Bringing Hope to Okere, One Smile At a Time
Starting in 2024, we started holding dental outreach services that shall target 1,000 local residents in Okere each year. This is made...
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Okere City
- Feb 17
- 5 min
Okere Land and its people
In Leb Lango, the language of the Lango people, the word 'Okere' means a newborn baby. Yet, the origin of this name is laced with a...
Okere City
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Celebrating Little Wins from Our First PLE Results in 2024
As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc globally and schools across Uganda remained closed rural children found themselves deprived of...
Okere City
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Okere Solar Smart Village
In our baseline survey conducted in 2020 to evaluate the socio-economic conditions in Okere, it was evident that energy poverty stands...
Okere City
- Jan 12
- 6 min
"Do Not Uproot The Pumpkin": Okot P'Bitek Legacy Seminar At Cornell University
L-R: Ber Anena, Prof. Juliane Okot Bitek, Prof. Sam Imbo On March 28, 2024, in collaboration with the Institute for African Development...
Okere City
- Jan 11
- 2 min
2023 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT
2023 ANNUAL REPORT 2023 The year 2023 marked another remarkable chapter for us. We ventured into innovative creative arts projects,...
Okere City
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Joshua's Future Lit by Rainbow Fostering
In October 2023, Jackeline and her husband Uchenna, employed at Rainbow Fostering in the UK, paid a visit to Okere to witness our...
Okere City
- Jan 3
- 4 min
Reflections from My Artist Residency in Okere – Mary Favour
Earlier this year, I participated in The Art for Civic Engagement (ACE) Residency in Okere City, Uganda, in collaboration with KQ Hub...
Okere City
- Dec 28, 2023
- 3 min
Empowering Dreams: Okere Community School Celebrates Second Graduation Ceremony
On Nov 25th 2023, a momentous event that took occured under the radiant sun and the blowing winds of Okere, the Okere Community School...
Okere City
- Dec 1, 2023
- 3 min
The Significance of Shea Butter to Rural Women in Okere
A comprehensive examination of the Shea butter value chain in Okere remains incomplete without a thorough exploration of the vital role...
Okere City
- Nov 18, 2023
- 3 min
Why We Invest in Early Childhood Development
In September and October 2015, Uwezo Uganda at Twaweza carried out their sixth household-based assessment of learning outcomes in 112...
Ojok Okello
- Oct 11, 2023
- 9 min
Olelo, the Lion Slayer
Allow me to share a heartwarming tale of Olelo Coo-roc, a beloved figure in Okere whose remarkable journey came to a peaceful close in...
Okere City
- Aug 18, 2023
- 12 min
The Meaning of Sustainability (In Practice)
The second Okere Summit for Sustainable Development was held between 23 and 28 Jan 2023 in Okere City, Otuke parish, Otuke district in...
Okere City
- Jun 2, 2023
- 4 min
REFLECTIONs ON SONG OF LAWINO AND ECHOES OF LAWINO
BY: ZZIWA ZINABALA I was recalling Tess of the d’Urbervilles, a very subtle novel by Thomas Hardy that was adapted for screenplay by BBC....
Okere City
- May 29, 2023
- 7 min
A Review of Okot p'Bitek’s ‘Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol’
BY DORINE KANAIZA I first read Okot’s poem back in 2015 when I was a first-year student at the University of Nairobi. A good book never...
Okere City
- May 28, 2023
- 2 min
Bringing p'BITEK's “Song of Lawino” to Theatre.
By Kitaka Wa Kavalu Okot p’Bitek is a name that rings a bell, not just in Uganda, East Africa, or Africa but also on the literary globe....
Okere City
- May 15, 2023
- 2 min
OKERE Shea Butter Massage Therapy
Magical Shea Butter: Did you know that Shea butter is one of, if not the best massage body butter? Shea butter is enriched with...
Okere City
- May 12, 2023
- 1 min
Okere City
- May 11, 2023
- 11 min
A Recap of the Inaugural ACE Residency Program
In March 2023, we partnered with the KQ Hub Africa to organize the first-ever arts for civic engagement residency program. We advertised...
Okere City
- Apr 16, 2023
- 3 min
Meet OUR FIRST INAUGURAL ACE Residents
During the last two weeks of April 2023, we shall be delighted to host four artists for the ACE-Residency programme in Okere. The arts...
Okere City
- Mar 14, 2023
- 4 min
OPEN CALL: Arts for Civic-Engagement in Okere (ACE) Residency
Background Arts are a proven immutable cultural institution for the people of Okere. Most relevant to this residency for its capabilities...
Okere City
- Mar 4, 2023
- 7 min
Meet Our Inaugural P.7 CLASS OF 2023
We are delighted to introduce our inaugural P7 Class of 2023. They are 17 pupils from Okere and other neighboring villages. Out of the 17...
Okere City
- Feb 19, 2023
- 2 min
Our 2022 Annual Impact Report - A Snippet
Happiest regards from Okere City! 2022 was a rollercoaster. We rose over and above our expectations, making sure that indeed, we continue...
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