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Oxfam in Vietnam

A future without poverty We can make it


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Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in over 90 countries as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty
The name Oxfam comes from the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, founded in Britain in 1942. The group campaigned for food supplies to be sent through an allied naval blockade to starving women and children in enemy-occupied Greece during the Second World War. The work of Oxfam continued after the war and it joined forces with other organizations around the world. In 1995 eight organizations created Oxfam International, a non-profit foundation registered in The Hague in the Netherlands. The aim was to work together for greater impact to bring about an end to poverty and injustice. Today, there are 17 member organizations of the Oxfam confederation. They are based in: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Quebec, Spain and the United States. The Oxfam Secretariat is based in Oxford, UK. The Secretariat runs advocacy offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York, Washington DC and Brasilia. We work with and through partners and communities in 92 countries to eradicate poverty and combat injustice through long-term, sustainable development programs. We employ a rights-based approach to development, addressing the needs and human rights of poor, vulnerable and marginalized people. Through experience we know that working together as affiliates is more effective and efficient. To increase our impact in helping people living in poverty to fight injustice we are adopting a single management structure. This means that one Oxfam is in charge of a single strategy for each country we work in.

Vietnam
Vietnams remarkable record to help people out of poverty for the last 20 years is well-known and rightly celebrated. But poverty still affects many, and this certainly goes for certain population groups. Government statistics show that from 88 million people in Vietnam (2010), 13 million people live in poverty. Poverty reduction is slowing down and inequality is increasing. This goes above all for ethnic minorities who make up for 14 percent of the Vietnamese population, but also for half of the countrys poor people.

Oxfam in Vietnam
In Vietnam, Oxfam is one of the leading international non-governmental organisations. Since 1955, Oxfam is active in Vietnam with humanitarian interventions and started development work in the late 1980s. Today, Oxfam works in 26 provinces with people, governments and civil society to promote equality and well-being through social and economic change. Oxfam is changing its way of working in 92 countries. This change aims for greater impact in our fight against poverty and injustice. In 2011 in Vietnam, six Oxfams from different countries came together as one Oxfam with one management and strategy. Under this joint strategy the different Oxfam affiliates implement their programmes and projects and work together as one.

Our focus
We have a vision where people are empowered to pursue their own development opportunities. We strive for a future: with better livelihoods for people in rural areas with better livelihoods for urban and migrant workers where every community is well prepared to cope with climate change and disasters where women and men can assert economic and political power equally where our voice is heard

Examples of our work


Find below some examples of our programmes in Vietnam

Sell it
We work with communities in rural areas to improve livelihoods. For instance, we support the Farmers Union in demanding benefits for farmers. In Ninh Thuan we help Raglai women to engage in markets. With local partners and community members we train women and men to improve the quality of their product and sell it at the market to have a sustainable income.

Wo(men)
We want a future with gender equality. We work with the government and local partners to ensure gender is included in policies and laws. With the Womens Union we inform people about the Gender Equality Law and Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control by helping communities to use role plays to explain these laws.

Dep, 22, took marketing and calculating training in 2011. After completing the courses, I started my business with my very own spot with fresh fruit on the daily market. I now cover my familys costs and feel confident! If I can do it, anybody can.

Voices
We want to let our voices be heard. We helped people to set up Community Investment Monitoring Groups (CIMG) to monitor the government housing for the poor programme. The groups helped to raise villagers awareness about their rights and voice.

Know your rights


We want legal aid and support for all urban and migrant workers. With local partners we empower workers to claim decent working and living conditions in urban areas.

H, 22, has a new house thanks to this programme. With the CIMG, she confronted the construction workers. We knew that our house needed 38 bags of cement. The builders only brought 34 and we told them to bring the missing bags, said H. With the Womens Unions we set up Clubs on Safe Migration and Anti-Human Exploitation where people learn about risks of exploitation and how to migrate safely.

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Watermelons
We want all of us to be able to deal with changing climates and disasters. In Ben Tre, we support people to pilot new livelihood measures to adapt to drought and warmer weather. Vo Thi Truc Ly, 39, and her husband, where among the firsts to pilot a new method of growing watermelons under nylon covers in the dry season. This project brought my husband and me over four tons of watermelons! A crop increase of 150 percent.

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