Youth Volunteers for Development and Environment Conservation (YOVENCO) was founded on 10th March 2001. It is a non-governmental, non-profit making and non-political organization with headquarters in Berbera; sub-offices in Hargeisa & Burao. YOVENCO has been helping the community in social livelihoods development, Inclusive Education, Nutrition improvement, Child protection, Youth empowerment as well as the conservation of the environment. From its inception, YOVENCO has been collaborating with the local authorities as well as communities in Somaliland. YOVENCO has vision that a society where every citizen enjoys access to better livelihood with dignified life, human rights and social justice promoted, and climate change vulnerability reduced
