Okere City

About

OKERE CITY

Okere ‘City’ is a community development project founded to undertake, influence and direct holistic rural development initiatives geared towards the elimination of poverty in Okere Parish, Adwari Sub-county, Otuke District.

The Okere City idea is premised on the belief that using comprehensive and holistic participatory rural development approaches to design and implement community development projects can create catalytic rural transformation and sustainable agrarian reforms.

OUR PROJECTS

Environmental Management

We promote environmental conservation and protection through community re-afforestation initiatives.

Community Engagement

We hold community engagements and provide platforms where community members can engage with their local leaders

Early Childhood Development

We started the community school programme with an early childhood development centre because laying a firm foundation is a key pre-requisite for a solid education background

VSLA

We started a VSLA group, comprising mostly of women to fight financial exclusion and strengthen the local economy in Okere

Water and Sanitation (WASH)

We are repairing boreholes, reparing and servicing news, forming and strengthening water management committes to ensure water security in Okere.

Community Sports

We provide sporting facilities and encourage our communities members to actively participate in various sporting activities.

“In just a month, I notice big difference in my granddaughter’s comprehension and socializing abilities. The school is a blessing to our village”.

This is a unique opportunity for my children to get the best education”

“I am calling upon all parents and stakeholders in the school not to give up even when things are tough. If we do so, we shall be letting our children down which is the worst thing a parent can do”

“In my wildest imagination, I never thought my child would ever get the opportunity to get an education like the children who go to schools in Lira town and Kampala. Okere Community School offers such quality education for my child here in Okere and for that, I will do everything within my power to make sure that the school succeeds as a beacon of hope for all our children in this village and beyond”.

“Okere City project has given me the opportunity to serve my community which I deligently do in my capacity as the communications and mobilisation secretary. I am so proud of what we have been able to achieve in a very short period of time. This is a sign of better things that are yet to come because of the project”

“In just a month, I notice big difference in my granddaughter’s comprehension and socializing abilities. The school is a blessing to our village”.

This is a unique opportunity for my children to get the best education”

SPONSOR-A-CHILD

We are looking out for child/children sponsors to enable us continue giving opportunities to brilliant children the opportunity to get quality education at our community school.

Your donation will be matched to a pupil and we shall make every effort to share with you more details about the child and his/her family.

Our hope is that this support will go on to build more interactions, sharing and caring now and beyond. We shall also provide more updates about the life and academic performance of the child receiving your support

CONTACT US TO SPONSOR A CHILD

WHAT OUR SUPPORTERS SAY

The investments Okere city Project is making right now will make the village more prosperous and better prepared to tackle future challenges......Okere City Project project is on a journey to create something different. Something of its kind in the entire Northern Uganda”.

Hon. Silvia Akello, Otuke Woman Member of Parliament

LATEST blogs

LATEST UPDATES

NEW PUBLICATION!

This new report analyses the prospects of Village Bank as a rural development tool in Okere and beyond.

31.05.2020

WE STARTED OKERE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE

The end of May 2020 came with delight for our community members as we opened doors to a health centre that will provide basic health services.

31.05.2020

READ our 2019 annual report

Our journey started in 2019!
We didn't want you to miss any inch of how we rolled, so we pieced together most puzzles in this Annual Report.

06.02.2020

Courtesy visit by maureen agena

Our friend Maureen sacrificed her busy schedules to visit on us on Saturday 01/02/2020. A passionate development communicator and researcher, Maureen visit was an motivating and it also presented us with a learning curve. Our heartfelt gratitude for sparing a moment to spend a quality and worthwhile time with us!

02/02/2020

thank you!

Juliane bing

"I am happy to sponsor Deborah Amolo at Okere Community School because I believe it will give her the opportunity to get the education she deserves”

25/01/2020

THANK YOU!

ANITA ACON

I’m so thankful to the people behind this initiative for giving us an opportunity to make a positive change in our country, one child at a time”.

08.02.2020