Newsletter-cum-magazine of Oasis Movement YEAR 5 I ISSUE 16 I July 16, 2012

Camp After Camp, One Thing Has Happened Consistently;

Life Camps Have Motivated Children, Unfailingly


Oasis Life Camp was organized during 9th to 11th May, 2012 for the group of students from Navsari, who are associated with Navsari's famous Sayaji Vaibhav Library. The group consisted of students from grade 8 to grade 11. 55 students participated in the camp which was facilitated by Pallavi Raulji, Trustee, OASIS. It was the first of the 3 year Oasis Freedom Course which included various interactive activities.

"Really, It Was A Life Booster Camp"

"Each Moment Of Camp Was Unforgettable"

Excerpts of feedbacks from students after the camp:

All activities were awesome

Two things I liked the most in the camp – first, the concept of ‘Life Choices’ and second, the session of prejudice and how we judge a person. The thinking about the future was great experience.

Overall, it was excellent camp. All activities were awesome. I learned many things; Enjoyed staying very much. Thank you so much!!

~ Risha Rathod

The camp was very pleasant and inspirational

The thing I loved is the ‘choices’. One should always have different choices. I will remember it forever and I am sure it will help me in taking my career decisions. I liked it because it guides one in making correct decisions.

~ Yaksh Desai

The camp was superb

The parliament, life of choices, the movie, debate, visualization games,…all were superb. I liked all of them a lot because they will help me in my life.

~ Janam Vaidya

This camp helped me in being confident

Before I came here I did not know what Debate was and I was not able to speak in front of many people. This camp helped me in being confident.

~ Jainam Shah

This camp gave us perfect guidance

There are no doubts that each and every activity was amazing! But still the most amazing was imagining us at the highest level in the country or the world. I would like to share that as we grow bigger we need some guidance and this was a perfect guidance. These all would definitely help in my future years and life.

This institute is a perfect place to live in surroundings like forest. Experience with nature was thoroughly refreshing.

~ Dharni Desai

Every session here was enjoyable and inspiring

Really, it was a life booster camp. When we were told to write down our dreams and visualize, I actually realized what I really wanted to do!

Facilitators’ frankness and friendliness were also good. Each moment was unforgettable and these 3 days seemed too short.

~ Ayushi Lad

Overall, the camp was great and memorable

The parliament was a very new experience. I also liked the introductory part because I made many new friends after that. Movie was the Best, I learned from it never to give up in life and face all challenges bravely.

~ Anamika Gupta

Camp has sown the seeds for future

The activity of framing the article of our (future) achievements and the movie were the best. It has sown the seeds for future. Movie will be remembered because its every frame had a great thought to be captured and its teaching will also be a guide light for me.

It was amazing to interact silently with nature. Bingo! It is icing on the cake.

~ Kapil Shah

Camp was very motivating

From every activity we did, I got something to learn. I liked the activity of choices in life. And the best part of that was the drama. The activity of imagination was also superb.

All in all the camp was outstanding.

~ Dhara Desai

Camp has helped me to develop self-confidence

Something I like the most was the movie. It was easy to understand and interesting. From it I have learned that we should never give up, never to lose hope, to develop strong will-power and have strong determination.

I also liked debate, introduction, story and group activities. These all has helped me to develop self-confidence.

~ Ayushi Naik


Navsari Students enjoying activities during their Life Camp.

“શિબિરમાં આવવાથી મારું જીવન બદલાયું છે...

હવે ક્યારેય હાર નહીં માનું; લક્ષ્ય પૂરું કરીને જ રહીશ...”


During 12th May to 15th May, 2012, Life Camp was organized at Oasis Valleys for grade 11 students of Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul, Dharampur, Gujarat. It was their first Life Camp and some 48 students participated in the camp. The camp was facilitated by Pallavi Raulji, Trustee, OASIS. Surrounded by a planned forest, in the most conducive atmosphere of freedom they learned many life boosting things. For the first time they put their dreams on paper and promised to achieve them over coming all obstacles & failures.

શિબિરાર્થીઓના પ્રતિભાવોના અંશો:

અહીં શીખેલી બાબતો મને મારું સપનું પૂર્ણ કરવામાં મદદરૂપ થશે

સૌથી વધારે ગમતી બાબત એ લાગી કે – પોતાનું ધ્યેય નક્કી કરવું, ગમે તે પરિસ્થિતિમાં મન અડગ રાખવું, પ્રબળ ઇચ્છાશક્તિ કેળવવી અને હિંમતવાન બનવું. આ જ વિષય પરની ફિલ્મ મને ખૂબ પસંદ આવી અને મનને ખૂબ જ સ્પર્શી ગઈ. આ બાબતો મને મારું સપનું પૂર્ણ કરવામાં મદદરૂપ થશે.

અહીંની કુદરતને માણવાથી મનને શાંતિ મળી, મનનો ભાર ઓછો થયો અને પક્ષીઓનો અવાજ સાંભળી એમના પ્રત્યે પ્રેમ જાગ્યો.

~ પ્રિયંકા ચૌધરી

શિબિરમાં જે કંઈ શીખી છું તે જીવનમાં કામ લાગશે

શિબિરમાં આવવાથી મારું જીવન બદલાયું છે. શિબિરમાં જે કંઈ શીખી છું તે જીવનમાં કામ લાગશે. ભવિષ્યમાં જે પણ બનવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરીશ અને તેમાં કોઈ નિષ્ફળતા મળશે તો હું ક્યારેય હાર ન માનીશ અને સખત મહેનત કરીશ. મારું જે પણ લક્ષ્ય છે તે પૂરું કરીને જ રહીશ.

~ પિનલ પટેલ

આ શિબિરની ઘણી બધી બાબતો મને સ્પર્શી ગઈ

હું શીખી કે આપણા જીવનમાં હંમેશાં કંઈક ને કંઈક ધ્યેય/લક્ષ્ય રાખવું જ જોઈએ. તેનાથી જ આપણે આગળ વધી શકીએ છીએ. અહીં અમને બધાને સ્ટેજ પર જઈ બોલવાનો જે ડર લાગતો હતો એ નીકળી ગયો છે. આ બધી બાબતો અમને જીવનમાં લક્ષ્ય પૂરું કરવા કામ લાગશે.

અહીંની હરિયાળી જોઈને ખૂબ જ આનંદ થયો. અમે કદી વિચાર્યું પણ ન હતું કે આવી જગ્યાએ પણ સારી ખેતી થઈ શકે.

~ રોશની પટેલ

જીવનના ધ્યેયમાં ક્યારેય પીછેહઠ ન કરવી તે બાબત ખૂબ ઉપયોગી થશે

આખી શિબિરમાં પોતાના જીવનના લક્ષ્યની વાત ખૂબ જ સ્પર્શી ગઈ અને અહીંની ખેતી ખૂબ જ ગમી. જીવનના ધ્યેયમાં ક્યારેય પીછેહઠ ન કરવી તે બાબત મારા જીવનમાં ખૂબ ઉપયોગી થશે.

આખી જગ્યાએ ફરવાની અને પંખીઓના કલરવ સંભાળવાની ખૂબ મજા આવી. મન પ્રફુલ્લિત થઈ ગયું.

~ કુનાલ ગાંવિત

અહીં અમે જીવન જીવવાની ઘણી વાતો શીખ્યા

અહીં અમે જીવન જીવવાની ઘણી વાતો શીખ્યા જેમાંથી અમને અમારા જીવનની પસંદગી, આત્મવિશ્વાસ, લક્ષ્ય, દ્રષ્ટિકોણ, હિંમત વગેરે મારા હૃદયને ખૂબ જ સ્પર્શી ગયા છે. જીવનમાં ડગલે ને પગલે આ બધાં જ પાસાંઓ ઉપયોગી બને છે. આત્મવિશ્વાસ ન હોય તો બધું જ નકામું અને આત્મવિશ્વાસ પણ હોય પણ આપણે લક્ષ્ય જ નક્કી ન કરીએ તો પણ બધું નકામું.

~ રમણ ચૌધરી

શિબિરના સંચાલકો ખૂબ જ સરસ રીતે વર્તન કરતા હોવાથી માતા-પિતા જેટલો જ આદર આપું છું

આ શિબિરમાં મને ધ્યેય, લક્ષ્ય, વારંવાર પ્રયત્ન, પસંદગી, આપણે કંઈક છીએ અને આપણે પણ કંઈક કરી શકીએ છીએ, પોતાનું લક્ષ્ય નક્કી કરી પાર પાડવાની વાત... બધી જ વાતો ખૂબ ગમી. શિબિરના સંચાલકો ખૂબ જ સરસ રીતે વર્તન કરતા હોવાથી મને એમનામાં માતા-પિતા નજરે ચડતા હતા. અને હું એમને માતા-પિતા જેટલો જ આદર આપું છું.

~ મુન્નીબેન ગાંવિત


Glimpses of the various activities they did during the 3 days camp.

“લાઇફ કૅમ્પ વધારે ને વધારે કરવા જોઈએ,
જેથી બાળકોને જીવનમાં આવા સુંદર અનુભવો થાય”

It was their first Life Camp for the two new Life Camp Facilitators of Oasis - Vaidehi Desai, Navsari & Vatsala Shah, Vadodara. 33 kids of std. 4 to std. 7 of Vatsalyadham, Dharampur, Gujarat, took part in the camp which was organized at Oasis Valleys during 25th to 27th May 2012. Kids not only loved all activities, but they showered plenty of love on both the new facilitators.

An addition to the happiest moments of my life

It was wonderful experience with those kids. I will never forget these 3 days of my life. This is an addition to the happiest moments of my life. It was like a privilege for me to get love from the kids instead of giving love to them. Each & every child got so attached that even I found it difficult to come back from camp. It was an unforgettable experience and I feel it to be the beginning of new phase of my life. My sincere thanks to Sanjivbhai who believed in me & made me believe to work with kids.

~ Vaidehi Desai

આખા લાઇફ કૅમ્પનો અનુભવ ખૂબ જ યાદગાર અને આહ્લાદક રહ્યો

બાળકો સાથે રમવાની, વાતો કરવાની, બાળકોને જાણવાની ખૂબ જ મજા આવી. મોટા ભાગનાં બાળકોએ દરેક સેશનમાં ઉત્સાહપૂર્વક ભાગ લીધો હતો. ઘણાં બધાં બાળકોએ પ્રૉમિસ કર્યું કે અહીં શીખવેલી ઘણી વાતો તેઓ જીવનમાં અમલમાં મૂકશે. કેટલાંક બાળકો ખૂબ જ ઉત્સાહી, નેતૃત્વના ગુણવાળા અને ચપળ હતાં. કેટલાંક અંતર્મુખી અને ગભરુ લાગ્યા, જેઓની સાથે ઘણો જ સમય આપવાની જરૂર છે. મેં અનુભવ્યું કે આ બાળકોની ઉંમર નાની છે, છતાં એમની સમજણ સારી છે. અને તેઓએ ક્યારેય પણ કોઈ વસ્તુ શીખવાની ના નથી પાડી.

બાળકો સાથે એટલી મજા પડી હતી કે, છેલ્લા દિવસે બાળકોની સાથે મને પણ એમ જ થતું હતું કે આ કૅમ્પ પૂરો જ ન થાય. મારા સ્પેશિઅલ થેન્ક્સ સંજીવભાઈને કે જેમણે મને બાળકોનો આટલો પ્રેમ મેળવવાની સુંદર તક આપી.

~ વત્સલા શાહ

 

Oasis Movement Photo News

Oasis Workshop Series For S-Team, Surat : Part 3, 2-3 June 2012

“I have not attended this kind of workshop before...
which is about living a good life, building a good character & perhaps
molding ourselves into good human beings”

In an ongoing Oasis MHS (Mahan Hrudayona SaReGaMaPaDhaNi) Workshop Series for staff members of S-team, Surat; facilitator Snehal Shah (Proprietor, S-team) took the third part on Listening during 2nd & 3rd June, 2012 at Shree Ram Krishna Export Diamond Factory, Surat.

Some of the reflections from participants -

“I am much more impressed by Snehalbhai’s role in this particular workshop. The activities and dramas conducted during the workshop gave us the better clarity on the topic. I am so much thankful to him to provide me chance to understand the importance of good habits by such workshops.” ~ Ar. Jigar Dalal, Project Head

“I am very very thankful to Snehalbhai to teach us the important & effective methods of self development. I really appreciate his all efforts for the growth of the S. Team Family.” ~ Ar. Nikunj Patel, Project Head

“It was very good experience & as facilitator you have done very good job. No matter how much we spend our valuable time for this kind of workshop, it’s like our priority for the better future!” ~ Mr. Nikhil Tamakuwala, Sr. Interior Designer

iLead Program By Oasis : MindTree Team, Pune - 17,18 May, 2012

“Great workshop; A life changing experience;
Now I will live a more meaningful life for sure”

In the month of May, during 17 & 18th, SaReGaMaPaDhaNi of Great Hearts Workshop, as part of Oasis iLead Program, was conducted for the Sr. Management at MindTree Ltd., Pune. 17 people participated in the workshop. The Workshop was facilitated by Sheeba Nair, Trustee, OASIS.

Few reflections from the participants -

“The workshop was great. It really makes you think about yourself – your achievements and what you would like to achieve in future. It has helped in grilling myself from deep within and visualize my dreams taking shape; of my contribution to the society.” ~ Deepti Kaushik, Manager

“I liked this workshop because it was different. Best part was face to face and no presentation. Workshop triggered thoughts which I never thought of.” ~ Yogesh A. A., Associate Director

“This was a wonderful and unique experience I had. Very different and positive impact. I believe every person should go through this program and you will only see smiles around this world.” ~ Sandeep Upadhya, Test Manager

iLead – Oasis Life Camp at MindTree Ltd., Bangalore: 12-13 May, 2012

“I lost my stage fear and was brave on the stage”

In an addition to Oasis iLead program going on for MindTree Ltd.; in May 2012, Sheeba Nair took a Life Camp for their children at Bangalore. App. 30 kids took part in the camp. Children loved both - the camp and the facilitator - very much.

Some of the reflections from kids -

“I loved this camp. The way the games were conducted, the food, the unique ID, the interview etc., was so good. You were awesome Sheebadidi. I learnt to make good friends, to interact with others and especially to learn more about MYSELF.”
~ Prithika, 13

“I learnt a lot during these 2 days. I learnt * Interviewing* Debate*Mono-acting*Dramatizing* Unique ID etc. The way you did this whole camp was unbelievable.” ~ Yash, 11

“I learnt to appreciate my friends and learnt how to share a lot. I lost my stage fear and was brave on the stage.” ~ Chakshu, 9

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