Royal Patron: HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO

Gap year volunteering with OSCAR in India by Anna Wateridge

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 […]

Hikes for Bikes – Climbing Kilimanjaro for OSCAR

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 […]