Mission and Vision
A just world, without poverty. That is our mission. We believe that people can build independent livelihoods, provided their rights are respected. That is why we help people around the world to stand up for their rights.
1. Right to sustainable livelihood resources
Everybody must be sure of a fair income and enough to eat. Yet this is not the case for 20% of the world’s population. That is why we are working on better access to land and water, and on fair working and trading conditions.
2. Right to basic social services
Education and health care are essential for building better societies. Yet even as we make progress towards universal primary education, around the world, there are still 130 million kids in school who fail to learn basic reading, writing and maths. When governments fail to deliver, Oxfam together with partner organizations invest in quality basic social services.
3. Right to life and security
Natural disasters, climate change and armed conflicts hit millions of people every year. We support them with relief aid and reconstruction. And we prepare people to prevent or mitigate the effects of disasters and conflicts.
4. Right to social and political participation
Knowledge is power. We believe that when people can participate in public decisions that affect them, they can build independent livelihoods and thriving communities.Together with partners we give people access to information and a voice.
5. Right to an identity
Gender inequality is both a violation of human rights and an obstacle to sustainable development. In a just world there is no place for the discrimination of women and minorities.
Our Core Values
When people’s basic rights are respected, we can rid the world of poverty and injustice. This is what we stand for:
- Empowerment
We work on the basis of the power and potential of people. We provide practical and innovative solutions to empower people to build their livelihoods without poverty.
- Accountability
We call on those in power to consider people in a vulnerable position in word and action. And we of course account for our own work to governments, donors, supporters, volunteers, corporations and almost 17 million Dutch men and women.
- Inclusiveness
We are all equal, irrespective of the accident of birth, gender, faith or sexual orientation. In all our work we give special attention to the position and rights of women and minorities. And given the potentially pivotal role of women as agents of change, gender justice is at the heart of everything we do.
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ZAM Chronicle (online) is a journalists project of especially investigative journalists. It is a monthly selection of the best African investigative journalism. The stories are fundamental and consistently discuss global issues. These are not just stories about Africa, they touch a deeper essence of what is really going on in Africa written by African investigative journalists themselves. This way, ZAM fills in an information gap in western media (reality as seen in Africa from the African perspective) in order to create a public opinion and to promote awareness about these global issues. Examples: Child soldiers, food aid industry, fair trade, land reform, trafficking of people, female genital mutilation, corruption, terrorism , multinationals and taxes, trading of arms. These are global issues Dutch citizens are concerned about. In each article, the African investigative journalist shines a new light and sometimes reveals a new truth. ZAM Chronicle has a growing, widely spread network of readers in academic circles (Erasmus Universiteit,Afrikaans Studiecentrum, Onderzoekscentrum Zuid Afrika), in the media (such as Volkskrant , Uganda Server , Italian , Swiss and UK newspapers , One World NL) and in civil society (Linkedin network Peace and Conflict East African School of Human Rights , South African watchdog open secrets). Objectives: Develop an influential platform for debate on North-South, both worldwide and in the Netherlands. Establish a platform for Dutch (European) and African citizens to get in touch with each other and show solidarity. Develop a quality network of African investigative journalism Results: At least 5 presentations at institutions in the Netherlands 100 inputs in media platforms (online and offline) in the West and in Africa 300 subscribers to ZAM CHRONICLE 30 visitors of life ZAM events every Monday World wide Skype presentations, f.e. during conferences for investigative journalism in Africa Interaction between Dutch media and African investigative journalists Interaction between Dutch civil society, policy makers and African investigative journalists Assessment of the impact of the written articles on the public (survey results) Understanding how ZAM identifies qualitative research journalists in Africa The lessons learned will be used for further program development with African, global and Dutch partners.
OI Oxford Land Rights Policy Lead
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Oxfam develops and coordinates its land rights policy positions and advocacy work across affiliates and countries to facilitate coherence and maximize impact. The same applies to Oxfam's food and climate justice policy work. For the purpose of this project, the parties seek to co-operate with each other on the project titled Seeds GROW. The funding described in this agreement will be used to finance the position of OI Land Rights Policy Lead (presently Marc Wegerif) and the position of OI Climate Change Policy Lead (presently Annaka Peterson). The roles will lead Oxfam GROW campaign's advocacy on land rights and on climate change respectively, aiming to maximise Oxfam's influence on local-to-global public and private sector land rights and climate changepolicies and their implementation. They will lead the Oxfam land and climate change advocacy team and be accountable for overseeing the delivery of the GROW campaign operational plan on a yearly basis. Both are key roles engaging with crucial partners, coordinating the relevant teams acrossaffiliates and directly involved in campaigning, development of organizational strategies and plans, fundraising, advocacy, conflict resolution.
Thailand UP Country support
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Oxfam in Thailand has been working with partners at the local and national level to build an enabling environment for sustainable agricultural production of food and income security (including land reform, forest and coastal resources management and climate change adaptation) since 2001. The Behind the Barcode work in Thailand is focusing on the Seafood Supply chain. The journey in Thailand will cover both offline and online events. For the offline activities, main events are the Fisherfolk in Bangkok, Seafood Event, Scorecard and Launch with the aim to create sustainable and ethical food supply chains, and enable consumers to be part of this change. The planned activities entail: People Behind our Seafood: Fisherfolk in Bangkok. Event to promote sustainable fisheries; Website development; Scorecard development and national Launch; Online content and promotion for 'Dear Supermarket'; Introduction vide; Seafoodonline documentary series; Offline products for visibility (i.e, T-shirts, notebooks, shopping bags, stickers); Content and graphicdevelopment for website and digital media to support supporter journey. In addition to these campaign activities, the project will also allow to provide support in terms of human resources to the team in Thailand.
OGB in Pakistan GROW Program Development
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Oxfam Novib# Lobby and Advocacy Team has decided to invest in programme development, one of the focus this year is on strengtheningOxfam# GROW campaign . An Action Plan was developed in March 2014 # initial work involves different countries in Asia region linking local campaign strategies to national, regional and global campaign strategies of GROW. This global GROW programme will build on on-going GROW national campaigns in Asian countries, the South Asia and Southeast Asia GROW regional campaigns and advocacy work at the international level. A Core Group has been set up to deliver the Action Plan in close coordination with Oxfam Novib Regional Manager for Asia and the head of the Lobby and Advocacy Team. The evolving programme areas are focused on 3 themes (with knowledge management as cross cutting): right to food/food justice, land governance, and climate adaptation. So far, concept notes have been developed already defining the (1) regional (East Asia and South Asia) GROW campaign strategies targeting national governments and regional institutions (ASEAN, Asian Development Bank); (2) global Right to Food influencing work (involving 3 Asian countries), and (3) land governance advocacy in the Mekong Region. The consultant is expected to use these regional programme ideas in helping country and regional Oxfam teams identify local/national to regional/global campaign strategies which is core to her/his task towards designing the global GROW programme framework. This global framework (programme summary/cpncept note) will be used in contacting and exploring partnership with external donors.
OGB Asia GROW Program Development
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Oxfam Novib# Lobby and Advocacy Team has decided to invest in programme development, one of the focus this year is on strengtheningOxfam# GROW campaign . An Action Plan was developed in March 2014 # initial work involves different countries in Asia region linking local campaign strategies to national, regional and global campaign strategies of GROW. This global GROW programme will build on on-going GROW national campaigns in Asian countries, the South Asia and Southeast Asia GROW regional campaigns and advocacy work at the international level. A Core Group has been set up to deliver the Action Plan in close coordination with Oxfam Novib Regional Manager for Asia and the head of the Lobby and Advocacy Team. The evolving programme areas are focused on 3 themes (with knowledge management as cross cutting): right to food/food justice, land governance, and climate adaptation. So far, concept notes have been developed already defining the (1) regional (East Asia and South Asia) GROW campaign strategies targeting national governments and regional institutions (ASEAN, Asian Development Bank); (2) global Right to Food influencing work (involving 3 Asian countries), and (3) land governance advocacy in the Mekong Region. The consultant is expected to use these regional programme ideas in helping country and regional Oxfam teams identify local/national to regional/global campaign strategies which is core to her/his task towards designing the global GROW programme framework. This global framework (programme summary/cpncept note) will be used in contacting and exploring partnership with external donors.