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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

News

News around Ombetja Yehinga Organisation

‘What I will see as violence, the other culture sees as belief.’ Since end 2021, OYO has developed tools to help young people understand constructs around masculinity and femininity and reflect on how GBV affect them. They include the photo exhibitio...
In a lavish ceremony taking place in Burkina Faso on Saturday 16 November, Alejandro Cooper who plays young Lukas in Philippe Talavera’s film ‘Lukas’ scooped the award for Best Youngest African Actor. Cooper walked among la crème de la crème of the A...
Today the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) launched the comic book ‘Peace Girl’ at the National Institute for Special Education in Khomasdal, in the presence of ministry officials, ambassadors, various guests and the learners from the school for th...
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (born October 25, 1881, in Spain – died April 8, 1973, in France) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most-influential artists of the 20th century. Known worldwide as...
Following its successful premiere at Ster Kinekor Grove Mall on 01 February 2024 ‘Lukas’, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) latest film, will make history as being the first Namibian film to screen in cinemas in both Namibia (Ster Kinekor Grove ...
Since 2020, people have focussed on COVID-19 and forgotten about HIV. When interviewing young people, OYO found out that they know little about HIV and often don’t know their HIV status.  Thanks to support from the Mercury Phoenix Foundation and...

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