Our History

Building Resilient Communities Through Empowerment

Kaaliye Community And Development Organization (KACDO) is an independent registered non
government and nonprofit civil society organization based at Somalia. KACDO prime motto is capacity
building and services delivery to the deprived and marginalized people of the society.

In 2023a group of educated, dynamic and like-minded youth working in the development sector, got
together to establish an organization, for addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of the people. True
to this spirit the organization was named Kaaliye Community and Development Organization (KACDO).
Considering their association with the development sector the group was cognizant of the plethora of
problems. Consequently, the organization’s focus was not kept limited either in in terms of geography or
sector. Whilst operating in different districts of the province, KACDO has been carrying a range of
interventions in the areas of education, health & hygiene, youth & women empowerment, emergency
response & preparedness, governance, free legal aid, human rights, etc.
The type of activities undertaken by the organization range from capacity building to service delivery, with
focus remaining on the deprived and marginalized segments of the society. Whereas in terms of operations
what characterizes KACDO’s functioning are its efforts to (a) enlist involvement of the locals when
initiating activities at the grass root level; and (b) mobilize women for bringing peace, tolerance, and
development in society.
Although a somewhat new entry in the development arena, KACDO – owing to the linkages of its members
with national & international funding agencies .