, the
media, the private sector and government
officials from a number of ministries.
Workshop on property rights at PSU with
Gumbe of Diakonia in action
In promoting property rights, Kaalo reached
over 420 people through workshops held
in 3 cities. The participants’ knowledge on
asset/property rights significantly increased
and realized that government land is public
land owned collectively by the people and
supposed not to be taken by individuals for
personal gain. As the workshops progressed, 4
committees were set up in each town and the
terms of reference for committee members
were developed, inter-alia, included engaging
government on formulation of laws and
policies on land, carry out anti-land grabbing
awareness campaign, and mobilize peaceful
public demos against land grabbers. In all
the workshops, participants emphasized a
resolution that government needs to formulate
land laws and policies and develop a plan of
action to recover government land from the
grabbers.
1.5.
Registration of urban property
to create a Geographic
Information System (GIS)
for municipalities for revenue
enhancement and proper
physical planning
The Planning capacity of the Puntland
municipalities has been weak for over decades
because of information that was lost during the
civil strife. Kaalo understand that information
on urban property and resources is a basis
for proper planning and planning is known as
a vital ingredient for development because
it informs resource mobilization, project
development and implementation.
For the last ten years or so, the municipalities
in Puntland did not have geographic
information systems on property within their
jurisdiction on which management would base
local revenue enhancement programmes and
physical planning.
It was upon this background that Kaalo in
collaboration with UNHABITAT in 2013 (October
to January 2014) designed and implemented a
Geographic Information System (GIS) projects
for Bossaso Municipality to conduct mapping
of urban properties, create a database for them
so that this information is used for property
owners to properly locate their assets (land and
buildings) on the GIS to strengthen ownership
rights. However, the municipalities use GIS
data for proper planning, development control
and revenue enhancement through taxation of
private property. It should be noted that by the
end of the year 2013, the Kaalo’s enumerators
had covered and recorded 29,000 properties in
Bassaso municipality and municipal authorities
now have a basis for forecasting their revenues
on property. GIS Enumerator
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2.0. KAALO’S CONTRIBUTION
IN THE AREA OF LIVESTOCK
AND FISHERIES
Livestock and fisheries sectors in Puntland
remain the prime movers of economic
growth but face numerous challenges. It is
estimated that livestock alone contributes
40% to GDP, 60% of employment and 80%
of foreign exchange. Besides its potential,
Kaalo’s assessment of this sector (livestock)
indicate that it faces numerous challenges,
inter-alia, they include but not limited to
severe drought, shrinking pastoral land, lack of
modern marketing strategies particularly the
value chain approach, and diminishing forest
cover due to overgrazing and poor rangeland
management.
Based on Kaalo’s Strategic Plan 2013-2017, in 2013
we planned to respond to challenges faced by the
livestock sector through:
2.1.
Kaalo’s interventions in the livestock sector
were responding to some of the challenges
the sector’s value chain is facing including
poor animal health, declining feed resources
resulting from rangeland degradation,
low productivity exacerbated by severe
droughts, poor marketability of products
and poor marketing infrastructure, and poor
organization of livestock value chain actors.
Based on these challenges, Kaalo deemed it
fit to design an intervention with an objective
of improving animal feed and availability and
increase its protection against permanent damage, increase community knowledge
on rangeland management and communitymanage soil conservation techniques, establish
linkage of relevant Ministries and strengthen
the capacities of the Ministry of Livestock and
Animal Husbandry, and establish community
structures to improve access to animal health
service delivery among others.
Livestock value chain
development for promotion of
economic rights and right to
food for the nomadic
communities in puntland.
Kaalo’s contribution to the development of
the Puntland livestock value chain began in
2012 based on the support from Development
Alternatives Inc (DAI) under the USAID-funded
partnership for economic growth programme
in a project entitled “Puntland Livestock Value
Chain”.
a number of activities that contributed to the development of the livestock value chain and they
included: one-20days (28th January-17th Feb. 2013) training of over 13 Community-Based Animal
Health Workers (CBAHW) on disease control, basic pharmacology and animal drug administration, and
clinical and operations of minor animal surgeries in Garowe (27 participants from Nugal and Mudug
regions) and Baran (13 participants). After the training, the CBAHWs were supported with drugs to
sustainably equip their pharmacies and continue supplying the drugs to community animal farmers.
Each of the 40 CBAHWs was supported with an animal management kit containing 190 items consisting
of drugs and equipment for use in treating animals for their community members, at a subsidized cost.
Some of the items given to the CBAHWs are shown by the table below:
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Type of drug/equipment given
Oxtertacycline 20%
Oxtertacycline 10%
Albendezole 2.5% 1 litter
Albendezole 2.5% 1/2 litter
Ivermectin 1%
Albendezole bolus
Burdizzo
Sprayer
Syringes
Hoof trimmer
Field kit bag
Drenching gun
Quantity per CBAHW
20 bottles
20 bottles
10 litres
20 litres
30 bottles
30 cartons
1
1
5
1
1
1
Six (6) pharmacists supported
to with animal health medicines
Demonstration on animal treatment
Therefore, in 2013, Kaalo implemented
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In May 2013, Kaalo conducted one-4days training for 40 community representatives, women
group members, community elders, and youth (20 from Geel Cilmi and 20 from Salahaley) pastoral
communities on rangeland management to improve their knowledge and skills on environmental
management for animal pasture production.
3.0. EDUCATION
Introduction
The illiteracy levels in Puntland are estimated at 23.1%, enrollment at Primary Level and the drop out is
high. The young people who drop out from school are left with limited chances to further their skills so
as to be relevant to the job market. Access to quality university education is still a challenge given the low
economic capacities which do not enable parents to afford university education fees. In 2013, Kaalo found
it imperative to enhance youth employability through literacy, vocational and basic life skills and support
university education as part of protecting education and economic rights as follows:
Geedi Cilmi training on rangeland management
Salahaley Rangeland Management training
It should also be noted that in April 2013, Kaalo rehabilitated the Baartogo grassland through
establishing an earth-bund check-dam of 135m long and 2m high; and a rock dam of 860m long, 0,86m
high, and 2m wide in Geed Cilmi aimed at reducing the acceleration of the run-off to feed the grass with
rain water at the same time divert the water to the main grazing area for replenishing animal pasture.
These activities were to improve the availability of pasture for animals for increased milk and meat for
local consumption and animal production for the local and export markets.
3.1. Increasing youth employability through technical vocational education
training (TVET) for promotion and protection Youth economic rights
Many discourses on the Somali conflict allude to the fact that Youth unemployment is a significant
key driving factor of the Somali conflict. Over 65% of the Somali youth are unemployed and thus have
always become easy targets for recruitment by warlords, clan militias and extremists (Somalia HDR
2012). In addition, because of the youth joblessness, economic discrimination, and limited economic
opportunities exacerbated by limited practical vocational skills increased mass youth migrations to the
Arabian Peninsula, other Middle East countries and Europe using problematic routes that has led a lot
of lives of the young people lost or youth living tormented lives in migrant destination countries.
As part of its education programme, Kaalo in 2013 continued to contribute to averting the problem
of youth unemployment. With support from Oxfam Novib, under the project entitled “Strengthening
capacity of civil society organisations to provide life skills and vocational training for the youth” Kaalo
continued the support of youth’s technical vocational education trainings (TVET) by directly offering
skills and supporting other Civil Society Organisations to effectively offer other skill areas. The following
are skills continued to be offered and/or supported by Kaalo:
The Baartogo Rangeland rehabilitation
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Organization
KAD
District
Garowe
TIDES
Garowe
GECPD
Galckaio
SWC
Galckaio
PUHRA
Bosaso
Total Beneficiaries
Type of skills
Accounting
Secretarial
Computer
Journalism
Secretarial
Tailoring
Beauty salon
Accounting
Journalism
IT
Number of beneficiaries
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
250
The table below shows Employment rate before and after training, by trade
Kaalo supported TIDES, GECPD, SWC and PUHRA in offering youth skills.
It should be noted that Kaalo’s TVET project achieved great impact in the short run through empowering
the young people with practical skills and getting them into employment. According to the TVET tracer
study’s preliminary findings, it indicated that the skills trainings resulted into increased employment
levels among the youth trained, from 16.93% (n=54) recorded at the start of the training to 22.26%
(n=71) noted at the end of the trainings. Among the 71 employed survey respondents, 45.07% (n=32)
have regular salaried employment, 35.21% (n=25) are self-employed, and 16.90% (n=12) work in casual
labor. The TVET tracer study, conducted by an external consultant indicated that women saw a larger
increase in employment rate than men, due to the relatively high employment rate of those trained in
henna and beauty treatments.
Garment and Tailoring class in
GECPD Skills centre, Galkacyo
Sources: Oxfam-Kaalo TVET Tracer Study
Female graduates
from the TVET
with certificates of
employable skills
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3.2. Supporting University Education to
enhance access to higher education in Puntland
There is an unbreakable bond between Puntland State University (PSU) and Kaalo Aid and Development.
The fact of the matter is that it is Kaalo that created a foundation on which PSU was established and to
date, we continue to support the University for Purposes of expansion and increasing access to higher
education by the Puntland young people.
In 2013, Kaalo assisted PSU to financially enable its top management to attend international meetings,
particularly the Association of African Universities (AAU) annual meeting held at Kingdom Hotel,
Victoria falls, Zimbabwe from 23rd to 27th September, 2013. Kaalo also supported payment of PSU’s
membership fees to AAU, and the purchase of Lab equipments for PSU’s school of public health. Kaalo
has also continued to support talented student from poor families and during the year, we paid fees
for 70 students who agreed to study their degrees in PSU as part of promoting access to university
education in Puntland state of Somalia. In addition, Kaalo in 2013 financed PSU’s sports activities and
cultural exhibition
4.0. EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE IN 2013
The emergency and the humanitarian catastrophe that Kaalo got involved into was the November 2013
cyclone that left devastating effects on the households in a triangular area involving the districts of Eyl,
Bendar Bayla and Dongoranyo. The epicenter of the cyclone was the two villages of Ceelmadobe and Quarxis.
The cyclone created an emergency situation in which over 5,000 households (HHs) were affected. An initial
aerial assessment was done by the UN in November. This was followed by a Kaalo-Oxfam onsite-and-ground
assessment conducted four days after the cyclone occurrence. The government estimated nearly 300 people
died in the cyclone. Homes, service centers, and other infrastructure such as roads, schools, health centers and
entire villages were destroyed. The Ministry of Livestock and Animal Husbandry estimated that 4,000-5,000
households lost 60 to 70% of their livestock. Many water sources were flooded and became unserviceable
or were contaminated, leading to shortage of safe drinking water. A day after the cyclone hit, government of
Puntland declared a natural disaster emergency on 11 November 2013.
Kaalo’s response to the November 2013 cyclone was three fold:
1.
Assessment: Four days after the cyclone hit the affected areas, Kaalo in collaboration with Oxfam sent
four staff from Garowe to conduct an initial assessment and determine the magnitude the effects of the
cyclone on the households.
PSU Students at the Cultural Exhibition
Kaalo on the way to the 2013 cyclone affected areas
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2.
Local Community Mobilisation for emergency food and non-food items: As the Kaalo staff were conducting
the initial assessment, another Kaalo team remained in Garowe town mobilizing communities using the
media and leg work to tell people to contribute cash, food and non-food items for the affected people. Nonfood items received included clothes, mattresses, tarpaulins, and kitchen bowls. A lot of people who were far
requested Kaalo to open a SAHAL account (Mobile Money transfer account with GOLIS Telecom) through
which they easily contributed cash to the affected people. Close to 1 ton of food and non-food items and cash
of USD5, 000 were collected from the Puntland communities on Kaalo’s initiative. It should be noted that
Kaalo was the first organization to reach the cyclone hit area and still the first to deliver the very first
emergency items.
Distribution of emergency items
Kaalo loads community contributed items for delivery to cyclone affected areas
3.
Delivery and distribution of the emergency and humanitarian goods: In a record 9 days after the
day of the cyclone, Kaalo’s emergency and humanitarian items contributed by the local communities
reached the affected households. More than 1,500 people benefited from Kaalo’s initial response
to the cyclone affected people in Nov., 2013. However, later in December, Kaalo and Oxfam Novib,
based on the results of the cyclone assessments, developed a project that was focusing on
responding to the needs identified, and the project’s focus was Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(WASH) to be implemented in early 2014. Kaalo arrives at the distribution site and holds a meeting with the local leaders and clan elders
5.0. WATER AND SANITATION (WASH)
By the January 2013, Kaalo was concluding implementation of a project “Capacity Building for water resource
Management and Construction of Communal Latrines in Nugaal Region, Puntland” funded by Danish People’s
Aids (DPA) and an external project evaluation was conducted from 13-27th March, 2013.
OUR OUTREACH IN 2013
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Programme Area
Beneficiaries reached
(estimate)
1
Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
12,000
2
Livestock and Fisheries
3,000
3
Education
1230
4
Health
N/A
5
WASH (Water and Sanitation)
7,000
TOTAL
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ONGOING PROJECTS as at 31st December 2013
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Project Tile
Donor/Funding
Agency
1
Puntland Local Council , Parliamentary and Presidential DIAKONIA
Elections Voter Awareness Campaign
June 2013 -o Dec 2013
2
Promoting Democracy and Human Rights Project
Nov, 2012 - Oct,2013
3
Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers and Mixed UNHCR
Migration
Jan, 2013 - Dec,2013
4
Promoting Human Rights in Puntland’s Security Sector
Oxfam-Novib
Oct, 2012 - Sep.2013
5
Eyl Fishing Project
Kaalo Netherlands
March, 2012 - Feb, 2013
6
Strengthening Capacity of CSO’s to Provide Life Skills Oxfam-Novib
and Vocational Training to the Youth
Feb, 2012-May,2014
7
FGM/C Reduction in Garowe District
Danish Peoples Aid
(DPA)
August, 2012 - Feb.2014
8
Capacity Building for Water Resources Management
and Construction of Community Latrines
DPA
April, 2012 - March,2013
9
Puntland Livestock Value Chain
Development
Alternative
Initiative. (DAI)
Dec,2012 - July,2013
10
Geographical information System in Bosaso
UNHABITAT
September 2013 - Feb 2014
11
Support to women’s Participation and Access to Justice National
in Puntland
Endowment for
Democracy (NED)
DIAKONIA
Project Date
Statement of finance position
as at 31st December, 2013
October 2013 - Sept 2014
Puntland Fish
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PARTNERS/DONORS AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2013
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PARTNERS
Islan Mohamed street, line 9, Hantiwadag, Garowe Puntland-Somalia
Tel: +256 252 5 844247 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.kaalo-ngo.org