Oasis in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Campaign

Adri-Marie — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:44:09 +0000

Story by Refilwe Khoza

It was a big day on the 8^th of September . We were hosting an HIV/AIDS campaign, but at first things were not the way we planned them to be like. I had started a day by going to school doing my lessons at nooitgedaght. When we arrived from school I found that things were not prepared, they just dropped the boxes (with the information pamphlets and tests) there and everyone was just standing not having a clue on what they should do. I addressed everyone and everything started going smoothly. The work we did was tiring, but it was great because we got a good response from the community, everyone wanted to know their status.

In the beginning things were slow and then we had to reach out to the community instead of just sitting on our stations only. Then after school those school kids wanted to test and the queue was too long so we had to extend out time. At the end the outcome of the campaign is the positive one because the community wanted us to extend the day of the campaign.

Greenlight

Arnie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:37:05 +0000

Our Greenlight project started out as an initiative of young people – Change Agents – reaching out to girls working as commercial sex workers in informal settlements of north-western Johannesburg, primarily Diepsloot, in 2008. Girls are recruited and sometimes forced to work as commercial sex workers and are particularly vulnerable due to the area’s high rate of unemployment and lack of opportunities for youth. Girls who have migrated from other African countries and do not have legal status in South Africa often has no alternative to commercial sex work and are vulnerable to becoming victims of human trafficking. Through the Greenlight project, Oasis youth Change Agents, build relationships with these girls, train them to become peer educators and come to a place of healing and wholeness, which includes freedom from substance abuse and access to opportunities for alternative employment.

Mindset Learning @ Oasis

Arnie — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:40:06 +0000

Two of the grade 11 students from S’godipola secondary school have been spending their winter school holidays by joining the
Mindset learning program at Oasis. Calculators were given to these two students who attended almost every day to honour their dilligent work.

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Meet Reggie

Arnie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:42:57 +0000

Reggie from the Greenlight Change Agent Community.

Meet Evelyn

Arnie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:56:34 +0000

Meet Evelyn from our Community Wellness team.

Meet Jackie

Arnie — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:21:54 +0000

Jackie, from our Youth & Education team.

Meet Bongani

Arnie — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:30:55 +0000

The third of our seven videos introducing Oasis Change Agents – meet Bongani from our IT Change Agent Community.

Meet Tina

Arnie — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:55:36 +0000

Meet Tina, part of our Youth & Education Change Agent Community.

Meet Oasis Change Agents – Introduction

Arnie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:22:01 +0000

We’ll be posting videos introducing some of the Oasis Change Agents – people who live and work in our community and are committed to their own development and serving others. Arnie, who leads Oasis SA, introduces the series in this first video.

Life skills rapping

admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:16:06 +0000

Two videos of Oasis youth rapping a summary of what they spoke about on Friday.