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Landmark Memorandum Signed

The MOU was signed in Hargeisa by the Minister of Investment and Industrial Development, HE. Abdirasak Ibrahim Mohamed, and Abdirahman Hashi, the Somaliland Director of Shuraako. This initiative aims to boost investments in Somaliland’s production sector, fostering economic opportunities and job creation.

July 27,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

KEEPS’ transformation from a single wheelbarrow operation to a thriving enterprise with over 200 employees exemplifies the power of strategic investment and innovation.

September 20,2024

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November 21, 2020

Path to Peace: OEF Celebrates Denver’s Plans for Sand Creek Massacre Memorial at State Capitol Building

One Earth Future believes that the Sand Creek Memorial is one reminder that working together collaboratively to solve problems together is the best way to address the roots of conflict. The Sand Creek statue is the result of collaboration among the sovereign tribes involved and the government of Col...

Model of the planned Sand Creek Memorial design by Harvey Pratt

October 27, 2020

COVID Challenges Leading to Innovation in the Somali Fishing Sector

“When COVID-19 came and the fish market disappeared, it was as if our lives also stopped. The only source of livelihood I had known for years ceased..."

Clayton Besaw

Matthew Frank

October 15, 2020

It’s Time to Talk About American Election Violence

Violence has grown globally; the potential for election violence in the United States needs to be acknowledged.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump debate on October 22, 2020

October 13, 2020

High Stakes Poker: Denuclearizing North Korea

Wormuth, a former undersecretary of defense for policy at the US Department of Defense, was invited to share her thoughts on the current events unfolding in North Korea by One Earth Future and the non-profit, Foreign Policy for America. “Certainly this year has been an extraordinary moment in the Ko...

October 13, 2020

Advancing a Culture of Peace Together

The UN’s Day of Living Together in Peace calls for everyone to consider how we can build inclusive, accountable, and peaceful societies. The UN believes that peace is not the absence of conflict but a positive activity. It requires all of us to dedicate ourselves to save succeeding generations from ...

October 13, 2020

Helping Back Home: The Power of Remittances and Diaspora Investments

The global diaspora makes a significant contribution to their families back home. The funds they send strengthen communities and can even rebuild countries that are emerging from war. OEF’s programming recognizes the value that individual investments and the global economy have in sustainable develo...

Marcel Arsenault

September 17, 2020

Philanthropy’s Role in the Missing Global Architecture

Inter Press Service (IPS), shares an op-ed written by OEF Founder and CEO, Marcel Arsenault discussing the promise of the United Nations over the last 75 years and how philanthropy has a role to play in building a global system for designing, implementing and updating a multitude of plans to tackle ...

September 02, 2020

Somali Women Netting a Profit

Nets are crucial to fishing - so training and promoting women in net-making and mending in local fishing communities. Secure Fisheries follows up with two women who attended a net-making workshop in Bander Beyla.

September 02, 2020

Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Soo Hooyay Macaash

Sawirada kalluumaysatada Soomaaliyeed ayaa inta badan muujiya iyaga oo biyaha kasoo jiidaya shabaga kalluunka kuna ridaya doomahooda.

August 18, 2020

Hoggaaminta Xog Ururin Kalluumaysi oo Soomaaliya Anficidoonta Mustaqbalka

Siddeed iyo toban qof oo Soomaali ah, oo isugu jira shaqaale Wasaaradaha Kalluumaysiga (heer Federaal iyo heer Dowlad Gobboleed) iyo xog ururiyayaal iyaga la shaqeeya, ayaa hoggaaminaya mashruuc xog ururin ah oo kalluumeysiga ah - waana kii ugu horreeyay ee noociisa ah tan iyo dagaalkii sokeeye ee w...

July 08, 2020

Pioneering Fishing Data for Somali Futures

Eighteen Somali fisheries officers and data enumerators are leading a pioneering fisheries data collection project - the first since the country’s civil war.

Marcel Arsenault

May 21, 2020

Op-ed: Philanthropy’s Role in the Missing Global Architecture

OEF Founder and CEO, Marcel Arsenault discusses the promise of the United Nations over the last 75 years and how philanthropy has a role to play in building a global system for designing, implementing and updating a multitude of plans to tackle the world's most complex and interconnected challenges....

May 11, 2020

From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

Fisheries conflict in Somali waters has impacted people from dozens of countries, but no foreigner has been as involved and affected as the Yemeni fisher. From 2006 to 2010, the spiraling consequences of overfished and unmanaged Somali fisheries resources spread into Yemen’s waters, putting its dome...

December 17, 2019

Shifting Strategies for a Changing World: Six Takeaways from the UN-FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability

Small-scale fisheries are having a large impact on fisheries policies around the world.

September 09, 2019

Fish and Bullets: Engagements Between the Philippine Military and Lake Lanao Fishing Communities During The 2017 Marawi Siege

During the five-month siege of Marawi City in the southern Philippines, security actors also engaged with nearby fishing villages in Lake Lanao to facilitate a security response.

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Landmark Memorandum Signed

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Path to Peace: OEF Celebrates Denver’s Plans for Sand Creek Massacre Memorial at State Capitol Building

COVID Challenges Leading to Innovation in the Somali Fishing Sector

It’s Time to Talk About American Election Violence

High Stakes Poker: Denuclearizing North Korea

Advancing a Culture of Peace Together

Helping Back Home: The Power of Remittances and Diaspora Investments

Philanthropy’s Role in the Missing Global Architecture

Somali Women Netting a Profit

Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Soo Hooyay Macaash

Hoggaaminta Xog Ururin Kalluumaysi oo Soomaaliya Anficidoonta Mustaqbalka

Pioneering Fishing Data for Somali Futures

Op-ed: Philanthropy’s Role in the Missing Global Architecture

From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

Shifting Strategies for a Changing World: Six Takeaways from the UN-FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability

Trick or Treat: Brexit is a Halloween Horror Story for Europe’s Fisheries

Trick or Treat: Brexit Is A Halloween Horror Story For Europe's Fisheries

State of Piracy 2018 - Assessing the Human Cost

Fish and Bullets: Engagements Between the Philippine Military and Lake Lanao Fishing Communities During The 2017 Marawi Siege

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