In 2000, Oasis India began it's Ashadeep project, working with street children around Kurla station. These children were at high risk of abuse; many of them had run away from their villages, come to the city with big dreams, and lived on the streets ever since, working as ragpickers or doing other odd jobs to survive. Although the project intended to rehabilitate these children, the children had dreams of their own and many escaped from the safe homes they were placed in and preferred to live a life of 'freedom' on the streets. This called for more research and a change in strategy as it was learnt that rehabilitation would be easier and more effective if the children were intercepted immediately on entering the city, at a time when they were the most vulnerable and afraid of their new surroundings. The Early Encounter programme was born which became a part of a much larger and more comprehensive children at risk and anti trafficking strategy as it was realized that a large percentage of minors were brought into the city by traffickers.

One such story is that of Susheela. She fell unconscious after someone spiked her drink at a party. Two days later, she found herself sold to a brothel in Mumbai. Following a tip off from a partner agency, Susheela was rescued after 11 months during a raid on the brothel and was placed in a government protective home.

Oasis India's Outreach & Rescue strategy includes the early encounter programme, a drop-in centre in Mumbai's red light area, partnering with other organizations and working alongside the local police for investigations and rescues of trafficked victims, holistic care for residents in the government protective homes in Bangalore and Mumbai and awareness programmes to prevent trafficking.