Okere City Blog
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 Blog
- Aug 11
- 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 Blog
- Feb 24
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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 Blog
- 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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Okere City Blog
- Jan 7, 2020
- 6 min
Olelo, the Lion Slayer of Okere
This is a true story about Olelo Coo-roc, one of the Okere elderly icons. Once upon time, three lions (a lion, lioness and their little...
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