OISCA International South India Chapter is a registered NGO with the Government, working in the field of Environment Protection and Training Programmes. We have General Category status at the United Nations, and are registered with Niti Aayog (NGO Darpan) and CSR hub of TISS. The South India office of OISCA has been functioning in Calicut, since 1985. The prime emphasis of the activities of OISCA is on imparting knowledge and creating awareness in the key areas of environmental protection and youth empowerment activities for colleges and schools students. We have Love Green Clubs in more than 1775 schools and Save Green clubs in 150 colleges. Apart from Environment protection activities we also undertake Rural Development and Skill Development Programmes for Youth and Women. As a recognition of these activities, Govt. of India blessed OISCA by conferring the “INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI VRIKSHA MITHRA AWARD-” in the year 1998. At present we have 107 chapters in South India with more than 5000 members. We are a NGO in consultative status with UN and affiliated with TISS CSR Hub.
Since the inception of OISCA in South India, Training classes in fabric painting, jewellery making, hand embroidery and crochet work have been conducted for ladies and school children at OISCA Youth Center. These are all a part of our women empowerment programs. Since 2007we have been running OISCA Kalakshethra, a school to revive our languishing art, the mural painting. Classes are given in mural painting for ladies. Hundreds of women were given training in mural painting. We conduct exhibitions to help these ladies to market their products. We also had set up an Electronic Training Center for women in 2002 with the support of NABARD to train educated ladies from economically weak families. It was a five-year project and training program was given in the assembling of inverters, UPS, Electronic Chokes and so on. In addition to these, we also undertake Aids control projects of KSACS, Drinking water and sanitation projects of KRWSA, Herbal Garden Development projects of NMPB, Training programmes of Ministry of Minority Affairs for women in minority group, and Training of women artisans under AHVY project of Ministry of Textiles. We have with us 35 SHG with 700 women members.
OISCA International serves humanity through environmentally, socially, culturally and economically sustainable development. To accomplish this, the Organization advocates and implements projects and programs in capacity development especially of young people, environmental education, rural development and conservation and rehabilitation of forests and marine resources.
The Organization holds the perspective that the Universe is the source of all life, and envisions a world where all people harmoniously coexist by transcending differences and work together to protect and nurture the ecological bases of all life on Earth.
