Ogiek’s inaugural participation in International Museum Day,2019 celebrations
For the first time, members of Ogiek community participated in commemorating this year’s International National Museums Day at the Hyrax Museum Hill in Nakuru, Kenya. The May 17,2019 event, selected 17...
View ArticleTurning Ogiek youth into competitive Kenyan citizens
Many of Ogiek youth are yet to establish careers in either formal or informal sector due to limited access to information and resources. This is despite of being part of generation regarded as crucial...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Project -Kenya Partners’ Meeting.
In a bid to fulfil Sustainable Development Goal 7 on Clean and Affordable Energy, Kenya is working towards utilization of 100% renewable energy supply by 2030. This energy will mainly be generated from...
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SECURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LAND AND TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN AFRICA
CBI 5 members during the workshop SECURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LAND AND TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN AFRICA The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global membership network whose main objective is to...
View ArticleHerbalism; the Ogiek art of saving lives and conserving forests
Herbalism; the Ogiek art of saving lives and conserving forests In the last few years, Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP), has been spearheading the Ogiek community in culture preservation and...
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United for Land Rights: Ogiek Community celebrates 6th Anniversary of...
Six years ago; May 26th, 2017, the Ogiek community achieved a historic legal victory when the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights recognized their rights to their ancestral lands in Kenya’s Mau...
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Reflecting on the 5th Ogiek Cultural Festival
With heartfelt gratitude and a profound sense of shared accomplishment, we pause to reflect upon the recently concluded 5th Ogiek Cultural Festival. This extraordinary event, themed “Ogiek Cultural...
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LAUNCH OF THE WOMEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH...
The CECM Youth, Gender, Culture, Sports and Social Services handing over the Project to the Gender Officer OPDP, Ms. Eunice Chepkemoi alongside the CO Gender Nakuru County, Hon. Gladys Kamuren and a...
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REDEFINING THE PLACE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WOMEN AND YOUTH IN THE CLIMATE...
Participants of the Indigenous women and youth training on climate change and land governance in Burundi, March 2024 The Regional Platform on Indigenous peoples (RP 5) is one of the member-led...
View ArticleSTATEMENT ON BEHALF OF OGIEK PEOPLES’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (OPDP) AT THE 79th...
Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, state delegates, ladies and gentlemen. Chairperson, We, the Ogiek Peoples Development Program (OPDP), bring forth this statement to the African Commission on...
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