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About Us
Our story
In 2001, Obaya Community Association (OCA), started working in three villages in Apala Sub-County. The founder had mobilised the three villages to organise themselves into an association so that they could raise the little resources they had to start a day care for children below primary school-going age. The children would gather in a local church where some volunteer caregivers engage them in plays while their parents concentrated on farming.
OCA’s work suffered a setback in the same year when the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) intensified its attacks in the villages. All OCA activities stalled. However, in 2008, the association resumed its work and later registered at the district level as a bigger organisation looking at district-wide activities.
Vision
An empowered and poverty free community.
Mission
To improve community well-being through multi-sectoral intervention for sustainable livelihoods
Goal
To improve on the socio-economic conditions of poor marginalised communities.
More about OCA
OCA then received funding in 2009, a support from International Refugee Trust (IRT-UK) to support resettlement of the communities in Aloi Sub-County. In 2010, the organisation also received funding from the Commonwealth Foundation to resettle communities in Apala Sub County.
In 2011, the organisation changed its focus from relief and rehabilitation to sustainable development programme using an approach then called Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) which was then renamed to StepUP in 2014, a programme that has brought OCA onto the map with continued support from IRT-UK. In the same year, the organisation rebranded itself from Obaya Community Association to Organisation for Community Action (OCA). In 2016, the organisation registered with NGO Board as an indigenous organisation.
- Project strategies
Empowering Communities
Our Projects
Commercial agricultue
OCA promotes sustainable agriculture by encouraging organic farming. Farmers have been trained on sustainable organic farming based on the traditional methods they know.
Environmental conservation
OCA has provided beneficiaries with trees and trained them on organic farming as well as best agronomic practices to conserve the environment and climate
Small-scale business development
With support from IRT, we are helping to get these small businesses off the ground, allowing budding entrepreneurs to strive for a sustainable future.
Savings and credit schemes
Over 80% of the registered farmers keenly save and run family business. They were trained in management of savings and loans; record keeping and leadership.
Safe water
Through the construction of boreholes, OCA has been able to improve the safe water system in rural areas.
Education
OCA through IRT has provided scholarships and supported girl child education and many have been able to get quality education and be able to create jobs-self employed as well get employed hence sustainability.
Our Partners
