Oasis India

May News Update
 

Flying lessons

 

In fast-changing India, getting a good education and acquiring modern vocational skills are essential if young people don’t want to be left behind. The opportunity to get a good job is a route out of poverty.

In this issue of our monthly newsletter read about a successful partnership between business and charity, learn how someone who received sponsorship for her own education is now teaching children from a slum community, and find out how you can personally support this work.

Closing the gap

A top HR consultancy firm has predicted one million new jobs in India this year. With the right skills, young people have a good chance of getting a good job.

Oasis India is partnering with Blue Dart, an Asian courier company, to give customer services training to young people in Mumbai.

>>Read more


Reach for the stars

‘When I was young somebody sponsored my education and I grew up with their help. Now I like teaching the children here who come from a very poor background,’ says Beth Benedict, a teacher in our pre school in Bangalore.

Read on to find out how our pre school classes are giving children from a slum community in Bangalore the best possible start in life.

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Jacobs Well products are made by graduates of an Oasis project that provides high quality vocational training for young people from poor backgrounds.

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Fund a place

Our vocational training programmes provide young people with the skills and confidence they need for a brighter and more hopeful future. If we had more money – we could help more people.

You can help! Find out all about funding a place here.


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