Oasis de Paix

Foundation and Early Days

• Creation Date & Founders Founded on February 3, 2006, on Rue St Georges in Port Louis by the late Father Henri Souchon and co-founder Monique Leung.
• Initial Group Started with a small group of 18 teenage girls aged 14–15 who could neither read nor write.
• Purpose Created as a calm sanctuary for the thousands of adolescents crossing Port Louis in the afternoons.
• Growth Enrollment expanded quickly to 85 students (both boys and girls) by 2007, outgrowing the original diocesan space.

Move to Pointe aux Sables and Expansion

• New Facility & Naming The Catholic diocese provided a leased plot in Pointe aux Sables. Installations opened around 2011 (classes fully running by 2013). The school became widely known as École Père Henri Souchon under the Oasis de Paix NGO, joining the ANFEN informal education network.
• Programs Expanded to include vocational and creative workshops like woodworking, sewing, and eco-gardening to help students integrate into the workforce.

Modern Transition to a Vocational Centre

Partnership & Status Formalized a major partnership with the National Social Inclusion Foundation (NSIF) and the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD) in August 2024. Officially transitioned into the Oasis de Paix Educational and Vocational Training Centre, aligning its courses with recognized national certifications (National Certificate Level 1 and 2).

Our Mission & Objectives

• Provide a supportive environment to those who have not been successful at their CPE (Certificate of Primary Education).
• Implement programs tailored to each student's educational level.
• Offer basic education through reading, writing and arithmetic classes.
• Foster intellectual and moral development by helping students realize their future projects.
• Instill values and self-esteem in students.
• Guide students towards employability and social integration.