Oxfam
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We're obviously covering all the costs of our entry and holiday ourselves, so all your donations go directly to charity.
We're training for a year, what could you give for a year?
(Signing up for a regular donation helps charities far more than a one off as they can plan and prevent a big disaster rather than just reacting to it, a bit like training...)
Why we chose Oxfam:
Oxfam's philosophy is to be accountable to the beneficiaries of the aid not the doners. We think that's really important, it's not how all charities are run. Some info about where your cash goes at Oxfam:
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/yourmoney.html
As some of you know, Darren's lovely girlfriend, Cat, has been working hard for Oxfam for over 18 months now, both at the HQ in Oxford and also in Africa and South America.
Her current work is a project to integrate the work of six major charities to cut the costs involved in responding to natural distasters by combining resources and preparation.
Previously, she's worked on a number of projects, including coordination of the response to a food crisis in the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2010/04/100428_nigerhunger.shtml
http://www.oxfam.org/en/emergencies/west-africa-food-crisis
(Click on updates for latest news)
Across the world people endure living challenges everyday!
We're obviously covering all the costs of our entry and holiday ourselves, so all your donations go directly to charity.
We're training for a year, what could you give for a year?
(Signing up for a regular donation helps charities far more than a one off as they can plan and prevent a big disaster rather than just reacting to it, a bit like training...)
Why we chose Oxfam:
Oxfam's philosophy is to be accountable to the beneficiaries of the aid not the doners. We think that's really important, it's not how all charities are run. Some info about where your cash goes at Oxfam:
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/yourmoney.html
As some of you know, Darren's lovely girlfriend, Cat, has been working hard for Oxfam for over 18 months now, both at the HQ in Oxford and also in Africa and South America.
Her current work is a project to integrate the work of six major charities to cut the costs involved in responding to natural distasters by combining resources and preparation.
Previously, she's worked on a number of projects, including coordination of the response to a food crisis in the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2010/04/100428_nigerhunger.shtml
http://www.oxfam.org/en/emergencies/west-africa-food-crisis
(Click on updates for latest news)
Across the world people endure living challenges everyday!