tion of about 20 per cent of the children
national governments, and interna-
in parts of the country – this was the lead
tional institutions. O.N.E features a
story of the November edition.
story about the challenges of education in Zambia. The 1st of December is World AIDS Day.
On the 3rd, a critical meeting on climate change begins, in Bali.
On the 22nd, Hong Kong’s largest food fair offers Fair Trade food.
tsunami struck.
ONE Stopping the poisoning in China
ONE 300 Action Partners
ONE Fair Trade in the Philippines and Hong Kong
ONE War and the tsunami – Sri Lanka
ONE AIDS information in Zambia
07 20
ONE When I'm 64 – a farmer in China
r be m ce De pandemic – in families, in communities,
Wang was four years old when he
How have people in Sri Lanka been
was assigned the task of going to
faring? Actually, there have been two
the mountain streams to get the water
huge disasters to endure: the tsunami
that his family and their livestock
and its instant destruction, and the
needed. Read about his life now, as a
The Hong Kong Food Festival, in its
violence and disruption of the 25-year
64-year-old farmer, in “Ache”.
fifth year, has Fair Trade food for the
civil war. O.N.E introduces Sriyawathie, a woman full of stamina.
Education is the key to the prevent-
The UN conference is happening
first time: spices, fruit, coffee, tea,
ion of any disease, of any problem.
during the part of the year when
sugar and more – see the story “Fair and
Leadership must be demonstrated at
Indonesians face the most hunger.
Sweet” from the Philippines.
every level to get ahead of the AIDS
Climate change has led to the malnutri-
On the 26th, three years ago, the
Talk to you in 2008.
A n d eve r y d ay, farmer s like
Madeleine Marie Slavick
Wan g C aizh e n g ( b elow, lef t ) in
Editor, Oxfam News E-magazine
Yunnan, China, go about their work.
Oxfam Hong Kong emagazine@oxfam.org.hk
ACHE Text and photos by Liu Shuguang
strong man. He looks so hearty, healthy, that if he did not tell me, I would never believe that he has been suffering from a stomach illness for many years.
It is dusk before I can meet Wang
His worst pain was in the mid-1990s
Caizheng. It is harvest time, and all
when the corn, wheat and potato
day long, people’s homes have been
har vests were smaller than usual.
empty: everyone is out harvesting the
To spare more food for his wife and
corn, even Wang, a 64-year-old Miao
children, Wang put himself last, often
farmer.
feeling hungry for three to four months
Wang and his wife Yang Xiulan are
of the year, for several years straight.
shelling corn in a dark room. Corn husks
The lack of food in his stomach made
are everywhere. As we enter, he turns
his condition more serious.
on a light for us, and I can see a slim but
With the nearest infirmary being six kilometers away, and with no vehicle or other transportation, the only way for Wang to see a doctor was if someone carried him. Another dilemna was the cash: at that time, before the health
in China
cooperative was set up, people had to pay up front.
By the year 2040, China’s elderly population is expected to reach 400 million, or one out of every four people.