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31/12/2020

As we close the chapter on 2020 and look towards what 2021 might hold - we would like to say thank you to all the amazing people we have worked with this year. It is the relationships we forge and the support we all give each other that truly makes our work meaningful and fun!
Judges Matter Magistrates Matter AfricArena The Boucher Legacy Oasis Association SidebySide Gone Digital Principa Amarightza

10/11/2020

Always a great initiative to support especially as this tough year draws to a close...

[OASIS FOOD PARCEL CAMPAIGN] Each parcel will hold nourishing, low-cost food, health and hygiene items, as well as a few treats.

The details of how to give a tin, or packet of food, or to contribute cash towards filling parcels can be found here. https://oasis.org.za/food-parcel-appeal-2020/

Thank you to all who can assist.
To those who can’t, we send our thoughts of support to you.

It has been a really tough year for everyone.
We hope 2021 will be better.

09/08/2020

"Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression" - Nelson Mandela

End Gender Based Violence Call: 0800 428 428

19/06/2020

We will be completing our 67 minutes for the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Will you?

This Mandela Day will be the first-ever marked amongst a global pandemic. As both the sports and eventing industries are massively impacted by being unable to c

17/06/2020

We are just loving this Nike message.

Let’s all be part of the change. Subscribe to our channel! http://youtube.com/nike Nike strives to bring innovation and inspiration to every a...

15/06/2020

What the rest of Africa could learn from South Africa based on our treatment of the Coronavirus.

What South Africa can teach other African countries gearing up for a spike in infections.

11/06/2020

The Boucher Legacy are proud to welcome Paul Harris, Allan Stanton and Marc Taback to their leadership team. Together they will assist in finding innovative ways of connecting to the business world where they hope to raise much needed funds to support the increased programming that The Boucher Legacy are embarking upon. https://bit.ly/2yBOu9u

24/04/2020

What an incredible initiative! Two South African entrepreneurs have developed a ground-breaking testing kit that promises to significantly speed up the process of identifying positive COVID-19 cases.

Two South African entrepreneurs have developed a ground-breaking testing kit that promises to significantly speed up the process of identifying positive COVID-1

23/04/2020

Congrats to the The Loudhailer team. This is a much needed project during this difficult time.

30 percent of all businesses say they do not have enough revenue to last more than one month of lockdown.

16/04/2020

[PLEASE SUPPORT] Many of us make use of the Oasis Association recycling depot, have browsed one of their bric-a-brac shops or supported them in one way or another. They are appealing for donations during this time as all their work programmes are on hold.

If you are in any way able to assist them please do. They support over 588 intellectually disabled beneficiaries and their families.

No amount is too small during this lockdown.😷

OASIS UPDATE AFTER WEEK 2 COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

Intellectual disability is often misunderstood and too often unkind labels are attached to people with intellectual disabilities.

Some say our beneficiaries are slow. Hardly. You should see them do athletics and when they are playing soccer! They’re much, much quicker than I am! Some have even represented the Western Cape at SA trials and some have taken part and won medals at the Special Olympics.

Aside from ‘slow’, many other labels are also used - all of which I will not seek to disprove now.

What I do know – above anything else is that a common identity does not confer on any of our beneficiaries. They are all individuals and like any cross-section of a group, they all differ. Some can sing and some sound dreadful. Some have naturally positive personalities. Some are grumpy. Some like tuna and lettuce on whole wheat and some prefer chips.

What they do all have in common is a significant limitation in their cognitive functioning that translates into areas of limited adaptive functioning. For example, identifying and avoiding risks; understanding consequences; abstract thinking; understanding time and money; and so on and so forth...

It is these limitations that are their very real daily challenges.

So when you place 10 remarkable staff in lockdown with 24 residents with intellectual disabilities, it is these unique challenges that staff must deal with. If residents battle to understand the risks and consequences of COVID-19, then handwashing and physical distancing requires patient persistence and repetition. Staff lend their support, provide guidance and supervision and above all they give love. This isn’t dutiful love, nor is it written into job descriptions. It is authentic care, which isn’t difficult to give thanks to the nature of our amazing staff.

Oasis is extremely fortunate to have the calibre of staff that we do. All in all we have 157 staff across all our centres. This includes 26 youth interns doing fulltime work readiness for a year and working alongside our beneficiaries as companion workers. We salute all of our staff and especially our house staff for all they are doing for our residents.

We also salute all of you who have sent us good wishes and/or money – we are deeply grateful. (Forgive us if you haven’t received our formal thanks and receipt yet. You will.)

Oasis is in a critical place financially with all of our work programmes closed, (shops, bakeries, recycling projects, confidential paper shredding for Government departments and businesses, and packaging and processing jobs for large companies.)

We understand that this awful pandemic has left no-one untouched, and disposable income may be very limited. But if you are in the position to assist us in any way, please do.

No amount is too small. (Donate here: http://bit.ly/2P8cCGF)

We need our full complement of staff returning to their jobs, when they can, to be able to keep our services open and opportunities available to our 588 beneficiaries. I hope and pray that I can count on you?

And please help save lives – stay home.

Gail Bester, Executive Director
[email protected]
www.oasis.org.za

30/03/2020

[WORTH READING] "The corona virus is a forced quarantine of consumption"

The coronavirus epidemic will lead to "a global recession of a magnitude that has not been experienced before" but will eventually allow humanity to reset its values, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort.

26/03/2020

Did you know that during this current COVID-19 world we find ourselves in (and every other day as well) it is recommended that you wash your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds each time - which is the same amount of time that it takes to sing the whole of the Happy Birthday song twice through!