About OCA
Organisation for Community Action (OCA) is a non-political, non-religious, not-for-profit-making community-based organisation established in 2001 in Lira, Northern Uganda to mobilise resources to implement strategic demand-driven community development initiatives geared towards improving the standard of living of the rural subsistence farmers through multi-sectoral intervention for sustainable household livelihood..
OCA operates in the districts of Lira, Alebtong, Kole and Maracha (West Nile) supporting over 2,500 households with practical knowledge and skills in sustainable agriculture, gender, household health, savings and credit and other socio-economic development projects.
Farmers Day : 14th October
It’s a day all the farmers working with OCA gather to host this annual event during which farmer households and Groups showcase their achievements and share their success stories.They also display and sell their products and produce of the year. All these are a result of OCA intervention through a series of training topics conducted by OCA staff. On this day, farmers talk about OCA programme and its impact on their lives. This is the day that the farmers also sell some of their farm products while those doing small scale businesses sell their stock.
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community challenges
People are trapped in a cycle of poverty-aid-dependence with seemingly no way to break out of this cycle and become self-sufficient.
meaning they survive hand-to-mouth, growing enough food for a day’s meal
farming is heavy yet these women work 12-18 hrs
so much life not given a chance to life
