Okere Community Development Project
Okere City is a community-based social enterprise on a mission to build the first sustainable rural city in Africa through comprehensive, holistic, and integrated participatory rural development approaches.
Why we love them
Okere’s model is especially exciting because it is tied to a core belief in using local and indigenous knowledge and resources as part of development efforts to transform society.
In the News
- Okere City was featured in the Theatre Times article The Echoes of Lawino Reverberate in Uganda.
- Okere City founder Ojok Okello was selected for the 2023 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship at Cornell University.
- Okere City was featured in the CGTN Africa segment Okere Town ignites development in Northern Uganda.
- Okere City was featured in the tndNews article Okere City recognised best cultural tourism destination in the country.
