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Oasis of Hope
Foundation
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      • Cienaga
      • The Island Project
      • Live Fundraising Project
      • Tanker Tragedy Outreach
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  • Home
  • Who we are
    • Our Vision
    • Our Team
  • What we do
    • Our Projects
    • Oasis of Hope School
    • La Paz
    • Pueblo Viejo
    • Maicao
    • Yaguacat
    • Cienaga
    • The Island Project
    • Live Fundraising Project
    • Tanker Tragedy Outreach
  • Sponsorship
  • Donate Now
  • Contact Us
  • Voluntary Sector
  • Partner with Us
  • Lives Transformed
  • Camilo's Story
  • Gallery

Yaguacat

The Guajira is the desert region of Colombia where the Wayuu Indian Tribe communities are found. It’s estimated that there are around 300,000 Wayuu who live there.
 

 When we first began this project in 2001, the children were barefooted, malnourished, wearing torn, ill-fitting clothes. Although, the area is still poverty-stricken, with the community living in mud houses, the children’s quality of life has risen significantly. The children are now more alert, healthier and eager to study.

 

We started this project under a tree but now the school has several concrete-block built classrooms, with in excess of 100 students attending. Toilets and a kitchen have been built greatly improving the facilities there. 

 

However, the Wayuu still like to cook with wood on an open fire.  This means that the women (men don’t do this work according to Wayuu culture) have to rise early each morning to go and gather the firewood for cooking. 

 

Water is a scarce resource in the desert with average rainfall of 12 inches per year. In one of our previous projects, we built a well in the village. 

History

Oasis of Hope started the school in Yaguacat in 2001. 

The school was situated under a tree with just a few students in attendance. The kitchen was nothing more than a wooden table set up in the shade of a tree. A nearby wood fire was used to cook the meals. 

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  The majority of our supporters now donate via ZELLE so that the full amount of the donation is received by Oasis of Hope. This contrasts with PayPal, which takes around 2% of every dollar donated. To use ZELLE go to your internet banking account on your device – look for ZELLE, open or create an account, then enter the donation amount – and simply send to: info@oasisofhope-us.org. 


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Oasis of Hope Foundation is a 501(c) (3) Christian organization based in Winter Park, Florida. The mission is to help raise the quality of life of some of the most disadvantaged families, especially children in Colombia.  


Phone : 321-387-2742
Federal Tax ID # 16-1630704


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