MAY 2013
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Oxfam Express
49 Issue
A small rice packet leads to big lasting changes With your support, Oxfam is able to equip tea farmers in Changning, Yunnan with better skills and means to improve livelihoods and cope with disasters.
Message from the Director General Dear Oxfam Friend, Every year over two weekends in May, our staff and volunteers fan out into the community for the annual Oxfam Rice Sale. Dressed in the Oxfam tee shirts or volunteer jackets, our “green army” enthusiastically participates in the event, rain or shine, hoping to raise more money for poor people in Mainland China. Last year, the event was extended to Macau and was met with overwhelmingly positive response. Oxfam Hong Kong has been working in China since 1987. Over the last 26 years, we have supported more than 2,000 development and humanitarian projects in 29 provinces and cities to assist poor people to improve their lives. However, over 90 million people in the country still earn an annual income of less than 2,300 yuan per person. This year, the theme of the Oxfam China Development Fund campaign is “A small rice packet
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leads to big lasting changes”. Indeed, every rice packet that you buy will make a difference. I urge you to support our campaign this year and buy more, if you can.
mark in Ying’s life, but in this issue of Oxfam Express, she demonstrates the power of hope and resilience and shows us how a near-fatal trauma has not robbed her of a fulfilling life.
Have you ever noticed that the photos that you see in our communications materials often feature smiling faces and always carry positive messages? It is our belief that the fight against poverty and injustice is achieved by determination, perseverance and a positive attitude. We consider our donors and project participants as equal partners. Instead of being passive takers, our beneficiaries can – with our assistance – actively change their lives around and embark on the journey towards self-reliance.
Whether rain or shine, let us continue to join hands to help more people fight against poverty and injustice – with a smile and a positive attitude!
Do you still remember Ying? She is one of the survivors of a deadly factory fire in Shenzhen and has assisted many injured workers to rebuild their lives. She is also the main character of one of the workshops hosted by our Interactive Education Centre. The tragedy has left a
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Great efforts, small yields Everyone in Lianfu Village, Changning, Yunnan, knows well what Dong Yulan is doing at home – one of the walls of her house collapsed but she has no money to fix it. Like all other families in the village, Yulan’s family grows tea trees for a living. But they have only a small plot of land which in a good year brings about 2,000 yuan a year, still lower than the 2,300 yuan rural poverty line in the Mainland. Yulan finds it very difficult to feed her family of five with this little income, yet she still has to squeeze out 200 yuan each month to pay for her son’s education. Yulan’s husband used to work occasionally in nearby towns to earn extra cash, but he was diagnosed with lung abscess a few years ago. They had to borrow a large sum of money from relatives to pay for his medical treatment. Yulan takes care of her two sons while working on the tea field 攝影︰Chris Stowers/樂施會
Tea is the major income source for Lianfu people for more than a century. But the old tea trees are gradually growing slower and producing less new leaves. Worse still is the prolonged drought in recent years – the village suffered from droughts from 2009 to 2011. With no basic water facilities in the village, people did not even have sufficient water to drink, let alone irrigation. Tea leaf quality suffered; its quantity dropped; and its market price dropped from 10 yuan to two yuan per kilogram, greatly affecting the farmers’ income.
Community-driven livelihood programme In 2011, Oxfam partnered with the poverty alleviation offices of Baoshan City and Changning County to introduce a community-driven development programme in Lianfu Village. Discussed and agreed by the Lanfu people, community development initiatives on growing skills and knowledge, water facilities, roads and disaster prevention were launched, with support from Oxfam and its partners.
Growing tea is a traditional livelihood for Lanfu people
Yulan wants her son to receive education but worries that she may not be able to support him
Roads and water
Better farming skills
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With new and expanded roads, transportation of farm produce and necessities to and from the market is more affordable and less labour-intensive. Meanwhile, new water facilities improve household use of water and irrigation.
With the new skills acquired to improve the growth of the old tea trees, farmers sold their best quality tea batches at about 40 yuan per kilogram last year. Good quality also helped stabilise the tea price. More livelihood means such as growing walnuts and raising silk worms were introduced to diversify the income sources and reduce vulnerability.
Trainings on disaster awareness and preparedness were provided. Biogas facilities together with toilets and pigpens were built to facilitate the use of organic fertilisers in place of chemicals so as to protect soil and water sources and, in the long run, reduce disasters.
People used to carry their produces or necessities on their backs. With the new roads, they can now transport them by motorbike or tractor.
An instructor demonstrates how to trim the tea trees to enhance growth
Residents attend training to better prepare
for disasters 村民參加防災培訓。
Shared vision, lasting changes The Lianfu programme is community-based and community-driven. From the very beginning, residents discussed and agreed among themselves a shared vision of wellbeing. They also set up a residents committee to facilitate implementation of the plans, supported by Oxfam and government officials. Residents’ active participation and sense of ownership of the programmes will enhance sustainable development of the community.
Global advocacy to support small farmers The reciprocal causal relationship between disasters and poverty demands that livelihood development must be carried out with sustainability in mind. Disaster management has always been a major component of Oxfam’s rural community development programmes. In 2007, we also started a climate change advocacy campaign. Farmers in poor areas are often hit first and hardest by extreme weather, losing their livelihoods or even lives. We call on industrialised countries to cut emissions and provide aids to help poor people adapt to climate change. In 2012, we launched a global campaign GROW. Over eight billion people in the world go hungry every day; ironically, 80 per cent of them are small food producers including farmers, fishers and herders. We call on individuals, governments and powerful companies to work together to support small food producers and fix this food crisis.
Three out of the seven members of the residents committee are women, including Xiong Juzhen (left) and Yang Guixian. Now residents take part in their village’s development. “We like this,” they said. The poverty alleviation offices from Baoshan City and Changning County work with Oxfam in this programme. Officials found that the community-driven programme approach worked so well that they applied it on other programmes in the county. They also incorporated disaster management elements in their new programmes.
Oxfam collaborated with the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in Shaanxi and conducted a research on climate change adaptation policy; a survey was done in seven villages to evaluate climate change impacts.
“With this community-driven approach, people are more eager to implement the programme according to plan; their capacity has also improved,” said Baoshan City Poverty Alleviation official Yu Zhongshou.
Oxfam China Development Fund Oxfam Hong Kong has been working in Mainland China since 1987. In 1992, we set up the Oxfam China Development Fund, which finances our poverty alleviation and emergency relief projects across the Mainland, in both rural and urban areas. Oxfam has supported millions of people through more than 2,000 projects in 29 provinces/regions since 1987, including small-scale infrastructure projects, livelihood development, micro-credit, training, advocacy, capacity building, public education and more. In all, Oxfam Hong Kong has allocated more than HK$800 million for programmes in Mainland China.
Please support Oxfam Rice Sale 2013! Every year in May, Oxfam Rice Sale raises funds for our projects in Mainland China. Each little bag of rice costs HK$20.
20 bags of Oxfam Rice can provide four training sessions on better farming skills for the people in Yunnan.
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In the mountain city of Chongqing, there is a county called Zhong. This ordinary small town is home to a group of extraordinary people who demonstrate the power of life. In 1993, a deadly fire broke out in Zhili Toy Factory in Shenzhen, causing huge casualties. The disaster shocked the nation and sparked international concern about the appalling working conditions of the factories. The tragedy also accelerated the enactment of the Labour Law in China in 1994. The then 17-year old Ying was one of the victims of the fire. A large part of her young body suffered serious burns. She lost her fingers on both hands and her left leg was amputated. The physical and emotional recovery was long and arduous. But she did not just survive, she thrived. Ying started to be concerned about the critical conditions of injured workers and disabled people. In May 2002, she established the “Self-Empowerment Service Centre for Disabled Persons”, an officially registered non-governmental organisation in her hometown – Zhong County. In 2003, Oxfam Hong Kong began to provide funding support and capacity building assistance to the organisation.
Although she lost her fingers, Huang Xiaomei manages her noodle shop well.
The mission of the “Self-Empowerment Service Centre for Disabled Persons” is to “Help people towards self-reliance”. The Centre provides information on employment and counselling service to disadvantaged groups such as migrant workers, workers recovering from occupational injuries and illnesses and disabled people. It also promotes awareness of labour rights, strengthens workers’ capacity to defend for these rights, and ensures equal opportunities for their sustainable development. Over the years, Ying and her colleagues at the Centre have assisted hundreds of workers to rebuild their lives through trainings, counselling, organising forums, delivering handbooks on labour rights, as well as visits to workers suffering from pneumoconiosis. Ying has two good friends – Huang Xiaomei and Luo Hongzhen. In 1992, when they were both in their early 20s, the prime of their youth, a serious mechanical failure at their factory left them permanently disabled – Xiaomei lost her fingers and Hongzhen lost her arm. In the next few years, they went through a long period of loss and despair. Ying understood their pains and the three women became good friends. Xiaomei received a start-up grant from the “Self-Empowerment Service Centre for Disabled Persons” to run a noodle shop. She works very hard as this small business is her hope for a better future. As a disabled person, Hongzhen thought she would stay single for the rest of her life, but now, not only is she happily married, she is also a mother of two children. People thought Ying could not survive – she did. People thought she would be bedridden for the rest of her life – she got out of bed with a prosthetic limb. People thought she would be on her own till she dies – she got married and gave birth to a lovely daughter. People thought her life had been ruined – she set up an organisation to help other disabled workers stand up again. China Central Television (CCTV) also filmed her story.
Ying says that her daughter is a mature little girl who can take care of herself. “I can devote my time to the work of the Centre with no worries.”
Ying’s courage defies reason and common perceptions. Her story demonstrates the power of life. When one believes, everything is possible.
Currently, there are over 200 million migrant workers in China. They have contributed significantly to the country’s rapid economic development; they have also helped improve the lives of their families living in rural China. However, many of them are unable to enjoy the benefits of their own contributions. Their labour rights are often denied, they may develop occupational diseases, and they may feel isolated from their home communities. Oxfam Hong Kong has been supporting urban livelihood projects in many cities across China since the 1990s. Much of our work has always focused on community services, legal aid, training and advocacy. By assisting the workers to protect their income and labour rights, we help reduce poverty in rural China and narrow the rich-poor gap in urban China.
Workers with occupational illnesses or injuries engage in an interesting group activity
Activities Donor Trip to Shaanxi We invite you, our valued monthly donor, to travel to Shaanxi, China — a great opportunity to see changes in people’s lives and to deepen your understanding of Oxfam’s work. We will take you to some of our development and gender equality projects where you will learn about our work first-hand and be able to talk directly with project participants. Date: 25 – 30 June, 2013 Number of Partners: 8 Price: About HK$5,500 (including transport and accommodations; any refund will be made after deducting the actual charges) Requirements: Oxfam Partners aged 18 or above who are willing to share tr i p o b s e r va t io ns with O xfam supporters and the general public Please return the form below to us by 24 May. We will contact successful applicants by 3 June.
Parent-child Activity: The Disappearance of Rice Participatory Workshop
Oxfam Supporters Gathering 2013 We invite you to our annual supporters gathering, where we will report our work over the past year and outline future plans. You will also meet our programme colleagues who will explain how Oxfam works with poor people around the world.
The price of agricultural products has been increasing rapidly. But why is it that the majority of farmers are not benefiting? Can you imagine what would happen to the world if one day all farmers stopped cultivating rice? In this interesting, interactive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn about the difficulties and struggles farmers face under the adverse impact of a global economy. They will be guided by the workshop facilitator to probe the correlation between the food crisis and social issues.
Please bring your children too. We will have special activities for Oxfam Kids and other children aged 6 – 12 that give them an age-appropriate introduction to the problem of poverty.
Date: 20 July, 2012 (Saturday) Venue: Oxfam Hong Kong Interactive Education Centre, 9/F China United Centre, 28 Marble Road, North Point Time: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Language : Cantonese
Date: 20 October, 2013 (Sunday) Time: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Venue: Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, 6th Floor, Gymnasium Hall, Activity Building 23 Waterloo Road, Kowloon (Exit A2 or D of Yau Ma Tei MTR station) Language: Cantonese (with English translation)
For parents and their children aged 9 to 12 Please arrive at 2:50 pm Participants will be asked to sit on the floor; please remove your shoes before entering the Centre
Meeting Local Organisations: Community Development Alliance Oxfam Hong Kong has worked in 70 countries, but we are also active right here at home. We would like to invite you to visit the Community Development Alliance (CDA), one of many local organisations we support. CDA encourages the participation of residents in community development as well as advocating for the rights and interests of disadvantaged groups. The alliance is based in Tung Chung and Tin Shui Wai North.
Yat Tung Estate of Tung Chung, the largest public housing estate in Hong Kong, is one of the poorest districts in Hong Kong. The average household income of Yat Tung Estate is less than the overall average monthly income in Hong Kong. Though Tung Chung is located near the airport and a handful of tourist attractions, there are limited local job opportunities and employment support services available. For those who choose to work outside Tung Chung, they have to bear the heavy burden of high transport expenses. The core work of CDA is to advocate for the establishment of bazaars in vacant lands of Tung Chung district, and to enhance the MTR Tung Chung Monthly Pass Scheme.
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Fundraising Activities A wonderful gift for your father and mother As Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are fast approaching, all of us would like to grasp the opportunity to show our gratitude to our parents for their unconditional love. The conventional way is to take them out for dim sum or dinner. But there are other meaningful ways as well. How about a “gift” that shows your love to your parents and at the same time, allows them to share their love by supporting poor people to work their way out of poverty and fight for justice! Please visit the Oxfam website at www.oxfam.org.hk/en/donate.aspx and sign up your father or mother as an Oxfam Partner by making a monthly donation of HK$100 or more on his/her behalf. This special gift will give honour to your parents while extending love to those in need! A special greeting card has been designed for you to send your blessings to your parents. Go to this link (www.oxfam.org.hk/papamama2013) and take action now! (Deadlines for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day online registration are 7 May and 6 June respectively)
We have prepared four different cards for your mother and father
Oxfam responds to the Syria humanitarian crisis Over a million refugees have fled the conflict in Syria into neighbouring countries and are now struggling to cover their basic needs, particularly shelter, food and water. They have escaped violence but are now scrambling for survival! Oxfam has been responding in Jordan and Lebanon, the two primary host countries, since May 2012. Since January 2013, we have reached more than 60,000 refugees in Jordan and Lebanon with humanitarian assistance, including: • building toilets, showers, and laundry areas for over 11,000 people in the Zaatari camp in Jordan • distributing warm clothes, mattresses, blankets, heaters, rugs, kitchen utensils and more in Lebanon to help families through the harsh weather Besides, we will be building new water system to supply safe water for 90,000 people in the Zaatari camp. Oxfam plans to expand its response to 400,000 people.
Refugees collecting water that has just been delivered to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
Oxfam is seeking approximately HK$248 million for our scaled-up response. In Hong Kong, we aim to raise HK$ 800,000 to support the Oxfam global operation in response to the Syria crisis.
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Donate your Asia MilesTM to Oxfam Hong Kong By donating your Asia MilesTM to Oxfam Hong Kong, you will help us continue our work with better cost-effectiveness. As an agency that advocates for better climate policies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on poor people, we strive to minimise our carbon footprint – every mile you donate will be used appropriately to further our humanitarian, development and advocacy work with expediency and utmost consideration for the environment. Oxfam is a participant of Asia MilesTM for Charity. To donate your Asia Miles or for more information, please visit: www.asiamiles.com
Please help the Syrian refugees by donating whatever you can!
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Please change your monthly donation by bank autopay Thank you for your continuous support to Oxfam Hong Kong. Your monthly donation allows us to have stable financial support to continue our poverty alleviation work throughout the world. To further reduce our administration cost, we encourage you to change your monthly donation by bank autopay instead of using credit card which incurs charges. Please call us at 3120 5000 or email us at: ds@oxfam.org.hk to complete the process.
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^ By Kanie Siu, Director of Fundraising & Communications
In January this year, Kanie visited Oxfam’s project sites in Nepal. “I salute Rakesh Mohan, our Associate Country Director in Nepal, for his hard work and development strategies in helping poor Nepalese people strive for a better future.“
Every year, I visit our projects in different countries to see how our projects have helped improve people’s lives. Every trip is tiring and tough. However, every trip is fruitful and full of fond memories. I joined Oxfam Hong Kong in 1998. Prior to that, I had worked in the commercial sector for many years. In 1999, I went to Hebei Province, China to visit earthquake-affected villagers with some monthly donors. That was my first work trip with Oxfam. It took us nearly six hours through narrow and bumpy roads in a four-wheeled vehicle to get to the communities. If you have ever joined our overseas trips, you would understand how tough they can be! Oxfam works in remote areas that receive less assistance. When we arrived, I saw our field colleague, community members and local partners from the government poverty alleviation department squatting on the floor, designing water and irrigation projects together. It was a chilly day; the cold winds were making me shiver. As the Chinese saying goes, “It is better to travel more than to read books alone”. Had I not been in the community, I would not have been able to witness how our programme colleague had overcome so many challenges and difficulties, including extreme weathers, long and tiring journey, to visit his project site. I would not have known that he had to go through endless negotiations with different parties to ensure smooth implementation of the programme. I was particularly impressed by our programme colleague’s effort to engage the donors’ visit to pressurise the government officials to work out the water pump system for the community. I also realised the power of solidarity and determination. It was the first time that I witnessed how Oxfam engages project participants to demand for positive changes. It was Oxfam’s participatory approach at work! The projects have enabled villagers to have access to running water for drinking and livelihood development. The active participation and
enthusiasm of the community members made me feel warm and touched. This greatly reinforced my commitment to Oxfam Hong Kong and motivated me to work hard at my job. When I joined Oxfam, I was given an image guideline stating that Oxfam is an independent development and humanitarian agency rather than a charity organisation. I truly appreciate this “Working with Poor People against Poverty” principle which aims to empower and mobilise communities to work together for their development and positive structural changes. We consider poor people as equal partners rather than passive takers. As a working mother of two children, I particularly admire Oxfam’s keen efforts to empower marginalised and disadvantaged women. I have always been grateful for being one of the members of the big Oxfam poverty alleviation team. Being able to join hands with many committed and wholehearted stakeholders including donors, projects participants, local partners, government officials, volunteers, colleagues at Oxfam as well as Oxfam Council members to work on the same goal — fight against poverty and injustice — is truly a blessing for me! When an earthquake hit Yunnan in early March this year, my colleagues in China worked around the clock to provide relief to affected people, I supported the humanitarian effort in the head office by st e er i n g t he fun d r ais in g an d communications work until very late at night. Throughout the years, I have had the chance to be involved in this kind of team work many times. The exemplary team spirit demonstrated at times like this inspires and motivates me to continue exploring more financial support for our programmes around the world.
Kanie (3rd from right) has always been impressed by the unconditional support of volunteers in selling Oxfam Rice The trust and continuous support of our monthly donors and the general public in Hong Kong and Macau are another driving force for me. When I was selling Oxfam Rice some years ago, an elderly woman pushing a trolley of used paper boxes stopped in front of my rice stall. She took out HK$5 from her pocket and put it into the donation box. That must be a lot of money to her but she still contributed it to Oxfam. I was deeply touched and this incident keeps reminding me to be accountable to our supporters. Our volunteers contributed their time to support our daily office work, the annual Oxfam Rice Sale and Oxfam Trailwalker. For the latter, some work on a 24-hour shift during the three-day event, enduring tiredness and sleeplessness so as to ensure a successful fundraiser and a memorable time for all. I could never thank them enough for their unconditional support to Oxfam. Our Council members are mostly busy executives but they contribute their off-hours volunteering in Oxfam’s work. For example, Elsie once sent us emails at 9 pm asking questions regarding governance issues of Oxfam; at the same time of the same day, Bernard was presenting awards at the Oxfam Trailwalker Prize Presentation Ceremony. CK Lo and Tse Kam Keung always reply our emails on weekends. It seems to me that they do not have rest time at all. I also find that they are very familiar with the issues of the agency. I believe they have spent much time reading thoroughly our documents before they attend each Council meeting. They really care about the work of Oxfam. How can a full time employee like me not work as hard as they do? Fifteen years have gone by. My job has made my life happier and more fulfilled. I see this as a sustainable personal development.
Reports / Acknowledgements Total Programme Expenditure: HK$69million (November 2012 to February 2013)
Archipelagic Southeast Asia
Africa 8%
(Indonesia, DPR Korea, the Philippines & Timor-Leste)
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(Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Niger, South Africa & Zambia) (Bangladesh, India, Nepal & Pakistan)
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Other & global
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New Project Highlights (From December 2012 to 31 March 2013, Oxfam Hong Kong approved 125 new projects)
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Ethiopia Building community resilience to drought for 15,000 vulnerable people in Siti Zone, Somali Region
DPR Korea
591 on-going projects (as of 28 February 2013) * The programme expenditure is subject to audit and will be published in the Annual Review 2012/2013.
Myanmar Supporting upland agriculture and community forestry programme (Phase 2) in Kachin State
Nepal Livelihood and empowerment programme (LEP), Udayapur district Pakistan Emergency water, sanitation and hygiene assistance and early
recovery support for 10,000 households affected by the flood in Sindh
Acknowledgements Kanie Siu, Director of Fundraising and Communications, Oxfam Hong Kong, presented a certificate of appreciation to Megha Kaul, Business Administrator of Active Communication Limited for their pro-bono training on presentation skills to Oxfam’s staff.
Hong Kong, China Rowing Association has been donating funds raised at the Charity Rowathon to Oxfam Hong Kong for the past three years. Sir David Akers-Jones, GBM, KBM, JP, GBS (6th from right), Honorary Advisor of Hong Kong; China Rowing Association; Robert Wilson (6th from left), President of the Hong Kong, China Rowing Association; and Kanie Siu, Director of Fundraising and Communications, Oxfam Hong Kong (4th from left) attended the prize presentation.
Alfax Media Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre Baby-mo Magazine Bodhi and Friends FAM Magazine Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited IKID Magazine Playtimes Magazine Times Square
Oxfam Partners Recruitment Campaign - Exhibition Area Sponsorship (December 2012 to March 2013) Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Yuen Long Plaza Ｍikiki Mall New Kowloon Plaza Hang Lung Properties Kornhill Plaza The Link Management Limited Kam Tai Shopping Center Lei Yue Mau Plaza Siu Lun Shopping Center
Ming Tak Shopping Center Lai Kok Shopping Center Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Center Fung Tak Shopping Center Ho Man Tin Plaza Long Ping Commercial Centre Yau Oi Commercial Centre King Lam Shopping Centre
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Oxfam Unwrapped
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Oxfam Ambassadors Ivana Wong Poman Lo
Sponsors Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Health Check & Medical Diagnostic Group Limited Tai Shing Group (Holdings) Co Ltd. Wing Hang Bank Logistics Sponsor TNT Express Worldwide (HK) Ltd. Oxfam Rice Sponsor Dah Chong Hong Holdings Limited Oxfam Rice Stall Sponsor Athena Best Financial Group Baker & McKenzie CITIC Pacific Ltd. Hang Seng Bank Oxfam Rice Sale Venue Sponsors Club MIDTOWN Creative Property Services Consultants Limited Goodwell Property Management Ltd Hang Lung Properties Hong Kong Housing Authority Hong Kong Housing Society Le Prestige Club House LGF Investment Limited c/o Savills Property Management Limited MTR Corporation Limited Ng Yuk Secondary School NICE Property Management Ltd. Royal Peninsula Synergis Management Services Limited The Link Vineberg Property Management Limited Well Born Real Estate Management Limited YOHO CLUB Yuet Wu Villa Management Office Oxfam Ambassador Joey Yung Volunteer Photographers Hugo Lam Titan Lam Acknowledgement American Express International, Inc. Chocolate Rain Jewelery & Design Co. Ltd. Chong Hing Bank
CLP Délifrance (HK) Ltd. Federation of Hong Kong Industries Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited George Miller Limited Hong Kong Broadband Network Japan Home Centre MIX Nanyang Commercial Bank, Limited Protrek Regal Hotels International Teen Guide Magazine The Bank of East Asia The Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. Time Square Magazine Toys "R" Us Wharf T & T Limited Wing Hang Bank Limited
Oxfam Volunteer Photographer Dick Lau Jasmine
2013 Oxfam Musical Marathon Sponsored by: Tom Lee Music
Sponsors Banco Weng Hang, S.A. Seng Fung Jewellery
Venue Sponsors: Cityplaza Goodwell – Fortune Property Services Limited Ma On Shan Plaza Maritime Square MTR Corporation Limited PopCorn Swire Properties Management Ltd. Telford Plaza
Logistics Sponsor Dah Chong Hong Macau Logistics Warehouse Co. Ltd.
Companies that Organised Beneficiary Events to Support Oxfam’s Work
Macau
Oxfam Rice Sponsor Royal Supermarket Company Limited Storage Service Sponsor Store Friendly Self Storage Group Media Partner TDM TELEDIFUSAO DE MACAU, S.A.
Agricultural inputs and related assessments to introduce a low-input sustainable farming system at five farms
Hong Kong Advocacy on rent allowance for grassroots families
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Lands Department Children Charities Carnival HKGUA Primary School Kowloon City Plaza Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited The Laguna Mall Hong Kong Housing Authority FPD Savills Property Management Ltd. Marina Square Laguna Plaza
• Supporting platform for people living with HIV in Mangshi City, Yunnan Province • Project of agricultural production and farming cooperative in Lueyang County, Shaanxi Province • Training on sewing skills for impoverished women of 4.14 Earthquake in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province
3plus1 Dogs Seasons Dr Mak Wing Kin Hong Kong Wedding Association Ltd. Logic Tutorial Centre Miyazaki Tai Hing Worldwide Development Ltd. TC2
Oxfam Ambassador Joey Yung
Companies Made a Donation of HK$ 50,000 or more
Volunteer Photographers Hugo Lam Titan Lam
4M Industrial Development Ltd. Umbro Asia Sourcing Ltd. Unitrade Global Limited
Acknowledgement Bank of China (Macau Branch) Grand Emperor Hotel Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais Mannings Ricacorp (Macau) Properties Limited Tealicious Art House
Companies that support Oxfam Lai See Donation 2013 DSC Holdings Ltd English Excel Heng Fa Lau Japan Home Centre Mu Gu Niang Protrek
Oxfam Lai See 2013 Oxfam’s Lai See Donation campaign has come to an end. Thank you for your participation. Altogether, 102 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong joined the event this year and donated over HK$1.056 million. Every penny that was donated will be used to help poor families throughout the world to fight against poverty. Special thanks to the volunteers from Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. for helping us count the donations and also thanks to Eaton Hotel for providing the venue for the prize presentation. The prizes are as follow: Donation Award (Kindergarten group): Champion: Keen Mind Kindergarten 1st runner-up: Hong Kong Baptist University Kindergarten 2nd runner-up: Yuen Long Sam Yuk Kindergarten Donation Award (Primary group): Champion: P.L.K. Choi Kai Yau School 1st runner-up: Raimondi College Primary School 2nd runner-up: Kowloon Tong School (Primary Section) Donation Award (Secondary group): Champion: Ying Wa Collage 1st runner-up: St. Joseph's College 2nd runner-up: St Rose Of Lima's College Highest rates of Participated Award: Kindergarten Group: N.T. Women & Juveniles Welfare Association Ltd. Yuen Long Primary Group: SKH Kolwoon Bay Kei Lok Primary School Secondary Group: HKTA Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School Other Participating Schools: Agnes English Kindergarten AL & VS Education Fung Gordon Pei Nursery Kindergarten Assembly of God Leung Sing Tak Primary school Assembly of God Union Church Kindergarten Bishop Ford Memorial School Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hon College Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School C & Ma Sun Kei Primary School C & Ma Sun Kei Secondary School Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School CFSC Cheerland Kindergarten & Childcare centre Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School Chi Hong Primary School Chi Lin Buddhist Secondary School China Holiness Church Living Spirit College Chinese YMCA Primary School Chiu Yang Por Yen Primary School Discovery Bay College ECF Saint Too Canaan College FDBWA Chow Chin Yau School First Assembly of God Primary School GCEPSA Whampoa School Heung To Secondary School HHCKLA Buddhist Chan Shi Wan Primary School HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Lin Association School HK Man Sang Kindergarten & Int'l Nursery HKSYC & IA Wong Tai Shan Memorial College HKUGA Primary School Ho Lap Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) Ho Shun Primary School Homantin Baptist Church Kindergarten Hop Yat Church Shin Ka Chuen Memorial Kindergarten Hoyu College & Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) Karlam Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten (Oasis) Kowloon Tong School (Secondary Section) Kowloon True Light School (Primary School) Kwong Lam Baptist Lui Kwok Pat Fong Kindergarten L.K.W.F.S.L. Wong Yiu Nam Primary School Lai Chack Middle School Lei Muk Shue Catholic Primary School Lok Sin Tong Primary School Lok Sin Tong Young Ko Hsiao Lin Secondary School Marymount Primary School
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N.T. Heung Yee Kok Tai Po District School New Generation English Kindergarten (Tuen Mum) NLSI Lui Kwok Pat Fong College Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School Ping Shek Estate Catholic Primary School PLK Castar Primary School Po Leung Kuk Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College Po Leung Kuk Lee Shing Pik College Pooi To Middle School S.R.B.C.E.P.S.A Ho Sau Ki School Salesian English School Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School Shataukok Central Primary School Saint Kwong Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten Sheung Shui Pui Yau Kindergarten SKH Holy Trinity Church Secondary School SKH Tsoi Kung Po Secondary School St Louis School (Primary School) St Marks' School St Matthew's Church Kindergarten St. Anthony's School St. Joseph's Primary School St. Paul's College Primary School St. Stephen's Girls' College Sung Tsin Mission Graceful Kindergarten & Nursery (Ma On Shan) Taoist Ching Chung Primary School The Baptist Convention Of Hong Kong Yiu Hing Kindergarten The Church of Christ in China Kei Wan Secondary School The HK Chinese Women's Club Kindergarten Nursery School The Little Flower's Catholic Primary School Tin Shui Wai Government Secondary School TKDS Fong Shu Chuen School True Light Middle School of Hong Kong Truth Baptist Church Empower Kindergarten Truth Baptist Church Kindergarten Tsung Tsin Christian Academy TWGHs Chan Zao Men College TWGHs Chang Ming Thien College TWGHs Lee Ching Dea Memorial College TWGHs Sin Chu Wan Primary School TWGHs Sun Hoi Directors' College Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School Y.C.H. Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School Yuen Long Public Secondary School YL PMSAA Lau Leung Sheung Memorial Kindergarten YWCA Hioe Tjo Yoeng College Besides, we launched the first Oxfam Lai See campaign in Macau this year. Six schools including kindergartens, primary and secondary schools joined the event and they raised over HK$48,000 to support Oxfam’s poverty alleviation work. Participating schools in Macau: Escola Secundaria Luso-Chinesa de Luis Gonzaga Gomes Esola De St. Teresa Macau Sam Yuk Middle School Sacred Heart Canossian College (English Section) Sheng Kung Hui Choikou School Macau The International School of Macao
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