Oran is a huge fan of the marvels of the human heart. He champions ideas that shift perceptions and change worlds. He often answers to the title of “Imagineer” – helping individuals and organizations bring ideas to life. Oran is a youth leader, social entrepreneur and creative strategist. Since 2000, Oran has been designing and facilitating leadership and social innovation programs all over the world for youth in South Africa, Japan, United States, Israel, Palestine, Switzerland, Thailand, Ghana, Canada, Guatemala and Nepal. He has worked and consulted in both the Private and Public sectors and has collaborated on specific projects with Municipalities as well as organizations such as The Netherlands Embassy, Cape Union Mart, J&J Ireland and Sappi Saicor. Oran also has facilitated for South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID). Oran is the Founder of the World Spirit Youth Council. WSYC creates spaces and places for youth to experience and express their spirituality and assists them to channel that into humanitarian projects in over 20 countries around the world. WSYC is a project of Children of the Earth. Oran is the Co-founder of Boys To Men, Johannesburg. Boys To Men is an organization that creates mentorship programs and ritualistic rights of passage for teenage boys. It has been running successfully for over 3 years. In South Africa, he was instrumental in reviving an organization called Junior Chamber International and was the President of the Johannesburg chapter. He has been involved with the United Nation’s International Day of Peace and has spoken at the United Nations. In 2009 the Mail and Guardian chose him as 1 of 300 most interesting Young South Africans. In 2011 he was chosen as 1 of 50 International Evolutionary Leaders by Deepak Chopra’s Non-Profit www.evolutionaryleaders.net. In 2012, the Schusterman Foundation chose him as 1 of 40 Top Young Jewish Social Innovators in South Africa.