In July 7th 2023, the first batch of students graduated from the Puntland Institute of Management and Technology (PIMAT) with a Diploma of Secretary and Office Management and Diploma of Information Communication Technology (ICT). PIMAT is higher education institute that built and managed by Stichting KAALO Nederland. PIMAT grants free education to the youth in …
36 Scholarship Students Graduated from PIMAT College Read More »
In April 2023, a team led by Kaalo Nederland’s senior Monitoring and Evaluation officers visited the schools that have benefited from the solar energy installation and computer lab establishment projects. The aim of this visit was to monitor and oversee how the schools are taking advantage of the equipment they were given. During this …
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Kaalo Nederland has initiated and successfully delivered a developmental project thatestablished solar energy and computer labs for five schools. Each of these five schools which arelocated in the Nugaal region of Puntland State of Somalia has received a full set of solar energytools and computer equipment. These schools are in the villages of Garyaqaan, Uusgure, …
Due to the ever-changing climate of the world and the rising global warming, Somalia aswhole and Puntland, in particular, has been facing recurrent life-threatening droughts that haveaffected the lives of millions of Somali nomadic pastoralists, farmers, refugees in IDPs campsand poor urban dwellers.Most regions in Puntland have not received the expected amount of rain for …
Kaalo Nederland has initiated and successfully delivered a developmental project thatestablished solar energy and computer labs for five schools. Each of these five schools which arelocated in the Nugaal region of Puntland State of Somalia has received a full set of solar energytools and computer equipment. These schools are in the villages of Garyaqaan, Uusgure, …
Shabelle Skills Square is a TVET center built and managed by Stichting Kaalo Nederland. This education center is built for the dwellers of Camp Shabelle and Waberi village of Garowe city to benefit from. It offers hands-on TVET skills that prepare the learners to become higly-skilled learners. The number of the unemployed youth in Puntland …
Income Generation Project for Women (Camp Shabelle) Read More »
Since the collapse of the military government in 1991, Somalia’s educational system has not been in a good shape. With no strong central government to establish a united education system, communities took the matter to their own hands and started opening privately owned and managed schools. These schools offer basic educational services and are run …
In the male-dominated Somali society, women have no or very little opportunities in higher education and employment. That forced most of the women in the region to be housewives or work in hard low-paying jobs such as cleaning, sewing and main street small businesses. Ironically, roughly more than 60% of the Somali families are supported …
Every child has the right to an adequate education, where they have access to sufficient teaching materials and associated technology. In Puntland, children and some of the other society do not have access to electricity and have never used a computer. Since we are living an in an era where electricity and computers have become …
Solar energy installation and computers for schools Read More »
Keeping Camel Milk Cool Somalia is home to the world’s largest camel population. The herding of camels and other livestock are the livelihoods of nearly 60 percent of the people in Somalia. A particularly well-sought after product is camels’ milk. After Kaalo had successfully created a cooperative of nomadic camel famers which allowed the farmers to …
Kaalo & Top Systems, Vink, and the Garoowe Technical College Read More »
