BEAUTY SHOP IN A BOX^TM

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Oasis Rescue has developed a new, portable concept that teaches the art of hairdressing to even more women who live in post-conflict and disaster stricken areas. The Beauty Shop in a Box^TM provides the tools necessary to start a small business anywhere, from homes to refugee camps.

Our strategy is to partner with organizations in various countries that have targeted the women who will benefit the most from the skill of hairdressing. Oasis Rescue will conduct a Train-the-Trainer program in participating countries, utilizing a DVD training series and the tools provided in the Beauty Shop in a Box^TM. Participating organizations will provide the training location, DVD screening, product, and everything else that is needed for a school setting.

The training DVD is developed in conjunction with several beauty industry leaders and has been dubbed in Arabic, Dari and Urdu. These three languages give Oasis Rescue the potential to train women on over 22 countries.

The Beauty Shop in a Box^TM includes such necessary items as several types of shears, brushes and combs, hair shaper, shampoo cape, spray bottle, steel and curl clips, coloring bowl and brush, foil, perm rods, rollers, hairdryer, curling iron, mannequin head and holder, manicure kit, mirror, globes and a training DVD and a DVD player. Because electricity can be an issue in certain areas, a solar powered battery may be included in a box.

Project Update

Since the closing of the Kabul Beauty School in Afghanistan we have provided Beauty Shop in a Box^TM packages to women there and in other countries in the region.

Oasis Rescue is working with International Humanities Center, an independent non-profit, to provide scissors to Iraqi refugee women in Jordan. The Collateral Repair Project will be assisting with the shipping and distribution of the scissors supplied by Oasis Rescue.

Your donations fund the purchase of scissors (for the beauty shop in a box^TM) to help Iraqi women begin a small home business to increase their stability. Iraqis in Jordan do not live in “camps” of tents but are instead spread throughout Amman, living in apartments. The fabric of the lives of these women back in Iraq was that of community. Building home salons offer them the opportunity to rebuild communities with other women. As we all well know, a salon is where women open their hearts to one another. Moreover, it can be a source of healing and solidarity in the free-fall of their lives.