diff --git a/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/blockify/ourWork.js b/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/blockify/ourWork.js
index 7bfa2ea2c..56860cdff 100644
--- a/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/blockify/ourWork.js
+++ b/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/blockify/ourWork.js
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ import { getProjects } from "@/codeforafrica/lib/data/utils/projects";
 async function ourWork(block, api, context) {
   const { query } = context;
   const data = await getProjects(api, query);
+  const { docs } = await api.getCollection("tag");
+  const tags = docs.map(({ name }) => name);
 
   return {
+    tags,
     ...block,
     ...data,
     slug: block.blockType,
diff --git a/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/utils/projects.js b/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/utils/projects.js
index 8ec2a36e1..9cb4f8887 100644
--- a/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/utils/projects.js
+++ b/apps/codeforafrica/src/lib/data/utils/projects.js
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-const orQueryBuilder = (fields, search) => {
-  if (!search) {
-    return [];
+function getQuery(fields, query) {
+  const { q, tag } = query;
+  const whereQuery = {
+    or: q ? fields.map((field) => ({ [field]: { like: q } })) : [],
+  };
+  if (tag) {
+    whereQuery["tag.name"] = {
+      like: tag,
+    };
   }
-  return fields.map((field) => ({ [field]: { like: search } }));
-};
+  return whereQuery;
+}
 
 export async function getProjects(api, params) {
-  const { page: queryPage = 1, q } = params;
-  const fields = ["name", "title", "tags", "tagLine"];
-  const orQuery = orQueryBuilder(fields, q);
+  const { page: queryPage = 1 } = params;
+  const fields = ["name", "title", "tag.name", "tagLine"];
   const options = {
     limit: 6,
     page: queryPage,
-    where: {
-      or: orQuery,
-    },
+    where: getQuery(fields, params),
   };
   const {
     docs: results,
diff --git a/apps/codeforafrica/src/payload/collections/Projects.js b/apps/codeforafrica/src/payload/collections/Projects.js
index 2eb969f65..a1ad4aa63 100644
--- a/apps/codeforafrica/src/payload/collections/Projects.js
+++ b/apps/codeforafrica/src/payload/collections/Projects.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const Projects = {
       name: "subtitle",
     }),
     tags({
+      name: "tag",
+      hasMany: false,
       admin: {
         position: "sidebar",
       },