Oasis travel for children Children Home Zimbabwe -
From 9-16th June 09, Julie and Nev-two of our crew worker Africa gave up to a week of their time to take the children to the house of Hupenyu Hutsva children in Harare, Zimbabwe on a series of day trips. The week was a great success. All 130 children and staff were taken on a truck at Oasis Shiri Kuimba Bird Park about 30kms outside Harare. There they were given a guided tour of the park, wildlife and the lake. A cooked breakfast was provided and the afternoon was full of games, face painting and cricket! According to the staff, children and crew of the week was a great success, but we are not sure who had more fun for the children, staff, or our crew! We ran a similar event a week of day trips last September and this, too, was a great success. Many children rarely leave the compound they live on and little change in their daily routine at home, so it was nice for us to break the routine and show them a small part of the wonderful sights country has to offer. We hope to do the same thing next year.
The money for the week was raised by Oasis UK office staff who organized a comedy fundraising evening in March this year. We raised over £ 700 for Hupenyu Hutsva (and a similar amount for a local charity in our office in the UK).
Oasis would like to thank Julie and Nev to give up a week of their time to run the event and Gary, Elcine, Jess Thompson and Shiri Kuimba Bird Park for their support and enthusiasm
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