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saad mjkahin


Title and Organization:		director, somaliland energy for sustainable development org
Gender and Age:		Male, 27
Location:		Hargeysa, Woqooyi Galbeed
Country of Residence:		Somalia
Country of Birth:		Somalia
Nationalities:		Somali
Citizenships:		Somalia
Languages:		English



Website:		http://www.sesdo.org
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About Me

Iam the Program Officer at the Somaliland energy for sustainable development org. In this role, I focus most of my time on energy research program at SESDO, while assisting with the Somaliland energy policy program and a variety of others projects and opportunities with SESDO and ministry of environment in Somaliland .

I have a long history of working on youth issues. Before coming to SESDO , I worked as a Research Assistant at the Ethiopian academy for peace and development . I was part of a team that explored issues regarding the enrollment of adis abeba City for energy development during the late 2006’s and 2007’s. Prior to this, I held the position of Program Coordinator at peace journey , a youth e-mentoring program based in all africa. Additionally, I was a founding member, and currently serve on the Board of Directors, of Somaliland energy for sustainable development org, a non-profit organization that works to inspire and empower energy and environment to regional in changing policies that affect them. For the past several years, I have served as a east African energy board member with unep, mentoring world sustainable energy leadership team of experts from the southern part of Africa and eastern part of Africa and serving as a resource for the energy as international teams.

Graduating from helco school of computer science and technology in2007, I majored in progarming, and held several leadership positions, including serving on the board of the east African renewable energy member and as a Resident Assistant for first-year students. Spending time working with experts in South Africa, un, and several international teams of energy consultants during world energy Summit in 2008, I developed my passion for guiding youth towards taking an active role in changing their communities and the world.