Oasis of Hope Foundation

About us

Oasis of Hope was founded by David Taylor in 1999 as a Christian based, non-profit, charity with the aim of tackling abject poverty. It all started under a tree providing food and Bible teaching. Today the work touches the lives of over 1700 children.

The mission is to help raise the quality of life of some of the most disadvantaged families, especially children in Colombia.

Our vision is:
• to be an advocate for marginalized children
• to help release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty
• to enable them to become well-grounded and responsible adults and citizens

Projects:
• Oasis of Hope School Santa Maria: Our School in Colombia has around 350 students from preschool through to high school.
• La Paz: The project has grown over the years to now include: a school; a medical clinic; various community projects and social outreach.
• Pueblo Viejo: This project started as a feeding project in a small rented house in 2009 The project has grown to now include: a preschool with basic educational study; a feeding program where children receive lunch 3 times a week ; a new dining area that is currently under construction and social outreach.
• Maicao: This project started in a local church with around 50 children attending. Not long after, we purchased a piece of land and constructed a building now known as the Wayuu Centre. The Wayuu Centre serves the local community and around 150 children of preschool age attend the project.
• Yaguacat: 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.
• Cienaga: On what was originally thought to be a useless piece of land, there is now a thriving school with: 13 classrooms; a computer room; a playground/assembly area and a science laboratory.
• The Island Project: Oasis of Hope Foundation have planted a church in the area in a rented building and have a social action project to meet the needs of approx.; 300 of the people. It’s envisaged that when finances can be found we will purchase a plot of land and build a church. The church will be used for both the spiritual needs of the people and the social requirements that are in such short supply.
• Live Fundraising Project: This is a fundraising initiative to help some of the families most affected by a recent tragedy in Colombia and to address the severe economic downturn that some of the poorest families are experiencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

David Taylor is the Founder/President Oasis of Hope Foundation.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.