Who we work with

With children at risk

Across the world, Oasis has twelve different initiatives that work with thousands of children who are vulnerable and at risk of exploitation or abuse.

Through ‘Bambejja’, a project focused on the slum communities of Kampala, Uganda, Oasis is helping to transform the lives of girls who are at risk of abuse, poverty and life on the streets.

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oasis works in partnership with the Church of Bangladesh, serving a slum community with a population of over 10,000 people. Many of the children are at risk of being exploited.

With vulnerable women and girls

In many part of the world women face serious injustice and are less likely to have access to education and more likely to be overworked and at risk of abuse.

The ‘Tanaka’ project in Harare, Zimbabwe, focuses on girls who live on the streets of the city, offering detached work on the streets building friendships with the girls; and 18-month care, counsel and rehabilitation programme in a residential setting; a family and community reintegration programme and education, vocational and life skills programme so that the girls can gain qualifications and then employment.

In Mumbai Oasis works with girls in one of the city’s red light areas – as well as a day-centre, Oasis runs a halfway home for those who choose to leave the trade. Oasis has also taken responsibility to set up the health infrastructure in 5 ‘safe homes’ for victims of trafficking rescued from the brothels.

With whole communities

Oasis works directly with 14 communities across the world.

Working in the Doddigunta slum community in Bangalore, Oasis started a local community football team. On the back of the training, Oasis staff run an informal mentoring programme for the players.

Oasis has been involved in the Chembur community and has helped them through the registration process of obtaining a ration card, saving 30% on all their staple food purchases.
Working in the Bandra slum community, Oasis pioneered a partnership scheme to build a covered drain system – the slum now has less disease and fewer accidents.

Bambejja Skills Training, Oasis Uganda

With churches

In 2003 Christ church & Upton Chapel London invited Oasis to join them in developing one new, united church – Church.co.uk, Waterloo. This church aims to be 24/7, holistic and Global.

In Mozambique Oasis works with a variety of local churches helping them to develop practical programmes that meet the needs of their local communities where the church is based.

On behalf of others – advocacy

‘Stop The Traffik’ is a global coalition against human trafficking. Oasis is at the heart of this work, with the co-ordination team based at Oasis’ Church.co.uk buildings. The ‘Stop The Traffik’ initiative is connected to the 200th Anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in 2007.

‘Business Travellers against Human Trafficking’ is another Oasis campaign that aims to help people who travel on business to become advocates against human trafficking by raising awareness through a web site and training courses.

In Bangalore, working with local police, Oasis has set up a system for tracking missing children who are vulnerable to being trafficked. So far over a thousand children have been traced.