“I love the centre – the Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre. I left a lot of work behind me. I left the luxury of the music industry, I left the comfort of a missional community which meant everything to me and I left my mom, the only inspiration that keeps me moving. Being warmly welcomed by the CPAR Uganda Program Assistant and the Team Leader, for once I felt it was a happy home away from home. Leaving my home town to come for this training was part of the sacrifices I made to fulfill my dreams …,” writes Ocero.

He writes of his first day at the CPAR Youth Media Training, which started last month, November 2025, training youth, such as he into Media Change Agents who are skilled behavioral change communicators.

Four weeks of intensive residential training later, from 1st December 2025, he embarks on the second part of his training journey – fieldwork. Applying and practicing lessons learned for the benefit of the community among which he lives.

His exciting human development journey would have not been possible without the generous legacy grant from kin of late Dr. Paul Hargrave via Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR).

CLICK HERE to learn more about our Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Centre Human Development Project, jointly implemented by CPAR and CPAR Uganda.

Watch this space for up-dates on his learning journey, while at the same time he stimulates positive change for the greater good of the wider community in which he lives in Northern Uganda.