5th September, 2006: David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party in the UK, visited the Oasis India community empowerment project at Bandra, Mumbai whilst on a recent visit to India.  In Mr. Cameron’s words, “ I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world.”  But as he walked through the slum which is less than a square kilometre in area home to more than 35,000 people, he was cautiously aware that his surroundings were far from modern. He played with the children in the pre-school classes and talked with some students in the tailoring programme and computer literacy.

Read more about his visit on his blog

Below are pictures of him at the project: