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CREATING SOCIAL AWARENESS

AMONGST THE YOUTH

THROUGH ARTS

OMBETJA YEHINGA ORGANISATION

Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) is a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness among young people using Arts.

MISSION

The organisation aims at using the arts - both visual and performing – to create awareness and mitigate the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other social problems such as domestic violence, rape, and the abuse of alcohol and other drugs amongst the youth of Namibia.

VISION

OYO’s vision is to develop a society in which there is broad access to information and the arts. By developing their creative skills, young people empower themselves to make informed choices, and thus become more prosperous, increase their life expectancy, and improve the quality of their live.

PROJECTS & TOOLS

An overview of the 4 tools that we use to create projects among the youth in Namibia

  • OYO Magazine

    OYO Magazine

    The ‘OYO, young, latest and cool’ magazine is the oldest OYO project. The first issue was produced in 2002. It started as a 4-page newsletter and is now a 73-page glossy magazine.

  • OYO Dance Troupe

    OYO Dance Troupe

    The OYO Dance Troupe is a branch of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation Trust. Created in 2008, it followed on from the success of OYO’s production ‘The Namibian Odysseus’.

  • OYO Films

    OYO Films

    Since 2006, OYO has produced various educational DVDs and developed a unique approach to inviting young people (18 to 23-year-old) and having them engage in writing workshops.

  • OYO Youth Groups

    OYO Youth Groups

    OYO has since 2006 been working with unemployed out-of-school youth groups and trained them in theatre, dancing and singing. Training is always done under a specific theme relevant to the youth of Namibia.

News

News around Ombetja Yehinga Organisation

‘BE A LADY’ AND ‘BE A MAN’
‘BE A LADY’ AND ‘BE A MAN’
‘BE A LADY’ AND ‘BE A MAN’ – OYO’S LATEST PRODUCTIONS – WILL HAVE THEIR WORLD PREMIERE AT THE GARDEN ROUTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA IN JULY 2022 Gender-based violence (GBV) is a burning issue in Namibia and has been for the past de...
‘KAPANA’ RECIPIENT OF THREE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
‘KAPANA’ RECIPIENT OF THREE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)’s films won three international awards in March 2022. ‘Kapana’ is the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Free to be me HIVOS Award at the Roze Filmdagen LGBT film festival in Amsterdam, the Nethe...
OYO dance troupe resumes its tours
OYO dance troupe resumes its tours
After two years with barely any performances, the OYO dance troupe could resume touring schools. It had a tour in the ||Kharas region where it presented its repertoire on alcohol and drug abuse, including the new piece ‘Alive?’ and the new version of...
‘KAPANA’ WINS
‘KAPANA’ WINS
‘KAPANA’ WON BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA CINEMA FESTIVAL IN ITALY AND BEST DIRECTOR AT THE NORTH EAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE UK ‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)’s films, has just won Best Feature Film ...
‘VOYAGE VOYAGE – An exploration of our relation to movement with French Dancer Krees’
‘VOYAGE VOYAGE – An exploration of our relation to movement with French Dancer Krees’
The OYO dance troupe's last public performance was in March 2020, just before the COVID19 pandemic outbreak. For the OYO dancers, like for many other people, the COVID19 has meant a restriction in movement – both physically (touching or not touching ...
||Kharas Youth Arts Performing Festival
||Kharas Youth Arts Performing Festival
After two years and four postponed dates, the first-ever ||Kharas Youth Arts Performing Festival could take place in Keetmanshoop. Over the years, with support from Stichting Horizon, OYO has worked with four talented youth groups in the region: the ...
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