Malvern College has supported OSCAR for the past 4 years and hosted the OSCAR tours to the UK twice. We are very excited at the prospect of hosting them again in October 2023! As part of our fund raising for OSCAR the Malvern College OSCAR group are taking part in the gruelling annual 8 mile cross-country run over the Malvern Hills from Ledbury to Malvern College on Sunday 19 March.

The OSCAR UK Girls & Boys Tour 2023 provides a once in a lifetime opportunity for children living in the most marginalised communities in India. The two-week tour creates a platform for youth from both India and the UK to be part of a global community, to learn from and befriend their peers irrespective of nationality, religion, gender, caste or class. Pupils from the UK host schools engage with disadvantaged OSCAR kids and collaborate in educational and cultural workshops, football training and share in life's challenges and successes.In October 2023 OSCAR will be sending girls and boys together, reinforcing our #genderequality ethos. In poor communities in India the Covid pandemic disproportionately affected girls and we're confident the opportunity the tour provides will inspire more girls to engage with OSCAR. The tour will motivate girls to stay in education and say NO to an early marriage and youth pregnancy. The 18 OSCAR tourists will return to their communities as role models.