Yme’s CEO since 2006, Geir Ommundsen, has decided to retire later this year. Even though Geir Ommundsen only retires later this year, he will resign as a general manager already now. He will serve as a special advisor for Yme...

Thanks to the efforts of almost a thousand students at Sam Eyde high school in Arendal, Norway, youth in Vilanculos , Mozambique , finally gets oppertunity to educate themselves in tourism. In April this year students in Arendal raised about...

The Yme Fountation cooperates with the Norwegian Foreign Ministry to avert the humanitarian disaster that threatens Somalia. Floods , refugees and Al Shabaab are giving the country major challenges. – Disasters are lining up in Somalia , says Geir Helge Ommundsen ,...

First week of June Ubergsmoen was the scene of a fictional transit camp . Around 100 students from Tvedestrand and Åmli high school put theory into practice by calculating the water need for 3,000 people who have been internally...

April 30, 2015. A historic day for Professor Adow Vocational Training Center in Galkacyo, Somalia. The day marks the first semester ending at the school, and completion of eight months of intensive training for 61 students. The first class...

The very first students of Prof Adow Vocation School in Galkayo have almost completed their course.  They look forward to getting their diploma and dream of getting a job.  Some have already started to work besides attending school. The...

School teacher Asad Quasim from Norway, spent the winter school holiday in Mozambique to learn about the “Yme-method”. Asad is norwegian-somali and came to Norway as a refugee when he was very young. Now he wants to help at Prof Addow Vocational Training...

Our local partner in Somalia, GSA, is bringing water on wheels to the peopled in drought affected areas in Central Somalia. Read the report from the field: The Gu season rains either failed or performed below average in Hiran...

In the Mudug region of central Somalia, where Yme has worked with the partners NorSom and GSA since 2006, the situation is now very dramatic. Mudug have always had a water problem, but now nears the 2011 conditions where...

75 students graduated on June 18th at the vocational school in Vilanculos, Mozambique. A training center funded by Yme and Norad from 2009-2011. Although the school was handed over to local hands in 2012 we decided to once again keep...

This week Ubergsmoen has been the scene of a fictional transit camp. More than 150 students from Tvedestrand and Amli college have put theory into practice by calculating water needs of 3,000 people. They have calculated the need by using...

Source: AFP World News / English Date: September 02, 2014 NAIROBI, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) – Over a million people in war-torn Somalia are struggling in conditions close to famine, with hunger and drought due to worsen, United Nations...

A well for the School in Mbouambe-Lefini has been drilled. The well is 58 meter deep and provides 100,000 liters drinking water per day! More than enough for schoolchildren and the village around. Solar panels and pump on the way...

The fact that the world is facing several major humanitarian crises now and that Somalia scores higher on the statistics than before, has led to less attention and thus less funding to the country. It is not right that...

Beletweyne is the most populated district in Hiran region, located along the Shabelle River, 315 km northeast of Mogadishu. Beletweyne District like other districts in central and southern Somalia continues to suffer from recurrent conflicts between rivalry groups. The...

The people in Galkayo, Somalia are very pleased to have received a vocational school in the city Yme’s coordinator, José Manhique, has spent a lot of time to drill teachers in the subjects of electricity, plumbing and bricklaying. The...

Last weekend the Entrepeneur Gunstein Lindtveit inVegarshei celebrated 70 years. Instead of gifts for himself , he wanted a gift for the Vegarshei well . A water plant that will be operated with solar energy at the school in...

Yme and their partners NorSom and GSA have been granted 10 million NOK for water projects in Somalia in 2014. There will be several new wells in central Somalia, many will also be rehabilitated. An important factor in this...

A little delayed, but but school is soon ready to welcome students. December 26 Ymes training coordinator Jose Tchelene Manhique travels to Somalia to coordinate the vocational training there. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

We have for a long time wanted to buy a truck for the drilling team in the Congo project. Many have supported this fundraising and we are really thankfull for all the support! Thank you to all who helped!...

Yme CEO Geir Ommundsen is back in Goma. It is six years since Yme worked here. – Now we want to find a good partner to help. This time with vocational school so that people here can can rebuild...

After 20 years of war, many young Somalis have no education and no job. Many youngsters therefore end up within military groups or  in the pirate community. Our partner Ethembeni in South Africa has developed an education model to...

In 2007-2008 Yme drilled 15 wells in Mozambique. These wells have provided clean water to thousands of people and the health situation in the area is significantly improved. Some of the wells need upgrading. The local water commitee has ...

On March 4 2012 an ammunition storage exploded in Brazzaville. Over 300 people were killed and a large residential area was totally damaged. Many thousands of people homeless. Geir Ommundsen of Yme is now in Congo Brazzaville to work...

 The region of Hiiraan is a densely populated region south of Gaguduud. They have received little attention from international organizations and have had few humanitarian activities. Together with our partners GSA and NorSom we have drilled a well in...