


A Trade in Hand: Diplomas and Skills at OIST
Through the OfP Institute of Science and Technology, young people earn diplomas and certified skills that open doors to jobs, freelancing and enterprise.
Stories & field notes
Short, honest dispatches about the work — what's going well, what's harder than it looks, and why we keep believing in small, compounding change.



Through the OfP Institute of Science and Technology, young people earn diplomas and certified skills that open doors to jobs, freelancing and enterprise.


For every student, a sapling goes into the ground — greening schoolyards, holding riverbanks, and teaching children to care for something living.


In 2022 we opened the OfP Healthcare Centre to bring free, basic care to people's doorsteps — at the clinic and out in the villages.


Before we build anything, we sit down with the community — farmers, students, teachers, officials — and set the priorities together.


Our scholarships cover the costs that quietly end a girl's education, helping bring equity to classrooms across Jaldhaka.

In November 2018 we inaugurated a new, purpose-built home for Bluebell School — a permanent base for classes that began under humbler roofs.