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...
||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...
‘Ania’ – a tale about teenage pregnancy and illegal abortion
In Namibia, abortion is illegal except under very specific circumstances such as rape. When a girl falls pregnant, it is all too common for men to run away and deny the...
Training Noordoewer Youth Group
OYO has resumed its training of youth groups and started with the Noordoewer Youth group in the south of Namibia (||Karas region). The youth group received a three weeks training from...
‘KAPANA’ IS HEADING TO LOS ANGELES – OFFICIAL SELECTION PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021
‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)’s films, has just been selected to be part of the prestigious Pan African Film Festival 2021 in Los Angeles. From 100 million dollar...
‘KAPANA’ MOVIE HITS THE LOCAL CINEMAS WILL GETTING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) is a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts. OYO’S latest offering ‘Kapana’ successfully premiered at Ster Kinekor, Groove Mall, on Thursday 6...
‘THE MOIRAI’ – NAMIBIAN DANCERS AND ACTORS STANDING AGAINST GBV
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts. Gender-Based Violence has made the headlines lately, with the #shutitalldown movement. People from all walks...
‘KUKURI SELECTED AT THE GARDEN ROUTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
While preparing the premiere of its latest film, ‘Kapana’, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) - a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts – just received the news...
PREMIERE ‘KAPANA’ MOVIE – A RED CARPET EVENT
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) is a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts. Over the years it has developed award-winning movies such as ‘Salute!’ (winner Sotigui Award...
OYO has been selected as an essential service provider
OYO just received its certificate as an essential service provider. We will therefore resume work with half the team, producing easy to understand short clips on COVID19. However, as we are...
LAUNCH ‘AN EVENING WITH YOU’ INITIATIVE
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts, launched its new platform ‘An evening with YOU’ on Wednesday 11 March 2020 at the...
MEDIA STATEMENT: KNOCKING OUT GBV WITH A PIROUETTE
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts, is currently in Oranjemund, ||Kharas region. MTC knock-out project started with a boxing competition that...
