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Father, forgive what we have been; inspire what we are; and direct what we shall be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Diocesan Missionary Project is with "Oasis-street children" in India. We are helping by providing money to aid their projects. The Following information is from their web site. Please pray for all those involved with their projects and support them generously. Oasis India The work started out as a small project, based in a garage reaching out to slum children and ragpickers, providing them with food and education. Today Oasis India has 15 projects, 7 in Bangalore and 8 in Mumbai, reaching out to over 900 women and children. These include community development programmes, medical and health care services, literacy and education programmes, vocational training schemes and work amongst people living with HIV/AIDS. Youth work Jeevanaadhar is a weekly club for rag picking boys in Bangalore. The project provides showers, medical care and support for 75 boys. Literacy and numeracy classes are also provided. Plans are underway to start a night shelter for street children. Oasis Wire the World. eAcademies aim to reduce the IT divide between the poor and middle-class by making IT available to the disadvantaged. To find out more, click on Oasis Wire the World from the project menu. Children's work The Ashadeep Day Centre is based in Mumbai and supports about 40 street children. The project prepares the children for school. The first group of children were successfully integrated into local schools last year. The Snehadhan School in Bangalore provides education for children from the slum areas who find it difficult to attend mainstream schools. The project is currently supporting over one hundred and seventy children. Community health and Development
The Ganeshpada project in Mumbai provides literacy and tailoring courses for women, helping them to escape from the poverty trap. The project also includes an HIV awareness programme and a visitation programme for pregnant women in the community. Recently, Oasis has linked with Taj hotels in the area to discuss setting up a women’s kitchen. Women will be taught how to make food that can be sold. The Aruna Project in Mumbai is working with girls trapped in prostitution. A recently launched "halfway home" is helping to rehabilitate the girls through training and support, and seeks to provide them with a viable alternative to the sex trade. Purnata Bhavan is a residential care centre near Mumbai for women and children. The main aim is to rehabilitate women and children back into work and school. An HIV/AIDS awareness programme was also recently launched in the local community. Jeevanilaya is a hostel with 15 young male and female residents. There are plans to start another similar hostel to allow more children to be taken in. Jacob's Well provides young people with skills in tailoring and in the production of saleable goods. In Mumbai the training centre also conducts life skills classes, basic literacy, numeracy and English classes. Paperworks in Bangalore provides training for boys in carpentry, paper mache and screen-printing. The project makes samples for Levi Strauss and a number of local and international companies. For more information and the latest news from Oasis India projects please visit www.oasismumbai.com
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Oasis India was set up in 1994. It is a member of the Oasis International family, and is a partner organisation of Oasis Trust. It began with a group of individuals who had a desire to help the poor and destitute.
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