Oasis Welkom Project

Inspired by the life, teaching, and example of Jesus Christ, the purpose of Oasis is to transform communities, and to work with people who are vulnerable and excluded from community.

The Oasis Welkom Project has been one of our mission projects for many years. In the past our donations have helped cover the cost of maintaining a helpline, printing safety-plan flyers, offering language classes in French and initiating support groups for women who have been victims of human trafficking and/or domestic violence. These are all on-going activities.

Many of the beneficiaries are women from Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. However, within the past two years, there has been a significant increase in the number of Portuguese and Spanish speaking women coming to Oasis for help, particularly trans women who are often trapped in prostitution. All of these women have migrated to Belgium for a better life but have suffered abuse from their intimate partners once they settled here. Many have children. Isolation and lack of information about their rights are two major problems they face, due to the language barrier. Without help, they become very vulnerable.

The Welkom Project team, headed by two Thai and one Brazilian social worker, as well as a Belgian psychologist, focuses on listening to these women, reassuring them, explaining their options in a language they understand and accompanying them to the different services that can assist them. (police, social services, lawyers, medical services, shelters, etc.).  As you can imagine, it takes time and money to provide the proper care, services, and follow-up for each one.  Your donations can help in so many ways-covering the salaries of the staff, cost of transportation for the beneficiaries when needed, initial lawyer fees, temporary lodging in a shelter, and making it possible to maintain the existing programs such as the helpline, support groups and language classes.

At the moment, with government grants on the decrease, all non-profit organizations are struggling. Please consider making a donation. Together we can make such a difference! For information about tax credit for donations of 40€ or more, please contact Nancy Evans.

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Please consider making a financial donation. For cash donations you may use the mission envelopes in the front of your hymnals during our service or make a bank transfer to our Mission Account: BE81 0019 8876 4324

On behalf of the IPC Missions Team, thanks for helping us be a blessing in the world!