The OPPF Poetry competition is a chance to show case young peoples’ ideas about issues that matter.
Young people are critical in advancing gender equity and in stopping the cycle of violence against women in particular. OPPF encourages young people to take leadership by participating and speaking out!

OPPF believes that the development of young leaders is essential to the work of eradicating discrimination, social injustice and poverty. The OPPF high school competition is inspired by the Founder Osoronko Nana- Yabani who in 1986 delivered a poem in the General assembly on “Peace Building”! To participate click on the title above for further information and themes

  By building a Battered Women’s Centre in Kenya, OPPF is Responding to the Suffering and Unmet Needs of Women and Girls Exposed to Violence and Danger. The Battered Women’s Centre is an innovative and holistic approach responding to women’s and children’s immediate practical, physical and psychological needs. The simultaneous provision of vocational and educational [...]

For every new OPPF member,  we will have a brick made with their name on it. These personalised bricks will make up a wall in the Battered Women’s Centre in Kenya: the ‘Wall of Support’. This wall will remind the women and children rehabilitating there, that there are people in the world that believe in [...]