Oasis Movement News at Glance:

Life Camps at Oasis Valleys

1. Parivaar Vidyalay, Std. 8 students, 28 Feb-1 Mar

2. Sanskar Bharti Highschool, Navnirman Highschool, Navsari & Shri S.M.K.R. Vashi Highschool, Maroli, Dist. Navsari students, Std. 6-8, Mar 3-5

3. C.K. Prajapati School, Vadodara, Std. 9, Mar 6-7

4. M.K. Highschool, Vadodara, Std. 9, Mar 6-7

5. St. Joseph Highschool, Std. 9, Mar 10-11

6. St. Joseph Highschool, Std. 8, Mar 12-13

"Hun Chhu Jyotirdhar" Abhiyaan

# "Mahan Hrudayona SaReGaMaPaDhaNi" Workshop Part I specially organised for HCJ Abhiyaan Dist. level Organisers, on Feb 26-28 at Oasis Valleys

Special feature : Latest Oasis Publication

જિંદગી

જીવનના જન્મ, સંઘર્ષ અને પરિતૃપ્તિની દાસ્તાન

A live Demonstration on LIFE by Oasis Founder Sanjiv Shah, given on 26th February, 1991 at Yog Niketan, Vadodara, in front of 250 college youths is now being published in the form of a Book, "Jindagi...".

Announcements:

Oasis invites you/your child to be part of Dream India Camps

This year Oasis has organised 10 Dream India Camps throughout the year 2014 starting from 25th March. (click here for schedule)

Dream India Camps are one of the most innovative camps in India. They are 7-8 days residential camps organised at Oasis Valleys. These are the camps where hidden talents and dreams of children come out, their natural leadership qualities mushroom, they learn to be very responsible in the atmosphere of complete Freedom & Happiness. The camps are greatest platform for learning the core of Democracy- voicing your opinion without fear, respecting others and be responsible citizen. And children learn all things with lots of fun.

If you think your child is 12 year or above & need such platform and/or if you are interested in witnessing children's democracy either as Resource Person or Volunteer in any of the camps, contact Oasis Office immediately.

Contact details -
Email: oasisworkshops@yahoo.com
Phone: Oasis Office 0265-2321728

પુસ્તકની પ્રસ્તાવનામાં લેખક કહે છે,

“ઈ.સ.૧૯૯૧ના વર્ષમાં ઓએસિસના મિત્રો માટે મેં ‘જિંદગી’ વિષય પર વાર્તાલાપ આપ્યો હતો. એક કલાકના તાસમાં સખણાં ન બેસી શકે તેવું મહેણું ખાતા કૉલેજના ૨૫૦ યુવાનો આખો દિવસ આ વાર્તાલાપમાં બેઠા હતા. હૉલમાં એ વખતે સર્જાયેલા ભાવાવરણની આજે કલ્પના પણ ન થઈ શકે — જાણે વાતાવરણમાં જિજ્ઞાસા, જીવન વિશે શીખવાની ઇચ્છા, ઉત્કટતા વગેરે ઝાકળની જેમ ફેલાતાં. વાતાવરણ લગભગ સ્તબ્ધ અને રોમાંચિત રહેતું. શું દિવસો હતા એ!

પચીસ વર્ષ પહેલાંના આ પ્રયોગમાં આજે મને પોતાને ઘણું અપરિપક્વ અને ક્ષોભજનક વર્તાયું હતું. છતાં તે દિવસોની જોશીલી અવસ્થાને સન્માન આપી કેટલાંક સંપાદન પછી વાર્તાલાપ મૂળ સ્વરૂપે જ મૂકાઈ રહ્યો છે. ભલે જેવી છે તેવી, પણ છેવટે તો આમાં ઓએસિસની બુનિયાદની સૌરભ છે.”

સમન્વય સાધો વાણીમાં, વિચારોમાં ને વર્તનમાં,

પછી જે જિંદગી બનશે, હશે એ જિંદગી જેવી.

કિનારો સે મુઝે એ નાખુદાઓં દૂર હિ રખના,

વહાં લે ચલો, તુફાં જહાં સે ઉઠનેવાલા હૈ.

કોઈ પણ બાબતમાં નિષ્ફળતાની લાગણી

એ સહૃદયતાના અભાવની નિશાની છે.

A special workshop - 1st part of L3 Course, Year 1 - was organised at Oasis Valleys during 26-28 February for the dist. level Organisers of HCJ Movement. 17 people got first hand experience of Oasis workshop before they talk to other teachers of their region.

Sheeba Nair of Oasis facilitated the workshop.

At the end of the workshop, Mahadevbhai Desai, Kishorbhai Naik & Atulbhai Unagar interected with the group and shared their experiences.

During 28 Feb & 1st March 50 students of std. 8, Parivaar Vidyalay, Vadodara had their Life Camp at Oasis Valleys.

Though they enjoyed the campus & environment tour very much, the processes of the camp touched their heart.

One of the girls reflected that, "જિંદગીમાં પહેલીવાર મને મારા વિશે ઘણું બધું જાણવા મળ્યું. મને ખબર પડી કે હું શું છું અને શું કરી શકું છું."

One boy reflected, "We visualized and planned our future & that touched our heart deeply."

The camp was facilitated by Pallavi Raulji.

61 students of std. 6-8 from Sanskar Bharti & Navnirman Highschools, Navsari & Shri S.M.K.R. Vashi Highschool, Maroli, Dist. Navsari, had their Life Camp at Oasis Valleys during 3-5 March.

The camp was facilitated by Pallavi Raujli & Hiral Patel and were assisted by Purvi Naik, all from Oasis.

The most exiting thing for the students was to do their daily chores themselves, like washing their own dish after every meal, make their own bed and put it back neatly in the morning, not wasting any food in their dish, etc.

On 6th & 7th March, 48 young students of M.K.Highschool, Vadodara, Std.9, had their Life Camp at Oasis Valleys.

During the various processes Life Camp, they learnt How life is matter of choice, importance of having Goal in life. Some of the student reflected that they got altogether a new angle to look at life.

The camp was facilitated by Mehul Panchal, Oasis.

On 6 & 7th March, a parallel Life Camp was going on at Oasis Valleys for some 41 students of C.K.Highschool, Vadodara.

For the 9th Grade students, it was a camp where they got their new identity. They felt they knew more about them selves during various processes in the camp.

The camp was facilitated by Pallavi Raulji.

Life Camp was organised at Oasis Valleys for 9th std. students of St. Joseph School, Vadodara during 10 & 11 March.

39 students participated in the camp which was facilitated by Purvi Naik & Nirali Dhum of Oasis.

It was their first camp facilitators and students like their facilitators very much.

Students found their dreams flourished in the lap of beautiful Nature at Oasis Valleys.

After the camp one girl reflected, “I was told to visualize my future and I liked it the most. During the process, for few moments I just felt that I have achieved my goals and my parents are s..o proud of me. I was very happy.”

The camp was facilitated by Purvi Naik and Nirali Dhum from Oasis. About the facilitators some of the girls reflected, “બંને દીદી ખૂબ ગમી ગયા. તેઓ દીદી નહીં પરંતુ મા જેવા હતા. અમને ખૂબ જ પ્રેમથી જીવન વિશે ઘણું શીખવ્યું, સહેજ પણ ગુસ્સે થયા વિના!”