Launching Ceremony of Geed-Deeble Botanic Garden Slide BVO has been implementing climate change, environmental protection and livelihood programmes in the country and fosters solutions to Somaliland’s environmental challenges Environment and climate change BVO has been implementing climate change environmental protection and livelihood programmes in the country and enables the finding of solutions to Somaliland’s environmental challenges Emergency Programs BVO fights hunger and
promotes poverty reduction
Food Security & Livelihoods
BVO has an important role in health and maternity care in Somaliland Health & Mother Care Slide BVO promotes women's rights, women's political participation and women's economic empowerment. We also conduct FGM awareness campaigns and interventions aimed at tackling gender-based violence. Women empowerment and Human Rights Slide Child Center & Education BVO supports the only education center for students with special needs in Somaliland. We provide them with the necessary educational materials for learning, as well as sports equipment for recreation and exercise, and nutrition food for lunch.

ABOUT US

Organizational Background

Barwaaqo Voluntary Organization (BVO) is a non-political, non-governmental and non-profit making development action-oriented and advocacy organization that was founded in 1996 by a committed gender balanced group in Somaliland. The organization understood that its domain needs to be as wide as the issues faced by the millions of underprivileged throughout the country. Barwaaqo Voluntary organization strives to perform social development work in Somaliland. BVO nurtures the status of being a formal NGO.

Fast growing environmental challenges and climate change are imposing an additional stress on the environment, and the livelihoods that depend on it. BVO has been implementing climate change environmental protection and livelihood programmes in the country and enables the finding of solutions to Somaliland’s environmental challenges.

BVO fights hunger and promotes poverty reduction, human rights, women and child rights and justice for all. It has taken up the women and children rights, It engages the wider social context of the systemic barriers faced by different women and children in Somaliland. BVO strives to ensure that every one has access to justice because if justice isn’t accessible there will be no rights and access to justice is important for the development of a country’s economy.

BVO advocates the availability of legal aid service for everyone.

BVO has also been involved women political participation and economical empowerments, and provides FGM awareness campaigns as well implement projects aimed to tackle the Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Somaliland.

Scope of Operation

  • Maroodijeex region
  • Sahil region
  • Awdal region
  • Togdher region
  • Sanag region

Vision:

BVO envisions a community where people enjoying their rights with dignity and living in prosperity

Mission:

To work closely with the local communities including women and children and the decision makers, to ensure positive socio-economic change and sustainable natural resource management.

WORK AREA

Thematic Area

ENVIRONMENT AND
CLIMATE CHANGE

Fast-growing environmental challenges and climate change are imposing additional stress on the environment, and the livelihoods that depend on it.

CHILD CENTER AND
EDUCATION

Child education and protection especially those who have special needs is the foundation of a peaceful and developed society.

EMERGENCY
PROGRAMS

BVO's collective response will always prioritize the humanitarian imperative to save lives. BVO is committed to engaging in both the natural and man-made disasters...

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

One of the main interventions of BVO is to empower women and protect the rights of children. BVO strives to ensure that person has access to justice...

HEALTH AND
MOTHER CARE

BVO has an important role in health and maternity care in Somaliland through improving women's and children's health by increasing access, availability, and utilization

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