WELCOME TO OXFAM CANADA

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WELCOME TO OXFAM CANADA
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Our Vision Oxfam Canada believes that people
together can create a fair world, free of poverty
and injustice. Our Mission Oxfam Canada builds
lasting solutions to global poverty and social
injustice.
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• What does equality looks like?
• Women and men sharing power and wealth equally.
• Education, health care and decent livelihoods for
  all.
• Women making decisions jointly with men.
• Women controlling their own bodies.
• Women as active citizens and leaders.
• Men and boys saying No to restrictive gender
  roles and gender-based violence.
• Relationships based on respect and inclusion.
• Women and girls living free from violence.
• A green world for the well-being of women and
  men, girls and boys.

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What is Oxfam Canada?

• We are an international development agency
  committed to the equitable distribution of wealth
  and power through fundamental social change.
• We work with allies in Canada and around the
  world to change the policies and practices that
  perpetuate poverty and injustice.

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How do we do it?

• Oxfam works with women and men in poor
  communities, local partner organizations,
  members, volunteers and people like you, to make
  change happen.
• When you support Oxfam, you are helping to
  end global poverty, to secure womens rights and
  ensure that every person receives
• an education
• an income
• affordable health-care
• protection from disasters and violence
• and has the right to have a say in her or his own
  future.

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Where do we work?
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• Canada
• Areas of work
• Public education
• Campaigning
• Advocacy
• Coalition-building
• Program linkages
• with overseas partners

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• The Americas
• Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
• Peru and regional initiatives
• Areas of work
• womens rights and gender equality
• labour rights
• gender-based violence
• rural livelihoods and
• sustainable agriculture
• humanitarian relief in times of disaster

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• Southern Africa
• Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
  Lesotho
• Areas of work
• Womens rights and gender equality
• HIV/AIDS awareness, education, prevention and
  treatment
• Rural livelihoods and community development
• Domestic violence
• Civil rights promotion
• Food security
• Public health promotion
• Water delivery
• Humanitarian relief in times of disaster

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• Horn of Africa
• Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Djibouti
• Areas of work
• womens rights and gender equality
• community and organizational capacity building
• rural livelihoods food security and livestock
• disaster risk management
• humanitarian relief
• water and sanitation
• health promotion

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• South and South East Asia
• Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
  Afghanistan
• Areas of work
• womens rights and gender equality
• livelihood support
• disaster management
• domestic violence
• humanitarian relief
• agricultural rehabilitation
• public health promotion
• shelter provision and construction

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Organic success in Cuba
Oxfam has helped the Cuban Association of
Agriculture and Forestry Professionals (ACTAF)
convert 13 hectares in the urban periphery
surrounding Guantanamo into an organic, urban
agriculture farm. 106 stable jobs were created
51 of the workers are women. The majority live in
the neighbourhood and their new union is pushing
for a day-care center for their kids. The fruits
and vegetables are grown without any chemicals.
Instead, the farmers produce their own fertilizer
using organic compost and worms. The people like
this work because its close to their homes.
Theyre better paid than in other jobs, they can
buy affordable fruits and vegetables for their
families and they feel theyre doing something
important, said Oscar Borges, the Project
Coordinator for ACTAF. For us it has been a
great experience to work with Oxfam because there
was always dialogue, flexibility, comprehension
and respect.
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Oxfam drama group performs a ten-minute play to
educate people about some of the high-risk
behaviours that lead to HIV infections in
Zimbabwe.
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• Supporting Oxfam through Trailwalker ensures that
  your hard-earned dollars are going to those that
  need it most. Oxfam Canada strives to make every
  dollar count- through our programming, advocacy
  work and campaigning for the changes we all
  believe are necessary to ensure everyone lives a
  life of dignity.

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• Founded in 1963, Oxfam Canada is a member of
  Oxfam International an alliance of 13 Oxfams
  that together work in over 100 countries. From
  the grassroots to the international corridors of
  decision-making, Oxfam strives to secure human
  rights for all.
• Oxfam Trailwalker in Canada joins in the ranks of
  8 other team challenges around the word
  Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK,
  Belgium, Holland, and Ireland.
• Thank you!