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'''Ocer Campion Jesuit College''' is a co-educational, boarding high school opened by the [[Jesuits]] in 2010 in war-torn northern [[Uganda]]. It accepts students from all parts of the country and envisions training leaders who can unite the country. |
'''Ocer Campion Jesuit College''' is a co-educational, boarding high school opened by the [[Jesuits]] in 2010 in war-torn northern [[Uganda]]. It accepts students from all parts of the country and envisions training leaders who can unite the country. |
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==Founding== |
==Founding== |
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The school sits on 98.5 acres donated by a local family.<ref>[http://ocercampion.org/ThePlan.php Land donation. Accessed 27 November 2016.]</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>[http://www.campionforever.org/newsletterfiles/1-13/OCER/OCER_Nov2012.html MilwaukeeAlumni. Accessed 1 May 2016.]</ref> and from an [[American Schools and Hospitals Abroad]] grant.<ref>[https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/2011%20USAID-ASHA-Annual%20Report.pdf ASHA. Accessed 1 April 2016.]</ref> Facilities include dormitories for boys and for girls and classroom buildings.<ref>[http://www.jesuitmissions.ie/schools/ocer-campion-uganda JesMissions. Accessed 1 May 2016.]</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>[http://www.ecojesuit.com/turning-sewage-into-fresh-water-eco-ponds-at-ocer-campion-jesuit-college-uganda/1775/ EcoJesuit. Accessed 1 May 2016.]</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/> Through visiting interns from the United States, health services are offered to the school and surrounding community.<ref>[http://www.kumc.edu/international-programs/outbound-programs/kumc-international-educational-experience/international-educational-experience-locations/uganda-son.html KUMedCenter. Accessed 1 May 2016.]</ref> |
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==Vision== |
==Vision== |
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Revision as of 23:16, 27 November 2016
| Ocer Campion Jesuit College | |
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Gulu, Uganda | |
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| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Motto | "Learn, love & serve" |
| Denomination | All faiths |
| Established | 2010 |
| President | Fr. Tony Wach, SJ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 130 |
| Dean of students | Johnmary Kirangwa |
| Website | OCERCampion |
| File:OCERSign.png | |
Ocer Campion Jesuit College is a co-educational, boarding high school opened by the Jesuits in 2010 in war-torn northern Uganda. It accepts students from all parts of the country and envisions training leaders who can unite the country.
Founding
The school sits on 98.5 acres donated by a local family.[1] It is envisaged that Ocer Campion will accommodate about 1200 students, in an area emerging from 20 years of war. Funds for the school have come from Jesuit headquarters in Rome and in East Africa, from Campion Alumni in Milwaukee,[2] and from an American Schools and Hospitals Abroad grant.[3] Facilities include dormitories for boys and for girls and classroom buildings.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] Through visiting interns from the United States, health services are offered to the school and surrounding community.[7]
Vision
Many students have come from IDP camps where they roamed without discipline. The school offers a year of primary education to prepare students for high school. Transforming student behavior and forming character is an important goal of the school. Each teacher mentors about 10 students. The school takes in students from the war-torn north of Uganda as well as from the south to create understanding and unify these different parts of society through "Ndugu/brotherhood". Colonialism divided the people but English now serves as a language that can unite them. Students of various clans and skin colors learn that they are much the same and can get along together. The ultimate goal of the school would be to train future leaders for the country who will be upright and shun corruption. The school's motto is "learn, love & serve."[6]
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Environmental group meeting on campus
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Overview of campus
