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2014 Annual Report 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 6 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE ................................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 10 SOMALIA AT GLANCE .............................................................................................................................. 10 ABOUT KAALO AID AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ...................................................................... 12 OUR REACH IN 2014 ........................................................................................................................ 14 2014 PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................................ 15 CYCLONE RESPONSE PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 16 PROGRAM OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 17 Construction of BerKAALOs and Rehabilitation of water catchments ............................................... 17 Non-conditional Cash Relief for Affected Households ....................................................................... 18 Cash for Work ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Redistributing productive goats to cyclone affected households ...................................................... 19 REDUCTION OF HIV/AIDS VULNERABILITY AND STIGMATIZATION OF PLW HIV/AIDS ............. 20 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 21 Overall Objective ................................................................................................................................. 23 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM ................................................................................ 23 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 24 Community Policing and Positive Interaction between the Police and Citizens ................................ 24 Civil education ..................................................................................................................................... 25 PROTECTION PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................ 26 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 27 Capacity building for law enforcement agencies ................................................................................ 27 Provision of legal protection to refugees and asylum seekers ........................................................... 27 FGM/C Reduction through Capacity Building, Awareness Raising and Advocacy .............................. 28 WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................................. 30 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 31 Human Rights and Gender-Based Voidance workshop ...................................................................... 31 Supporting to Puntland Women’s Lawyers Association (PUWLA)...................................................... 32 2 Live-Radio Show on Human Rights and Voidances against Women................................................... 32 SUPPORTING THE CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS .................................................... 34 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 35 Selection GIS working teams and conducting Interviews ................................................................... 35 GIS Data collection Processes ............................................................................................................. 35 Strengthening the capacity of the Fishery Sector ............................................................................... 36 Building capacity of the Ministry of Fishing and Marine Resources ................................................... 36 WATER, HYGIENE AND SANITATION PROGRAM .............................................................................. 37 Program overview ............................................................................................................................... 38 KAALO DONOR/PARTNERS...................................................................................................................... 40 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS KAALO = KAALO Aid and Development DPA = Danish Peoples Aid IGAD = Inter-Governmental Authorities for Development FGM/C = Female Genital Mutilation/Cut FAO = Food and Agricultural Organization WMC = Water Management Committee WASH = Water Sanitation and Hygiene MARPs = Most At Risk People HIV/AIDs = Human Immune Virus/ STI = Sexual Transmitting Infection VCT = Volunteer Counseling Test PMTCT = Prevention of mother-to-child transmission PAC = Puntland Aids Commission PoC = People of Concern GBV = Gender Based Violence IDP = Internally Displaced Persons GIS = Geographical Information Systems NED = National Endowment for Democracy 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT After series consultations and hard work, we’re very delighted to produce and present organizations annual report for the year 2014. This report is KAALO’s main publication for the stated year that demonstrates highlights of all our programs and activities delivered during that year. The report critically discusses development programs and aid interventions carried out to delivery relieve in an effective and timely manner. Throughout the year, KAALO remains delighted to have reached and assisted thousands of persons who needed our support in every single minute of their lives. We would like to express our deep gratitude to all partners and donors whom without their financial and technical support, the marvelous aid and humanitarian achievements wouldn’t have been reported. We would like to extend our thanks to Puntland government of Somalia, its ministries and different departments whose collaboration and partnership we established with resulted presented humanitarian intervention successes. We would lastly like to acknowledge and thank our KAALO management, program staff and contractors for their year-long dedications and commitments to transform our helping sprit and principles in to action and made all possible to take aid and extended help to the most deprived ones we could get in touch with. I finally take this opportunity to show appreciation and gratitude to all those who dedicated their efforts, time and talent to compile and produce KAALO 2014 annual report. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The year 2014 has been a year of progress and expansion for KAALO Aid and development Organizations. A year, we implemented numerous aid and programs and interventions. The preceding year 2013, Puntland was by one of the most devastating cyclones in its modern history followed by recurrent droughts, in which large number of families lost their livestock, a main source of their livelihood. Many people died, homes, service centers, schools and hospitals and health posts and entire villages were destroyed. As a result diarrhea, malaria, upper respiratory infections and hypothermia became widespread. In response to that, KAALO with its partners delivered both emergency and long-term interventions in which affected communities were supported with unconditional cash support, sanitation and hygiene promoting activities and construction of water catmints while we also rehabilitated destroyed barkeds. For long-term and sustainable livelihood options, KAALO with support from OXFAM distributed productive goats for households that lost their properties as a result of cyclone. 12,500 heads of goats were distributed for over 5,000 households living in the affected areas. 200 hindered households provided USD 145 and another hundred given USD five as unconditional cash support and cash for work respectively. KAALO has also implemented reduction of HIV/AIDS vulnerability and stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS outreach and sensitization program. That targeted different community locations and groups including, coastal communities, track truck drivers and mini-business owners, refugees and asylum seekers, teachers, students and youth clubs. The program also considered outreach sessions for police forces as well as prisoners. Sensitization and outreach programs benefited 1,600 persons drawn from different social and community groups stated above. Towards lasting peace, promoting democracy, human rights and gender equality, KAALO carried out democracy and human rights program. Among program beneficiaries