Celebrating milestones in one's life is always important. But once you are an adult, birthdays often slip by with little or no notice, unless it is a big year. For example, 50 is a big milestone. Half a century! A lot of life can pass in that time and a lot of changes. In 1977 …
Pedro News 2
Pedro, the team vehicle, is a loved and valued member of the team and has much to share with us after an active life of 20+ years. While, thankfully, it is still running, it is beginning to show its age. This segment of the blog is intended to be a light-hearted story from the car’s …
Pedro News 1
Pedro, the team vehicle, is a loved and valued member of the team and has much to share with us after an active life of 20+ years. While, thankfully, it is still running, it is beginning to show its age. This segment of the blog is intended to be a light-hearted story from the car's …
New Toys and Donations
The programmes provided at Oasis Tadjourah and Oasis Balbala depend on donations from very generous people. The teachers and workers are immensely grateful for such donations because the generosity allows the work to continue and the programmes to open their doors to the children and community members. All kinds of different donations are made and …
September: A Month of Restarts
As summer draws to a close, travellers return home. Schools reopen. Regular rhythms restart. And so it is, also, with MMR projects. Oasis Tadjourah was the first to reopen, as it is closed for only two months. Thanks to the amazing local staff, Oasis reopens every year at the beginning of September. This year, the …
Oasis Balbala – A library for experiential learning
End of Year Report - June 2025 History and Description Oasis Balbala Library was founded in autumn 2023 and has been open since March 2024. It is located in the Balbala suburbs of Djibouti City and is patterned on the long-established Tadjoura Library. Balbala parents tend to have many children but have low incomes so …
Continue reading "Oasis Balbala – A library for experiential learning"
Oasis Tadjourah – A Full and Busy Season
Oasis Tadjourah has had a full and busy season. More and more children from around the neighbourhood find their way into the centre to read the books and play games. The kitchen set is especially well-loved so if a new person visits, it's highly likely they will be offered an assortment of food and drink …
Progress: Three Steps to Learning – a Story from a Teacher at Oasis Balbala
Have you ever thought about what progress looks like? Maybe the term makes you think of political campaign slogans, science fiction novels or new groundbreaking developments in healthcare. For me, progress makes me think of three little steps. Here is the story to explain why. Oasis Balbala is located in the heart of a neighbourhood …
Continue reading "Progress: Three Steps to Learning – a Story from a Teacher at Oasis Balbala"
Reading for beginners at Oasis Balbala
Although Oasis is not a school, it has a variety of educational games and activities to help the children learn and grow. Exposure to books is critical to children as it helps their brains develop and being exposed to language helps the children grow and expand their own language. With a lot of the younger …
New Ground
Two steps forward, one step back… With any new project, progress is slow. And while Emmanuel English Language Centre is not a new project, it is in a new location and in many ways that is the same thing. The groundbreaking and moving into the community is slow. The building is physically there but the …
Kerith Trust 