Gap year volunteering with OSCAR in India by Anna Wateridge Posted on February 2024February 2024 by Administrator Having heard so much – from the UK tours to my school – about the great work the OSCAR Foundation does, I was excited to be going out to see the work in person and to help out. Arriving in Mumbai was quite a shock. I had been warned about the difference, advised of the […] Continue Reading
Hikes for Bikes – Climbing Kilimanjaro for OSCAR Posted on April 2023July 2023 by Administrator At the end of July last year, seven underprepared and overexcited would-be mountaineers set off on a challenge to reach the summit of the highest mountain in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro. At 5895m (19,341ft) Uhuru Peak has high winds, rain, snow, temperatures averaging -7°C and less than half […] Continue Reading
Our OSCAR Experience Posted on June 2019June 2019 by Administrator We feel immensely privileged to have been welcomed into the OSCAR Foundation family with such warmth and hospitality. The OSCAR team are nothing short of spectacular and the devotion and passion that they put into their work is admirable. Continue Reading
Kumar describes his younger self as “naughty, a liar, cheater and thief”. Posted on May 2019August 2019 by Administrator Kumar Rathod, 26, the executive assistant of the OSCAR football programme shares his story of remarkable progress, growth and development in the face of aversity. Continue Reading