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Fundraising: an Introduction

The Difference You Can Make

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It's not hard! Each team has raised on average 300,000 JPY

Oxfam Trailwalker is the world’s greatest team challenges - it is also one of the toughest.
The challenge is to get your team of four across 100km of the mountains of southern Japan in less than 48 hours - and, collectively, to raise at least 120,000JPY to help to overcome poverty and suffering around the world.

Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved, the amount raised in the Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2009 was 49,246,830JPY. Thank you for your great effort on fundraising! The donation will be used to support Oxfam's projects in Cambodia, India, South Africa and Sudan.

How to receive and send funds [for participants]

The first deadline is 9th April for the minimum fundraising target (120,000JPY), and the final deadline is 30th June for the rest.

How to receive donation

*Now, donations can be made through Oxfam Hong Kong. For the details, please click here! donation_illust.gif

Team members may either collect the donations directly from their sponsors and then pay Oxfam together with the rest of the team as a lump sum, or the sponsors can make their donations directly to Oxfam.
1) Collect the donations directly from their sponsors
This is the easiest and most effective way!
Please ask your sponsors to fill out a “Fundraising Record Form”.
Please send the collected donations to Oxfam by one of the following methods.
If Team No. and Team name are not designated, donation will be treated as that for the whole event. Please make sure to let us know your Team No. and Team name.

“Fundraising Record Form”
* In case team member pay donation directly Oxfam Japan, please send “Fundraising Record Form” to Oxfam Japan Trailwalker Office by Fax or by post. * For the convenience of our account processing, it would be appreciated if the sponsors could fill out their name, address and phone number. * Please indicate the name and address of the sponsors if they need a receipt. * Please download the “Fundraising Record Form” from here.

◇How to send funds
■ Payment by transfer to Japan Post Bank account
Account Number: 00120-8-599284
Account Holder: Oxfam Japan
* Please ensure you indicate Team name and number.

* When you transfer the money from other bank, please specify the account information listed below. (The screen on the ATM will only display Japanese.
Bank name: ゆうちょ銀行
Branch: 〇一九店(019)
Account: 当座預金
Account Number: 0599284
Account Holder: トクヒ)オックスファム ジャパン

■ Payment by credit card
You can go directly to the website and make a donation for the team.
You can access from here.

2) Sponsors make donations directly to Oxfam
* For details, please visit here.
1. Payment by transfer to Japan Post Bank account You can transfer to the Japan Post Bank account of Oxfam Japan.
2. Payment by credit card You can go directly to the website and make a donation for the team
3. Making a donation to Oxfam GB through "Justgiving" If participants create their own web page on the "Justgiving" site, you can access the page to make donations. No receipts will be issued by Oxfam.
Please let us know the address of your team's Justgiving.com webpage and team number by e-mail.

1)Go to http://original.justgiving.com/trailwalker_japan.
2)Select 'CREATE YOUR PAGE'.
3)Fill in your some details about yourself.

Your own web page has been completed!
Please inform the link to your friends.

4. Making a donation to Oxfam America For US tax payers, donations made through Oxfam America are tax deductible. (Please note that in order to receive a US tax receipt, donations must be made to Oxfam America in US dollars.)
5. Making a donation to Oxfam Hong Kong For Hong Kong tax payers, donations made through Oxfam Hong Kong are tax deductible.

◆Oxfam Japan Trailwalker Office
Tel: +81-(0)3-3834-1940
E-mail: trailwalker@oxfam.jp

Exchange rate

We adopted the Average Monthly Rate (T.T.B) on February 2010 as an official exchange rate for fundraising by foreign currency for Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2010.
(the information is provided by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ)

1USD = 89.37JPY
1GBP = 137.46JPY
1HKD = 11.2JPY

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