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Relief Oasis

Our Work

Practical work. Local ownership. Long-term continuity.

Relief Oasis works through completed community projects, active strategic collaborations, and long-term models designed to build self-sufficiency across Africa. Current operations are concentrated in West Africa, with active programs in Ghana and Nigeria.

Active strategic work

Two long-term builds, currently in motion.

Bright interior of a community learning hub in West Africa with young people in small group sessions and a coordinator facilitating.
LiveGhana

The Oasis Centre

Human Development · Poverty Alleviation · Environmental Sustainability

The Oasis Centre is Relief Oasis's flagship community hub model. It is designed to bring tutoring, vocational training, mentorship, wellness support, youth leadership, career guidance, personal development, and resource coordination into one locally grounded platform.

Outcome focus

Building a trusted hub for continuous support, early intervention, personal development, and community self-sufficiency.

A caregiver and several children sharing a meal in a warm domestic setting in Ghana, conveying stability and everyday dignity.
LiveGhana

The VOW Foundation Collaboration

Human Development · Poverty Alleviation · Housing · Vocational Training · Psychosocial Support

Relief Oasis is collaborating with The VOW Foundation, a Ghana-based charitable initiative dedicated to uplifting orphans and widows through sustainable housing, access to education, vocational training, emotional support, and family-style care.

The VOW model places widows and orphans in a community-based care structure where widows serve as caretakers in family-style housing. The model gives orphans stability, education, and nurture while giving widows renewed purpose, community, training, and pathways toward economic independence.

Model components

  • Family-style housing
  • Widow-led caregiving
  • Education access
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Emotional support
  • Vocational training
  • Enterprise development
  • Health screening
  • Basic needs support
  • Beneficiary Council
  • Community feedback systems
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Donor reporting

Completed work

Almost a decade of practical support and impact.

A documented record of practical support across West Africa, rooted in almost a decade of impact and work.

Joy-Kol Orphanage Renovation, Ghana
Completed
Ghana

Joy-Kol Orphanage Renovation

Infrastructure · Human Development · Poverty Alleviation

Renovated the boys' housing unit to improve safety, sanitation, dignity, and living conditions.

Ebenezer School Classroom Renovation, Nigeria
Completed
Nigeria

Ebenezer School Classroom Renovation

Infrastructure · Education · Human Development

Renovated classroom facilities at Ebenezer Primary School to improve learning conditions for pupils.

Ilaje Community Outreach II, Nigeria, 2023
Completed
Nigeria · 2023

Ilaje Community Outreach II

Education Outreach · Human Development

Approximately 200 pupils supported with school bags, shoes, stationery, and snacks across two primary schools.

A Day with the Elderly, Nigeria, 2020
Completed
Nigeria · 2020

A Day with the Elderly

Community Care · Poverty Alleviation

Community visit and support for elderly residents at Regina Mundi aged home in Mushin.

COVID-19 Relief Program, Nigeria, 2020
Completed
Nigeria · 2020

COVID-19 Relief Program

Emergency Relief · Poverty Alleviation

Relief packages provided to 50 families in the Ilaje community during the COVID-19 crisis.

SEED-MEDGLOBE Medical Outreach, Nigeria, 2019
Completed
Nigeria · 2019

SEED-MEDGLOBE Medical Outreach

Health Outreach · Human Development

Free medical care provided to over 300 residents at Okobaba Destitute Home.

Girls Courageous Outreach, Nigeria, 2019
Completed
Nigeria · 2019

Girls Courageous Outreach

Education · Girls Development · Human Development

Book drive and educational engagement in Ilaje community schools with author Mofoluwaso Ilevbare.

Ilaje Community Outreach I, Nigeria, 2019
Completed
Nigeria · 2019

Ilaje Community Outreach I

Education Outreach · Human Development

Educational supplies provided for children in the Ilaje slum, Ebute Metta.

Inaugural Outreach at Okobaba, Nigeria, 2019
Completed
Nigeria · 2019

Inaugural Outreach at Okobaba

Education Outreach · Community Relief · Human Development · Poverty Alleviation

School supplies provided for children and food supplies for adults at The Destitutes Home.

Where we work

Active across West Africa.

Relief Oasis currently operates in Ghana and Nigeria, with plans to expand across the continent.

Select a country to see our work there.

Communities we have worked alongside

Lagos · Ilaje · Okobaba · Mushin · Ondo · Accra.