LAUNCH OF THE WOMEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROJECT IN  PARTNERSHIP WITH USAID, FSC-IF, IPARD AND FSC.

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 representative from the Ogiek women. Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP) on 8th Monday,2024 launched a project on promoting socio-economic empowerment among Ogiek women […]

Ogiek Cultural Festival

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 Linkage with Nature,” served as a lasting testament to Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP) resolute commitment to cultural preservation, the cultivation of unity, and the empowerment of […]

United for Land Rights: Ogiek Community celebrates 6th Anniversary of Landmark Ruling by the African Court

United for Land Rights: Ogiek Community celebrates 6th Anniversary of Landmark Ruling by the African Court

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 Forest Complex. This ruling affirmed their status as Indigenous Peoples[1] and their role as custodians of the Mau ecosystem. On May 26th, […]