Your money will change people's lives

The donation for Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2010 will be used to support Oxfam's programs around the world.At least 80% of the money raised through Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2010 will be used to support Oxfam's program to help and empower the poor around the world with the means to become self-supporting. A maximum of 20% will be allocated to cover administration costs relating to the event.
Whilst this ratio may vary according to the total amount raised by participants and through corporate sponsorship, we will increase our efforts to reduce costs so as to optimize the allocation of funds raised from activities to overcome poverty.A part of donation will be used to support communities hosting the event.

Donation amount for Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2009

We greatly appreciate your enormous effort.
Total : 49,246,830JPY

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Where the money goes?

Your fundraised money, after deducting expenses, will be used for the following Oxfam-operated projects.

■Emergency Aid
● D.R.Congo"Forgotten Emergency"

■Long-term Community Development

● Philippines "School of Hope"

● Cambodia "Overcoming Hunger"

● Laos "Coffee of Dignity"

● India "Wonen's Power"

● Mozambique "Seeds of Lives"

● South Africa "Fighting HIV and AIDS"

● The Enterprise Development Programme

Your money will support

Emergency Aid

●"Forgotten Emergency" -D.R.Congo-

An upsurge of fighting in eastern Congo has seen a staggering 900,000 people flee their homes since the start of 2009. Communities have been torn apart and homes have been burned to the ground. Oxfam has expanded its emergency response to deal with the deteriorating situation, providing vital assistance, such as water and sanitation, to 800,000 vulnerable people.

©Marie Cacace/Oxfam

For more info about the program in D.R.Congo, please click here.

Long-term Community Development

●"School of Hope" -Mindanao, the Philippines-

Poverty, the impact of on-going conflict and the poor condition of school buildings make it difficult for children to complete their primary education. "Education is the way to get our children out of poverty" say mothers. Oxfam builds classrooms, latrines and wells in the schools and provides community members with training in how to promote education in their communities and to lobby their government for more resources.

For more info about the program in Philippines, please click here.

●"Overcoming Hunger" -Stung Treng, Cambodia-

Communities in remote areas suffer from poverty. For more than 10 years, Oxfam has been supporting 25 villages through a wide range of activities including agricultural training, domestic vegetable gardening, savings groups, animal rearing and canal rehabilitation. Communities used to face food shortages for 5-6 months of the year, but now, as a result of these projects, they only face one month each year.

For more info about the program in Cambodia, please click here.

●"Coffee of Dignity" -Champassack, Laos-

Oxfam supports coffee growers in forest areas to produce high-quality organic coffee, whilst preserving the environment, and to sell their product for a fair price. This is achieved through strengthening self-managed production groups, accountancy training and introducing new coffee production and processing techniques. These coffee growers have also diversified their crops to grow vegetables and ginger reducing their reliance on coffee as their sole income.

For more info about the program in Laos, please click here.

●"Women's Power" -Uttarakhand, India-

Many men migrate from mountainous villages to the cities to find employment leaving the women and girls behind with a heavy workload of house chores and tending crops. With support from Oxfam, women are now rearing goats and chickens, planting orchards, building greenhouses and forming women`s groups that manage revolving funds. Oxfam also supports female literacy by providing reading and writing classes and mobile libraries.

For more info about the program in India, please click here.

●"Seeds of Lives" -Inhambane Province, Mozambique-

Small farmers in Mozambique are fighting for their lives against an annual drought which deprives their crops of irrigation for more than three months. The introduction of organic farming, high quality seeds and agricultural training ensures that these farmers are able to improve their crop yield and keep their families healthy and well-nourished.

For more info about the program in Mozambique, please click here.

●"Fighting HIV and AIDS" -Guateng, South Africa-

South Africa has been particularly badly affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Oxfam works with a partner NGO to support people living with HIV and AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children. After-school clubs allow children a space to get together, enjoy themselves, forget their worries for a while and to do their homework with support. Life-skills sessions, such as how to protect yourself against HIV and AIDS, are also provided.

For more info about the program in South Africa, please click here.

●The Enterprise Development Programme

The EDP offers enterprise driven solutions to poverty. We provide finance, skills and advice to businesses in the developing world. In Honduras, for instance, the EDP is supporting a small, vegetable trading enterprise - a collective of 199 families - to produce good quality vegetables for diversified markets. The project will improve profits and living conditions, while supporting women's participation.

We need your continuing support

You may not be able to walk 100km, but you can still support us...

Become a Monthly Supporter What is a monthly supporter? It is a program through which you can donate automatically every month or every 3 months the amount of money you choose from your bank account or credit card. The minimum amount per month is \1000. A regular donation is the best way to support Oxfam’s work for a more fair and equalitarian world. It provides us with reliable income we can count on which allows us to plan in advance and budget more effectively. That way, people facing poverty in developing countries have a real opportunity to build up their own future, and we can work to change the global system that keeps creating poverty and injustice. We send a Newsletter twice a year to our Monthly Supporters, reporting how the money is being used. To become a monthly supporter you just need to fill the application form (in Japanese) and send it Oxfam's office (2F Maruko Building1-20-6 Higashiueno Taito-ku Tokyo 110-0015) by mail.

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