Your money will change people's lives

The donation for Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 2011 will be used to support Oxfam's programs around the world. At least 80% of the money raised through Oxfam Trailwalker Japan 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 2011

We greatly appreciate your enormous effort. Total : 44,798,564JPY

*To see Financial Report, please click here. (PDF file, 78KB)

Where the money goes?

Your fundraised money, after deducting expenses, will be used for the following Oxfam-operated projects. (Oxfam TrailwalkerJapan 2011)

■Emergency Aid
●D.R.Congo"Humanitarian Aid in Conflict"
●Support for the Great East Japan Earthquake

■Long-term Community Development
● South Africa "Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS"
● India "Support for the Improvement of Live livelihoods in the Mountain Villages and Prevention of Floods in the Low-lying Regions"
● Oceania
● Enterprise Development Programme(EDP)

Your money will support

Emergency Aid

●Support for the Great East Japan Earthquake

Immediately after the earthquake, Oxfam started the distribution of 20,000 sets of solar-powered radios to the people affected by the disaster. In partnership with Japanese NGOs, we are also extending support to pregnant women and single mothers, foreign residents who do not speak Japanese by delivering them relief goods. Besides, Oxfam is providing them with counseling so as to ease their psychological stress and supplement their material needs, to protect their lives and to help them live in dignity.

● "Humanitarian Aid in Conflict" -D.R.Congo-

Though the longstanding conflict in eastern Congo was settled, the government is still continuing the ongoing operation against the rebels. As a result, many people have been killed, many houses have been burnt, and more than 1 million people have fled their homes. Oxfam works in providing humanitarian aid to 800,000 people such as safe water and sanitary goods, sanitation and health education in refugee camps, and communities which hosts displaced people.
We will continue our lobby work at a national and international level to ensure that the people of the DR Congo get the support they need to return home and rebuild their lives.

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

Long-term Community Development

●"Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS" -South Africa-

While the economy might be growing, the income gap between people are large and half of the population in South Africa live below the poverty line. One in every five people in the country is HIV-positive, and particularly in young people, the number of women living with HIV and AIDS is more than that of the man. In the background, there are poverty and gender-based violence. We have been working with local partners in poor areas, providing home-based care, raising awareness for ways of preventing HIV and AIDS, supporting for HIV and AIDS orphans, and challenging ideas and beliefs that lead to violence against women.

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

●"Support for the Improvement of Live livelihoods in the Mountain Villages and Prevention of Floods in the Low-lying Regions" -India-

In the Uttrakhand State, a small state located at the foot of the Himalayas, many men go away to work and women do the hard work such as taking care of their families, farming, and managing livestock. Based on the needs of each village, Oxfam works with local NGO partners, providing training sessions on farming to increase crops while cutting down on labor, helping people to find a company and develop crop sales to earn extra cash income. In the Bihar State, the poorest state in India, located in the region where floods occur most frequently, Oxfam works to prevent floods, to improve small infrastructure, such as elevating the position of the well and proposing evacuation plans and disaster-preventing organizations in which all villagers can get involved.

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

●Oceania

The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific, which is facing the problems of poverty and unemployment among the young generation. In its assistance programme for secondary education and vocational training, Oxfam is helping the youth who are out of work by constructing job training centres in remote villages and the training of teachers for the centres. In Samoa, Oxfam is supporting the production of high quality coconut oil through organic agricultural methods. This led the Samoa products to be sold in the Fair Trade cosmetic market and, consequently, the agricultural income is growing.

●Enterprise Development Programme(EDP)

Oxfam provides a mix of financial support (loans, grants, and guarantees) and business training to 16 enterprises in 15 countries with the aim of production groups in developing countries emerging from poverty and their future growth. Oxfam provides enterprises which are operating in challenging conditions such as those located in remote places (for example, an enterprise producing sesame oil in Ethiopia, an enterprise processing and selling milk in Haiti) and managed by those who are impoverished. Oxfam aims to improve the income of people engaged in enterprises by more than 30 % in three years by creating new industries and employment in the regions.

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 4 times 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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