The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) dance troupe performed its repertoire pieces ‘Another party with Helen’ and ‘Value thy Earth’ and held the public premiere of ‘Finlandia’ on Wednesday 22 February at...
U=U CAMPAIGN
The Ministry of Health and Social Services decided around World AIDS Day to launch the U=U campaign (Undetectable = Untransmittable). This is an important milestone in the fight against HIV/AIDS. People...
WHEN NIGERIA MEETS NAMIBIA – A DANCE EXPERIENCE
The Ombetja Yehinga Organization Trust invited the public to the premiere of a new dance performance by the OYO dance troupe on 24 August 2022, 19:00 at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre....
THE CARING NAMIBIAN MAN’ PHOTO EXHIBITION
The Ombetja Yehinga Organization Trust is inviting the public to the opening of an audio and photographic exhibition on 13 August 2022, 18:00 at the Goethe-Institut Namibia Auditorium. Entry is free....
‘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...
‘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...
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...
‘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...
‘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...
||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...
