The Oak House project aims to help teenage girls who have the ability and desire to continue their education, but have no possibility.
The Oak House project aims to help teenage girls who have the ability and desire to continue their education, but have no possibility.
Most of the girls coming to the House are from rural areas. They need to go out of their villages to be able to continue their studies. They are from difficult family backgrounds, often marked by deep poverty, alcoholism, parental migration and irresponsibility. Their parents are not able or don’t want to provide for their further education.
Oak House offers these girls a place to live and a base to fall back on while they receive support to continue their studies in Chisinau. At the House we seek to create an atmosphere of love and encouragement, where the girls can flourish and develop towards their God-given potential.
The process:
Each year 9 new girls are selected. They are offered the possibility to live in the Oak House for 1 year. At the start of the year they are integrated into school, college or university. During the year they receive all necessary input, educationally, as well as phychologically, socially and spiritually to be prepared for the next step.
After 1 year the girls leave the house and go on to live independently at students dorms or other places. During their studies they continue to be part of the Oak House project, receiving material and moral support and participating at different events together. Many of them continue to visit the house frequently, especially during weekends, to relax and socialize or to discuss certain needs.
When finishing their studies, the girls are helped to get a job and look after themselves.
Services:
- Daily care
- General medical supervision, medical assistance during illness
- Moral-spiritual education
- Educational help with homework
- Life-skills (cooking, good manners, personal hygiene, etc)
- Activities for personal and professional development
- Preparation for labour market
