The charities we support

The charities we support are presented to the MCR and voted on. Each
year a maximum of 5 charities are elected. These are the beneficiaries of
money raised by the various charities events taking place during the year,
as well as the 8 annual contribution automatically batteled to each MCR
member (the Charities Fund main source of income).
A total of 4,506.53 was raised during the academic year 2015/2016, split
(following the % of votes) among the charities that the MCR elected to
support. Below are the details of which charities we voted on and elected,
and how much each charity received:
Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre - 1086.07 (24.1%)
Oxford Homeless Pathways - 1041.01 (23.1%)
Bureau D'Aide l'Accueil des Migrants (BAAM) - 1000.45 (22.2%)
Amazon Conservation Team - 793.15 (17.6%)
Afrinspire - 581.34 (12.9%)
The other charities which were voted on are:

Lincoln College Vacation Project (VacProj)

A21 Campaign
Against Malaria Foundation
Under the Same Sun
Grace Children's Home
If you are curious to know more about the charities Lincoln college
supports feel free to read the descriptions below written by those
members who nominated the charities.

 Bureau D'Aide l'Accueil des Migrants (BAAM)

The BAAM is an association based in Paris whose primary goal is to guarantee that
migrants that come to Paris are treated with the utmost dignity, humanity and
compassion. It operates on every level needed for this endeavor, providing legal
advice and translations, as well as building a network of lawyers, as well as a network
of doctors, bringing migrants to hospitals to secure an assessment to whatever
violence they might have endured, and offering French classes at every level, and for
every aim. It also built a third network of Parisians willing to host migrants and
donate both money, food and basic necessities to emergency camping sites, as well as
creating partnerships with several French universities that would allow for migrants to
follow classes there. Last but not least, it raises awareness about the conditions of
migrants in France, and by extension, in Europe, and promotes real change on this
situation.
For more information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/baam.asso/?fref=ts
or
http://baamasso.org/en/

Afrinspire
Afrinspire is a small UK registered charity that provides support to local community
leaders in East Africa, specifically Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, to
implement indigenous development projects. The support ranges from funding
orphaned street children to go to school, the provision of computers and educational
materials to schools and Womens Literacy Groups and the dissemination of
sustainable agricultural techniques.
Afrinspire will use any funds donated by Lincoln MCR this year for the Functional
Adult Literacy program (FAL). FAL teaches practical numeracy and literacy skills to
illiterate adults, typically women. This includes basic accounting to help households
organise their finances and save, reading skills, awareness of HIV, and techniques to
improve hygiene. FAL was set up by Rose Ekitwi, a Ugandan woman whose own
experience of illiteracy drove her to initiate the program. Afrinspire has been funding
FAL since 2006, and has now successfully created 75 womens literacy groups across
Uganda. In doing so it has helped approximately 15,000 Ugandans.
The money Lincoln donates will help extend the FAL program to the region of Gulu
in Northern Uganda. Rose has identified 16 groups in the region (the Womens
Advocacy Network), each consisting of 35 women, to participate in FAL. Northern
Uganda is increasingly stable after 20 years of war between the government and the
LRA. Thousands of girls and women were abducted, taken out of school and forced
into early marriage by the LRA during the conflict, and so the problem of female
illiteracy here is particularly acute.
For more information visit:

http://www.afrinspire.org.uk/

Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC)

The Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC) offers services for
women and girls who have been raped or have experienced other forms of sexual
violence and abuse whether as adults or children, recently or in the past. They also
offer assistance to friends and family who are supporting survivors.
OSARCC carries out many varied activities to support Oxfordshire victims of sexual
violence. It runs a free helpline (both phone and email), regular support groups,
counselling sessions, and its own advocacy service to assist women through
healthcare decisions and the legal and prosecution process following a sexual assault.
It also provides a wide variety of outreach services, from running sexual consent
workshops in local schools, to offering training days for professional organisations.
OSARCC does receive a limited amount of government funding. However like
most rape crisis centres across the country this is being cut down year upon year,
and they are increasingly relying on donations to help support the work they do. Its a
constant struggle to keep the centre open it was founded in 1979, but as recently as
2012 they had to temporarily suspend their services due to a lack of funds.
For more information visit:
http://www.osarcc.org.uk

Oxford Homeless Pathways

Oxford Homeless Pathways (OxHoP) is a charity dedicated to helping the homeless in
Oxford by providing medical care, skills training, housing, all with the aim of
breaking the cycles that keep men and women homeless. OxHoP has two housing
services: OHanlon House, which provides emergency accommodation and Julian
Housing, which has 150 units of housing across Oxford to help people transition to
independent lives and their own homes.
OxHoP includes the Oxford Homeless Medical Fund (OHMF). The OHMF provides
medical and welfare care to the homeless, the vulnerably housed, and anyone not
registered with a GP. The Luther Street Medical Centre, the centre for OHMF, is right
down the street from Lincoln, off of St. Aldates by the Tesco. Full GP services, a
dentist, and podiatrist are on site, and the GP can refer patients to an on-site drug
service and psychiatry service. It is an important source of primary care for Oxfords
homeless population.
OxHoP also runs day services, distributes clothing and bedding, and even teaches IT
and cooking classes.
For more information visit:
http://www.oxhop.org.uk

 Amazon Conservation Team

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
protecting South American rainforests through the empowerment of indigenous
people. Established in 1996, ACT has developed long-term partnerships with more
than 50 indigenous communities across more than 70 million acres of indigenous
landsan area larger than some Central American countries to support the
maintenance of indigenous knowledge systems and culture while protecting ancestral
lands that account for some of the largest tracts of pristine and sustainably managed
rainforest in South America. The livelihoods and cultural identities of indigenous
Amazonian societies are inextricably tied to health of their forests, making them
powerful partners for conservation.
ACT has gained recognition from a variety of institutions for its innovative
conservation and indigenous rights leadership. In 2008, ACT received the prestigious
Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, which recognizes innovators whose work
has the potential for large-scale influence on the critical challenges of our time. The
award was presented at the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in
Oxford. ACT has also been praised for its innovative approach in the Harvard
Business Review and other news outlets.
ACTs headquarters are located in Arlington, VA and has projects in Colombia,
Suriname and Brazil with a total of 85 employees.
For more information visit:
http://www.amazonteam.org/