MEET OUR FOUNDERS

Jordan ocen, founder

Called at the young age of 4, Jordan Ocen (formerly Sharp) is an African American from Atlanta, GA with a heart for the nations and specifically, Northern Uganda. At that age, she was moved by the burdens of underprivileged children in Africa. In the eighth grade, she became passionate about the sufferings of the LRA War, specifically in Gulu, Uganda. In 2014, during her junior year at Spelman College and a study abroad in the country to learn about the effects of that war, she realized her place of belonging: Gulu. Today, she resides there with her native Ugandan husband and Co-Founder, Ocen. She considers Gen House as the journey of her testimony through growing up without a dad. As a hopeful response, the two now care for orphans there out of the empathy of their fatherless lives and serve to develop their rural village called Acutomer (the site of Gen House).

Ocen Francis, Co-Founder

Ocen is an incredible theologian that has been passionate about The Gospel since the age of 5. He grew up in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, the district most devastated by the LRA War. Still, his life has become an inspiring testimony of survival and great faith after losing both parents and his eldest sister during the time of that war. His moving stories of triumph sparked the very first conversation with Jordan during her study abroad in 2014, covering much of their shared pains of growing up orphaned. Today, he is a graduate of African Bible University, where his degree in Biblical Studies has added fuel to his mission to share Biblical truth in Northern Uganda. He is also married to Jordan and together, they serve Gen House to proclaim the redemption of all people as orphans without God as their Father.