Oasis Kyrgyzstan
Oasis Kyrgyzstan
Fundraising for Oasis Global
Story
Oasis Kyrgyzstan started its work in 2008 and is growing
rapidly. We work among vulnerable youth and also have a significant
impact in the country through our anti-trafficking project.
Anti-trafficking Project: Human trafficking is a huge problem in Kyrgyzstan, though not much talked about, especially because the shame culture is prevalent here. As a partner of the global coalition STOP THE TRAFFIK we have taken the START FREEDOM awareness-raising material to many vulnerable youth in orphanages and other children's centers as well as to many public schools in and around Bishkek, the capital city. Our vision is to bring these four awareness-raising lessons to every single school in the whole country. Additionally, we are starting a educational and residential care program for vulnerable girls who have to leave the orphanages before the age of 16 or who are living on the streets and provide them with further education, either in the form of vocational training courses or higher education. This is a key activity to prevent vulnerable girls from being trafficked into the sex trade abroad. Besides prevention work, we also have specific plans to protect victims and work with the government to prosecute the traffickers.
Vulnerable Youth Project: There are an estimated 10,000 children and youth living on the streets of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Most of them end up in one of several government-run institutions, which is where we focus our work. Our focus lies in prevention, intervention and after-care. At the youth prison we work among some 80 boys between the ages of 15 and 18. Most of them have a background of broken families and street life. We visit the boys on a weekly basis and teach them life skills and character education. We also do sports with them and teach them street hockey, which is a completely new sport for them. In the future we would like to renovate the carpentry shop at the youth prison to teach the boys some vocational skills. We are also looking towards starting a half-way home for the boys that can leave the prison, so that they do not end up back on the streets or in criminal groups. At the reform school we work with about 35 boys between the ages of 11 and 16. Again we teach life skills, character education and street hockey but are keen to further expand our influence there when the new school year starts in September. Our goal is to develop good relationships with the boys so that we can help those that leave the reform school. We would like to provide a half-way home for them and help them get vocational training.
All of our work is intended to bring fullness and wholeness of life to all individuals, enabling them to contribute productively towards society.
Anti-trafficking Project: Human trafficking is a huge problem in Kyrgyzstan, though not much talked about, especially because the shame culture is prevalent here. As a partner of the global coalition STOP THE TRAFFIK we have taken the START FREEDOM awareness-raising material to many vulnerable youth in orphanages and other children's centers as well as to many public schools in and around Bishkek, the capital city. Our vision is to bring these four awareness-raising lessons to every single school in the whole country. Additionally, we are starting a educational and residential care program for vulnerable girls who have to leave the orphanages before the age of 16 or who are living on the streets and provide them with further education, either in the form of vocational training courses or higher education. This is a key activity to prevent vulnerable girls from being trafficked into the sex trade abroad. Besides prevention work, we also have specific plans to protect victims and work with the government to prosecute the traffickers.
Vulnerable Youth Project: There are an estimated 10,000 children and youth living on the streets of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Most of them end up in one of several government-run institutions, which is where we focus our work. Our focus lies in prevention, intervention and after-care. At the youth prison we work among some 80 boys between the ages of 15 and 18. Most of them have a background of broken families and street life. We visit the boys on a weekly basis and teach them life skills and character education. We also do sports with them and teach them street hockey, which is a completely new sport for them. In the future we would like to renovate the carpentry shop at the youth prison to teach the boys some vocational skills. We are also looking towards starting a half-way home for the boys that can leave the prison, so that they do not end up back on the streets or in criminal groups. At the reform school we work with about 35 boys between the ages of 11 and 16. Again we teach life skills, character education and street hockey but are keen to further expand our influence there when the new school year starts in September. Our goal is to develop good relationships with the boys so that we can help those that leave the reform school. We would like to provide a half-way home for them and help them get vocational training.
All of our work is intended to bring fullness and wholeness of life to all individuals, enabling them to contribute productively towards society.