India
Placement options: Gap Year Teams (5.5 or 4.5 months), Focus teams (2 or 4 weeks)
Read a previous India team member's blog here
April 2011
Dates: early April - end August 2011
Training dates: 23rd - 26th March 2011
Minimum age: 20+ **from next year's intake, team members for India must be slightly older**
Cost: £4200 - new cost for April 2011
Application deadline: 31st Dec 2010
September 2011
Dates: early October 2011 - mid March 2012
Training dates: 14th - 17th September 2011
Minimum age: 20+ **from next year's intake, team members for India must be slightly older**
Cost: £4300 - new cost for Sept 2011
Application deadline: 31st July 2011
Focus Teams May and August 2011
Dates: 14th - 28th May 2011
Training dates: 29th April 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £1600 - 2 week team (Chennai only - sports/children's work focus)
Application deadline: 31st March 2011
Dates: 23rd July - 6th or 20th August 2011
Training dates: 21st - 23rd July 2011
Minimum age: 18+
Cost: £1600 / £2000 - 2 or 4 week teams (Mumbai 2 weeks, Bangalore or Chennai 4weeks)
Application deadline: 31st May 2011
More details
Gap year teams currently work in Mumbai, helping at a number of Oasis India projects.
Focus teams will be placed in Mumbai (focusing on exposure to projects working with women and who have been trafficked into prostitution), or Bangalore or Chennai (with a particular focus on sports and children's work).
The most recent teams have taught English and Maths, run kids' club activities, worked with people affected by HIV, run dance classes in government homes, helped with administrative work on anti-trafficking/advocacy projects, and run sports clubs including football and cricket. The projects work with some of the most excluded and vulnerable people in each city, to facilitate education and employment opportunities.
Read more about Oasis India
"Thank you so much for this incredible experience, I had an amazing time. I miss it so much and I can't wait until I have a chance to go back!"
Sabrina Derham, Chennai GAT member
"My time in India was a jam-packed, cultural experience with many challenges, many lessons learned and rich rewards."
Sarah Lowe, Bangalore Summer team member
"...my time spent in India was one of the most incredible times of my life and ... I miss being in India, working with the amazing people we worked with. The poverty that I saw and experienced will remain in my mind for the rest of my life, but seeing what I’ve seen has inspired me to push on and try to make a difference in this world."
Tom Langlois, Chennai GAT team member
Megan Palka went on a Summer team to Mumbai - read her account here.