Oxfam
Understanding the enormous challenge of getting every child a primary education, Oxfam works in different ways, at different levels, with different allies, in a broad worldwide programme.
Sometimes we help people buy bricks and mortar to build a school, and then equip it. Or we might support people as they demand from governments what is rightfully theirs.
For example, in the village of Baazing, in Ghana, people were struggling to get a bigger school. Oxfam decided to support a local organisation, PRONET, which had already helped many poor children get an education – and backed their work helping villagers to call for government action.
Many delegations and meetings later, the community got the new school it needed.
Development projects like this are vital to getting more children into school. But getting education for all means influencing decision-makers, and changing policies too. So Oxfam also lobbies and campaigns on several fronts to achieve its aims.
An active member of the Global Campaign for Education, we work with community groups, local non-governmental organisations, and other allies, to help local, national, regional and international efforts to improve education.
Working this way, Oxfam tries to influence funding and push for better access to schools – particularly to ensure that girls benefit as much as boys.
And we lobby for specific changes too, through powerful initiatives like our Health and Education campaign. Oxfam wants world leaders to deliver aid to train two million new teachers for poor countries – a move that would help a whole generation learn the skills they need to beat poverty.
Website
oxfam.org.uk
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Address
Oxfam Supporter Relations,
Oxfam House,
John Smith Drive,
Cowley,
Oxford.
OX4 2JY
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