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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

OFF TO A GOOD START
OFF TO A GOOD START
After a difficult year, OYO is proud to announce it is back on track. It is starting the year with various projects: • Thanks to board members of’ the Horizon Trust, it is returning to schools in Windhoek, to follow up on cases it has seen in 2025, •...
CELEBRATING THE 16-DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
CELEBRATING THE 16-DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. ...
OYO premiered ‘a little prince in Namibia’ at the National Theatre of Namibia
OYO premiered ‘a little prince in Namibia’ at the National Theatre of Namibia
This year, thanks to support from the French Consulate in South Africa and in partnership with the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) and the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) OYO staged ‘a little prince in Namibia’ – an adaptation of renown Fren...
Best of OYO – a success
Best of OYO – a success
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation, foundly known as OYO, is a Namibian NGO aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts . One if its projecs is the renown OYO dance troupe, the first and still to date only dance company in Namibia employing danc...
WE NEED YOUR HELP
WE NEED YOUR HELP
The beginning of the year is always quite hectic for OYO - as most grants end in December and we usually don’t hear about new grants till March/ April. This year, we started with three grants - 2 signed and 1 to be signed 31st January. While we don’t...
CELEBRATING THE 16-DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN WINDHOEK AND OKAHANDJA
CELEBRATING THE 16-DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN WINDHOEK AND OKAHANDJA
‘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...
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