Save the Environment Ethiopia

Save the Environment Ethiopia (SEE) is a local, non-profit, non-religious, and non-political non-governmental organization operating in Ethiopia, with a primary focus on the Somali Regional State. It was founded by a group of Ethiopian professionals and officially registered on 21 August 2007 under certificate No. 246/2007 by the Somali National Regional State Justice Bureau. It later registered with the Federal Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian Residents Charity (No. 3031, issued 6 May 2016). SEE's mission is to promote environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable development. Its work spans environmental protection and education, rehabilitation of degraded lands, alternative energy, livelihood improvement, and shelter construction. The organization operates in refugee settlement areas in the Somali region, including Kebribeyah, Awbere Shedder, Melkadida, Buramino, Helewoyin, Kobe, Bokolomayo, and Mirkan, in partnership with UNHCR and RRS. It also implements greening projects with the Somali regional government, an Integrated Environmental Rehabilitation and Livelihood Enhancement project funded by WFP, a Promotion of Alternative Energy project supported by the British Council, and a Community-Based Environmental Management and Solar Electrification project in Deneba Kebele. As of its official website, SEE has its head office in Jigjiga (with plans to move to Addis Ababa), a liaison office in Addis Ababa, and multiple field and sub-offices. It reports over 200 staff, including 82 national staff and 107 incentive workers in earlier figures. The organization is in the process of opening offices in Somalia and Kenya. Its activities include greening, solar pump and solar energy installations, shelter construction, natural resource management, and livelihood support.

Save the Environment Ethiopia (SEE) was founded by a group of Ethiopian professionals as a local, non-profit, non-religious, and non-political organization. It was established and registered on 21 August 2007 under certificate of registration No. 246/2007 by the Somali National Regional State Justice Bureau, in accordance with the association registration regulation (legal notice No. 321/07/1966). At the same time, it registered and entered into a work agreement with the Somali Regional State Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau (SRS DPPB). On 6 May 2016, SEE was registered at the Federal Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian Residents Charity under the charities and societies proclamation No. 621/2009, bearing registration number 3031. This federal registration allowed it to operate more broadly. Over the years, SEE has expanded its operations across the Somali Regional State. It has worked in nine refugee settlement areas—Kebribeyah, Awbere Shedder, Melkadida, Buramino, Helewoyin, Kobe, Bokolomayo, and Mirkan—in collaboration with UNHCR and RRS. Its projects have included an Integrated Environmental Rehabilitation and Livelihood Enhancement project funded by WFP, a Promotion of Alternative Energy project supported by the British Council, and a Community-Based Environmental Management, Livelihood Improvement, and Solar Electrification project in Deneba Kebele funded through a small grant program. As of its official website, SEE has its head office in Jigjiga (with plans to move to Addis Ababa), a liaison office in Addis Ababa, and multiple field and sub-offices. It reports over 200 staff, including 82 national staff and 107 incentive workers in earlier figures. The organization is in the process of opening offices in Somalia and Kenya, signaling an intention to expand its environmental and humanitarian work beyond Ethiopia.

• Founded and registered on 21 August 2007 under certificate No. 246/2007 by the Somali National Regional State Justice Bureau.

• Registered at the Federal Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian Residents Charity (No. 3031) on 6 May 2016.

• Expanded operations to nine refugee settlement areas in the Somali region in partnership with UNHCR and RRS.

• Implemented WFP-funded Integrated Environmental Rehabilitation and Livelihood Enhancement project.

• Implemented British Council-supported Promotion of Alternative Energy project.

• Initiated process of opening offices in Somalia and Kenya.

A local Ethiopian NGO focused on environmental protection and sustainable development, primarily serving refugee camps and degraded lands in the Somali Regional State.

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