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'''Ocer Campion Jesuit College''' is a co-educational, boarding secondary school opened by the [[Jesuits]] in 2010 in [[Gulu]], [[Uganda]].

==History==
The school sits on 98.5 acres donated by a local family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ocercampion.org/ThePlan.php|title=The Plan|website=ocercampion.org|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> It is envisaged that Ocer Campion will accommodate about 1200 students, in an area emerging from [[Lord's Resistance Army insurgency|20 years of war]]. Funds for the school have come from Jesuit headquarters in Rome and in East Africa, from Campion Alumni in [[Milwaukee]],<ref name="camp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.campionforever.org/newsletterfiles/1-13/OCER/OCER_Nov2012.html|title=OCER|website=www.campionforever.org|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> and from an [[American Schools and Hospitals Abroad]] grant of US$500,000 for a home economics and dining facility, among other buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/2011%20USAID-ASHA-Annual%20Report.pdf|title=ASHA, USAID 2011 Report. Accessed 1 April 2016.|publisher=}}</ref> Facilities include dormitories for boys and for girls and classroom buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jesuitmissions.ie/schools/ocer-campion-uganda|title=Ocer Campion, Uganda|website=www.jesuitmissions.ie|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> The school must be self-sufficient with [[solar-powered]] electricity. It also received help through a UNEP-inspired project for turning sewage into fresh water.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecojesuit.com/turning-sewage-into-fresh-water-eco-ponds-at-ocer-campion-jesuit-college-uganda/1775/|title=Turning sewage into fresh water: Eco-ponds at Ocer Campion Jesuit College, Uganda {{!}} Ecology and Jesuits in Communication|website=www.ecojesuit.com|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> Students tend a farm that accommodates cattle, chickens, pigs, vegetables, grain, and an orchard, along with a pond for fish. There is also a library.<ref name="george">{{Cite web|url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-john-mary-kirangwa-dean-of-students-and-teacher-ocer-campion-jesuit-college-gulu-uganda|title=A Discussion with John Mary Kirangwa, Dean of Students and Teacher, OCER Campion Jesuit College, Gulu, Uganda|website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref> Through visiting interns from the United States, health services are offered to the school and surrounding community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kumc.edu/international-programs/outbound-programs/kumc-international-educational-experience/international-educational-experience-locations/uganda-son.html|title=Uganda|website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=2016-11-28}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Gallery|title=OCER Campion Jesuit College campus shots<br>'''''Click to enlarge.'''''|width=280 |height=150||Environmental group meeting on campus|File:AirViewOCER.png|Overview of campus|File:BlSeelorHallOCER.png|Blessed Seelor Hall OCER|File:JosephFacadeOCER.png|Joseph Hall facade|File:IgnatiusHallOCER.png|Ignatius Hall OCER |File:JosephHallOCER.png|Joseph Hall OCER|File:WaterTankOCER.png|Water tower at OCER|}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://ocercampion.org/}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-john-mary-kirangwa-dean-of-students-and-teacher-ocer-campion-jesuit-college-gulu-uganda|title=A Discussion with John Mary Kirangwa, Dean of Students and Teacher, OCER Campion Jesuit College, Gulu, Uganda|website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu|access-date=2016-11-27}}

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[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools]]
[[Category:Jesuit development centres]]
[[Category:Secondary schools in Uganda]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2010]]

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