Project Oaysis matches people with real, hands-on experience — in business, education, technology — to entrepreneurs, students, and organizations who don't have that network yet. Aimed squarely at UN SDG 8 and 17, one advisory relationship at a time.
Project Oaysis is an initiative launched by 15-year-old Osho Ashok, a student at Heidelberg International School in Germany. At its core, Project Oaysis connects accomplished professionals and change-driven organizations to grassroots initiatives — offering pro-bono advisory support to amplify impact in underserved communities.
It's our belief that even the most complex global challenges — poverty, inequality, and the lack of education and opportunity — can be tackled when expertise, compassion, and collaboration come together.
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A world where the person best placed to help you is never out of reach — regardless of your zip code, your school, or who your parents happen to know.
To connect people with real experience in business, education, and technology to entrepreneurs, students, and organizations working on SDG 8 (decent work) and SDG 17 (partnerships) — through short, well-scoped advisory relationships, not vague open-ended mentorship.
Rather than spreading thin across all seventeen goals, Project Oaysis has chosen to go deep on two — the ones where an advisory network of experienced people can move the needle fastest.
Through guidance in entrepreneurship, job-skills development, and enterprise-building, we help create real livelihoods for the people SDG 8 is furthest from reaching.
See the detailWe serve as a bridge — linking people, projects, and institutions so that NGOs, universities, foundations, and founders can co-create solutions instead of duplicating effort.
See the detailWe ask experienced people for their time, so it's fair to ask what they get back. The evidence — and the advisors already involved — point to more than good feeling.
Research on volunteer mentors consistently finds that meaningful, identity-affirming connection with a mentee strengthens the mentor's own sense of purpose and hope — mentoring runs both directions.
Source: Shier et al., 2020; Chronicle of Evidence-Based MentoringA review spanning 28 studies links volunteering and mentoring to higher life satisfaction, lower depression, stronger self-efficacy, and even reduced mortality risk — benefits that grow with age and career stage.
Source: umbrella review, Chronicle of Evidence-Based MentoringAdvising a young founder or student is reverse mentoring in practice — a direct line to how AI, digital platforms, and emerging markets are actually being used by the generation building with them.
Source: reverse-mentoring literature (AIHR, Together Platform)Every engagement connects you to NGOs, universities, and founders across borders — the kind of relationships that, for many advisors, evolve into board seats, fractional roles, or a genuine portfolio career.
Source: startup-advisory practice (Connectd)One hour, well matched, can change the trajectory of a small enterprise or a student's next five years. Our case studies (as they publish) give you a concrete story to tell — for yourself, or for your organization's own impact reporting.
Source: Project Oaysis case-study frameworkStudies on volunteer retention show people stay when a program is credible and accountable, with clear scope and support. We match by need and duration — a defined commitment, not an unbounded one.
Source: Shier et al., 2020, on organizational dynamics"Change doesn't wait for age. It waits for action." — Osho Ashok, Founder, Project Oaysis
Either way, the next step is the same short form.
