India Projects

OA Support : (currently being funded)
Co-ordinator : Shantanu Dutta

A further community-based project in Ganpat Patil Nagar slum in Mumbai is being facilitated through Oasis India.

The main objectives concentrate on:
- Early chilhood care, education and adult literacy
- Raising awareness of community health issues and preventative intervention
- Establishment of Self Help Groups and Income Generation initiatives
- Addressing environmental issues to improve health and cleanliness
- Empower SHGs to prevent trafficking, exploitation and to access basic amenities.

OA Support : ongoing from the 1960s (currently being funded)
Co-ordinator : Mihir Ranjan Sagar

By establishing demonstration projects and training, communities are encouraged to start their own programmes.

These include:
- Kitchen gardens being promoted by demonstrating the benefits of organic farming, composting and agricultural techniques
- Poultry farming - day old chicks are reared and sold for profit which when reinvested becomes self-sustaining
- Goat raising programmes and sowing demonstrations
- Establishment of Self Help Groups.

OA Support : from January 1995 (currently being funded)
Co-ordinator : Mihir Ranjan Sagar

- Water tanks (or ponds) are being constructed to catch rainwater run-off to be used during dry months.
- Through WUAC local topography is surveyed and bunds constructed.
- Existing tanks, some decades old, are maintained and monitored to ensure they remain effective.
- On a smaller scale tubewells are installed for agricultural and domestic water.

OA Support : no longer requires funding
Coordinator : E. R. Temsu Wathi

With OA support and much effort from the villagers a dam has been constructed in the hills 3km from Akumen village. OA has purchased long-lasting MDPE pipe which is being laid from the dam to the village, giving a year-round supply of clean water direct to the community.