OISCA International

Last updated: 13 Feb.2006

	Name (English)		Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement International (OISCA International)
	Name (Japanese)	ZAIDAN HOJIN OISCA
	Established in	Year 1961
	Registered status in Japan	Foundation (Authorized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries, Govt. of Japan)
	Name of the Representative in India	Mr. Ravinder Kumar Jaitli, President, OISCA North India Mr. M.Aravind Babu, Secretary-General, OISCA South India Mr. Yanbem Biren, Secretary-General, OISCA Manipur
	Address	A 1/3, Panchsheel EnclaveNew Delhi - 110017, India
	Tel/Fax	Phone: 011- 26496879 Fax: 011- 26466134
	E-mail address	oisca_nind*vsnl.net (When sending a mail, please change * into @.)
	URL	www.oisca.org
	Activity in India Since	Year 1966
	Duration of JICA Partnership Programme	None
	Objectives of work in India	I. Environment education programs in schools - awareness programs - plantation activity - projects - say no to plastics and trees should not be nailed by commercial boards II. Community development work - Organizing adult literacy classes in rural area - health camps III. Organizing Nature Tour IV.International Education Program
	Outline of ongoing projects	Introducing Environment Awareness project in schools called the Children Forest Program in the State of NCT of Delhi and in the State of Haryana and Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Manipur. (Children Forest Program - (CFP) is a campaign to grow mini forest in schools centered on students with the participation of teachers and communities. The important features of this program is to develop a sense of voluntary tree planting, by having them to understand the important role forest play in the context of global ecology balance. Also the program places the children at the center and act as an educator on Environment. ) At present we have introduced CFP in about 750 schools in India - Organizing Awareness programs in schools - Introducing Environmental projects - Community Development Projects as mentioned above - Nature tour - International Education Program.
	Field of Activity	Children, Education, Environment, Agriculture
	Working area	State - Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Manipur.
	Name of the partner NGO	Our projects have been supported by Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India Dept. of Forest & Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi Dept. of Forest, Govt. of Haryana Dept. of Forest, Govt. of Kerala Govt. of Manipur Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC) Embassy of Japan, New Delhi Indian Environment Society etc.
	Message from the Representative in India: