Culture & Art

OJAI employs art (acting, dancing, singing, poetry, spoken word, drumming) to foster sustainable communities, intercultural exchange, and thriving slums/estates in our country.

CSR Activities

OJAI spearheads community driven development initiatives and CSR activities including donations to needy community groups and tree planting.

About Us

Okoa Jamii Arts Initiative is a Community-Based Organization, Non-Profit, and Non-Governmental Organization established in August 2022 to assist in spearheading community driven development initiatives and enabling needy community groups to participate in integrated activities (art) to achieve quality livelihood and self-sufficiency. OJAI employs art (acting, dancing, singing, poetry, spoken word, drumming) to foster sustainable communities, intercultural exchange, and thriving slums/estates in our country.

OJAI promotes empowerment and intercultural exchange among Kenyan and international communities (short and long-term volunteering), youth mobility, social inclusion, arts and physical activities, community development, and peace promotion for the sake of unity.

Our Activities

Community Awareness

Raise community awareness of social protection and justice.

Reinforcement & Enhancement

Reinforcement and enhancement of those in family, community, or civilization's shared sense of identity, such as festive occasions, dances, important holidays or events.

Community Mobilization

Mobilize community for personal expression (mental, social and spiritual)

Spirituality

To express spiritual beliefs about the fate of life being controlled by a higher power

Community Education

Educate the community in the use of symbols and signs to demonstrate knowledge that cannot be expressed in words.

Enhance Identity

Reinforce and strengthen a sense of identity and ideological attachment to specific political views, parties, and/or individuals.

Our Target Group

OJAI's target group includes orphans, youths, vulnerable children and street kids, people living with HIV and AIDS, people with mental problems, people with disabilities, widows, men and women who live in Uasin Gishu county and its environs.