Okere City
When Lango Women's Aspirations Visited Us
As we closed down the curtains of 2022, a group of incredible Lango women on a journey to support each other and give back to communities...
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OKERE CITY BLOG
Okere City
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Our Rise-Up (YAA-MALU) Women Tailoring Center
Photo Credit: @Robin Letellier Since its inception in 2019, we have made significant toward towards elevating the standards of well-being...
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Olila Steven
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
Why We Invest in Functional Adult Literacy!
Uganda has made remarkable progress in education and literacy over the years. Accordingly, adult literacy rate in Uganda currently states...
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Olila Steven
- Nov 11, 2022
- 8 min
Field Notes during a Visit at Baralegi Presidential Demonstration Farm
It was a bee hive of activity today at Okere city project as our learners at Aero-Kwan functional adult education program had a field...
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Olila Steven
- Oct 26, 2022
- 7 min
Aero-Kwan IS THE BEST FAL class
Among the many of the programs Okere City, functional adult literacy is part of it. Aero-Kwan functional adult literacy class bring...
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Okere City
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
Okere Women WON THE Rural Women’s Day Award
The 2022 International Rural Women’s Day shall forever be etched in Okere women’s memory. A group of women who belong to Aero-Kwan...
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Okere City
- Sep 5, 2022
- 3 min
Advancing Early Childhood Development in Okere
In September and October 2015, Uwezo Uganda at Twaweza conducted their sixth household-based assessment of learning outcomes in 112...
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Okere City
- Aug 11, 2022
- 6 min
Amidst Impossible Odds, Opio Still Dreams to Become a Celebrated Sculptor
You could have seen the Mahogany sculpture depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at Our Lady of Africa Mbuya Catholic Church. Did...
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Okere City
- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
How Okere City is investing through skilling rural people
An adult education class in Okere. Photo Credit: Zahara Abdul Civilization and humanity advance only if people can access relevant skills...
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Okere City
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
UNBANKABLES - TRAILER
The Canadian Film Producer Luke Wilms paid us a courtesy visit to learn about our village bank model. You can watch the trailer of the...
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Okere City
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
RESEARCH REPORT: SHEA BUTTER IN OKERE - A GIFT FROM NATURE
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT: SHEA BUTTER IN OKERE The importance of Shea to the socio-economic realities of the people in Okere cannot be...
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Okere City
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
BUSINESS PLAN: OKERE SHEA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
We have an ambitous plan to position Okere Shea Cooperative as one of the best Shea butter producers in the world. Download the Business...
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Okere City
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
"Thank You, Charles Opio" - Okere Shea Cooperators
In 2020, we registered Okere Shea Cooperative Society, a significant feat in our attempt to position Shea nuts as a key economic...
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Okere City
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
“We will never Cut Shea Trees Again” – Okere Community
Collin, one of the women in Okere who derives her livelihood from collecting Shea nuts, making and selling Shea oil. Shea trees, which...
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Ojok Okello
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
Meet Ajok, the Lone Female Member of Okere Boxing Club
Agnes Ajok is the only female member of Okere Boxing Club. Her passion for kickboxing and taekwondo dates back to 2015 when she was...
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Ojok Okello
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
RESTORING THE LOST DREAMS OF OKERE's YOUTH THROUGH BOXING
We are excited about our newest project - Okere Boxing Club. Let me tell you a little story behind this boxing and kick boxing club. Over...
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Ojok Okello
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
We ARE CHAMPIONING THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS in Okere
When I started Okere City, it was very clear to me that dwelling on the plethora of challenges that riddle my community was out of the...
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Ojok Okello
- Sep 17, 2020
- 5 min
Starting a Co-op Journey to Build a Shea Movement in Okere
Cooperative societies have traditionally been used as vehicle for facilitating rural reforms and agrarian transformations world over. In...
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Okere City
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Shea Butter for Your Hair
The natural hair movement is here. And more so among the African women. From the streets of Kampala, to Nairobi, Cape Town and Lagos, you...
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Okere City
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
Call me Ojok Okello from Okere City
Together with the community members, we make our work the bedrock upon which the dreams, hopes and prosperous future of our village are...
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