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==History==
==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/> 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>
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==

Revision as of 03:50, 20 August 2018

Ocer Campion Jesuit College
Location
Map
Gulu, Uganda
Information
TypeCatholic school
Motto"Beyond Academic Excellence"
Established2010; 15 years ago (2010)
PresidentFr. Tony Wach, SJ
GenderCoeducational
Dean of studentsJohnmary Kirangwa
Websiteocercampion.org
[1][2]

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.[3] 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,[4] and from an American Schools and Hospitals Abroad grant of US$500,000 for a home economics and dining facility, among other buildings.[5] Facilities include dormitories for boys and for girls and classroom buildings.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Through visiting interns from the United States, health services are offered to the school and surrounding community.[9]

OCER Campion Jesuit College campus shots
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  • Overview of campus
    Overview of campus
  • Blessed Seelor Hall OCER
    Blessed Seelor Hall OCER
  • Joseph Hall facade
    Joseph Hall facade
  • Ignatius Hall OCER
    Ignatius Hall OCER
  • Joseph Hall OCER
    Joseph Hall OCER
  • Water tower at OCER
    Water tower at OCER

References

  1. ^ "Who we are". 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.easternafricajesuits.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Ocer-Campion.pdf
  3. ^ "The Plan". ocercampion.org. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ^ "OCER". www.campionforever.org. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ^ "ASHA, USAID 2011 Report. Accessed 1 April 2016" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Ocer Campion, Uganda". www.jesuitmissions.ie. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Turning sewage into fresh water: Eco-ponds at Ocer Campion Jesuit College, Uganda | Ecology and Jesuits in Communication". www.ecojesuit.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ^ "A Discussion with John Mary Kirangwa, Dean of Students and Teacher, OCER Campion Jesuit College, Gulu, Uganda". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Uganda". www.kumc.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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