Train up a child in the way he should go,And when he is old he will not depart from it
Oasis Elim Mission School
(a project by Church of the living God Ministries)
About Us
India is the biggest democratic country in the world with more than 1.2 billion people. India gained its independence over 65 years ago. Many things have changed in India since its independence, but not the Dalit ( Untouchables), backward classes and poor people’s lives in interior villages Poor people’s lives will not be changed unless they are educated. A quality English medium education will change their lives. Indefensibly, poor people rarely have an opportunity to be educated in English-language schools. Dalits and poor people want their children to be educated in English-language schools, recognizing that the greatest opportunities in Indian society and around the world are offered to those Indians who have been educated in English. But due to poverty, they are not able to send their children to expensive schools where they can learn English. In most cases there is no quality English medium schools in the rural areas for rural poor children. So there is no opportunity for poor children to be educated in English Children are the future of a nation.
For an emerging and developing country like India, the development of Dalit underprivileged and poor children is the key to the progress of the nation itself.
To address this need, in 2005 we established an English Medium School called Oasis Elim Mission School With a hand full of children For Under-privileged, down-trodden, poor, and hopeless rural children have access to corporate level English medium quality education. The schooling is free for poor children. However fees will be charged at nominal rates to the children’s parents who can afford to pay them, thereby creating a sense of ownership and accountability in the lives of the students and their parents. In addition, teacher’s salaries, facility fees, and administrative costs will also be paid out of the fees. We give admission to all irrespective of caste, creed, or religion.
We are hoping to build children ready to face tomorrow’s challenges, while being proud citizens involved in our country’s productivity and decision making. We want to see children participating in the development of this country and the world. There are 250 children studying in the school, out of that 150 children paying nominal fee, rest of 100 children are unable to pay the fee because of poverty, fatherless, motherless, long time health problematic parents children.
Our school is the most sought-after school in and around the village of Agiripalli, southeast of Andhra Pradesh India,
We are currently constructing the first floor on top of the ground floor. The reasons we are expanding are:
1. Free education for more poor children
2. Expansion from 7th grade to 10th grade next year
In order to expand to 10th grade we need to complete 1st floor work
This project costs $25,000 total. But We need of $10,000 to finish the extended class rooms
Who are Dalits?The reason the Dalits are kept in virtual slavery in India, Nepal and other countries where Hinduism is present, is that they live at the bottom of the Hindu caste system. This system of enforced inequality was established by the Aryans, a tall, fair-skinned people who invaded the Indian subcontinent 3,000 years ago. After settling there, they sought to prevent intermarriage between themselves and the original, darker-skinned inhabitants. To maintain their status—and keep the native population down—the Aryans created the caste system. They established religious and social rules that placed them in the higher castes and relegated the native people to servant status. The caste system divides people into four main groups: Brahmins—priests and teachers, Kshatriyas—rulers and soldiers, Vaisyas—merchants and traders, and Sudras—laborers. The Dalits (literally, Untouchables “broken people”) fall beneath these groups and are given the most menial jobs. They are, by definition, “Outcastes.” Although the caste system is outlawed by the Indian constitution, everyday life still largely operates according to its principles. Segregation and prejudice mark a Dalit's life on a daily basis. They are considered by upper castes to be repulsive and subhuman.
