Events


Stop Harming our Innocent Girls

Hodan Yusuf is a young Somali poet and one of the active students of Buroa University, department of Community Development. She wrote a poem about the consequences of practicing FGM to the innocent girls. Likewise, in the poem, she is advising and suggesting all parts of the community to abandon […]


New aloe species found by Candlelight Chairman (Ahmed Ibrahim Awale)

We are delighted to announce that the Chair of Candlelight, Ahmed Ibrahim Awale, found a new aloe species.  A research paper authored by a team consisting of three persons  (Mary Barkworth, Ahmed Ibrahim Awale, and Faisal Jama Gelle) was recently published in Phytokeys, a journal which specializes in systemic botany.  […]


Saving Stoves Distribution

As part of UN Joint Programme for Sustainable Charcoal Production and Alternative Livelihoods, Candlelight for Environment, Education and Health secured small grant from UNDP through ministry of environment and rural development. The scope of the project was to set up of energy retailed shops for 100 women charcoal dealers in […]


Dry Land Farming Techniques & Agricultural Production Training

Candlelight Sheikh team conducted three days of training from 8th  to 10th September 2018 in IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School (ISTVS) conference hall in Sheikh town, the training concerns about improving dry land farming techniques and enhancing agricultural production including post-harvesting handling as well as reducing post harvesting losses in Himan and […]


Case Story of Ahmed

“Zero Tolerance of FGM” #Ahmed_Mohamoud_Hassan (Āhmēd Ñøūr), is a second year student at New Generation University College in Buroa campus, department of Public Health. He is the secretary of the University’s student union and one of the energetic students among his team. He shared with us a very heartbroken case story, […]


Case Story of Hafsa

“I can do everything” #Hafsa_Farah_Saed, a young social activist, midwifery student from New Generation University in Buroa, started her campaign of anti-early age marriage while she was standard five (5) in her primary school. She came across many different objections and challenges as she encourages young girl-students not to marry […]


Enhance Entrepreneurship &Value Addition Training

Two days of training for Tawakal women cooperative business established in Sheikh District. This training imparts basic small business skills, cooperative methodology, group saving, group leadership, group dynamics, saving mobilization, constitution making, and basic financial literacy.  The training was organized by Candlelight in financial collaboration with KNH. Enhance Entrepreneurship &Value […]


Launching Ceremony of Naruuro Cluster Level Association

Naruuro Cluster level association (CLA) is located in Statehouse IDP in Hargeisa it represents 8 Self Help Group ( SHGs) in which 160 are the members of the 8 SHGs 20 members per each SHG. The cluster has conducted a launching ceremony as a CLA on 29th January 2018,  the […]


16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence

December 2017, Candlelight Office in Sheikh held a one day event to participate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence under the theme, “Leave No One Behind: End Violence Against Women and Girls.” Addressing the women/girls participants, Candlelight Sheikh Office Head, Mr. Abdirahman Ismail said, “The United Nations […]


Resettlement of Drought Effect Communities

Candlelight staff carried out distribution of non-food items (NFI) stocks, cash transfer and hygiene training in five project target villages under Sanaag, Togdheer  and Sool regions. The selected project beneficiaries were  drought effect communities who mostly  lost their livestock assets during this severely  drought hit in these eastern regions  particularly […]