Oxfam in Ghana SCOOP 2016

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OXFAM’S LOCAL NEWSLETTER - MARCH, 2016

FEATURES :- 16Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence

- Our ELCAP project wins yet another award

- Farmers Manifesto

- International Women’s Day Celebration

Augustina Danaa harvesting her bee at Zambogo in the Dadawli District of theUpper West Region under the ELCAP

Photo Credit: Adam Patterson/Oxfam


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CONTENT:

INTRODUCTION• Country Director’s Remarks 2

FEATURES• ECOWAP10, backing words with action or just another talk shop? 3

• Following the oil money to ensure transparency and accountability 5

• 16Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence 8

• Oxfam/IBIS Partnership 11

STORIES FROM THE FIELD• Our ELCAP project wins yet another award 12• Taking the Climate Change Discussions to Schools 14

• Celebrating Outstanding Women in our work 16

• Zero incidence in communities of our Maternal Health Project 20

OXFUN• Communication and Exposure tour 23

• Farmers Manifesto: What do the farmers need and what are

politicians saying? 25

• International Women’s Day Celebration 27


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NATIONAL PARTNERSSocial Enterprise Development (SEND-Ghana)

Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP)

Friends of the Nation (FoN)

Civil Society Coalition on Land (CICOL),

Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana

Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL),

WILDAF, PAS-GARU,

PARED, NANDIRDEP, ProNet-North,

FONG, FAT Africa

Essential Services Platform,

ARHR, PARDA, IMANI

Shea Network-Ghana, WACAM.

COLLABORATORSCARE International

Ghana Government Agencies

Action Aid

IBIS

DONORSZochonis Trust

For more Information please contact;

Ghana Country Program Ofce

Ofce location9 ambassadorial extension

Roman Ridge Accra

Postal addressPrivate mail box, 56 KIA, Accra

Tel: +233 302 761 343

Fax: +233 302 7330/1

www.oxfam.org.uk/ghana

www.oxfamamerica.org

www.facebook.com/OxfamInGhana

Twitter @oxfaminghana

Youtube OxfaminGhana

CORE VALUES• Empowerment

• Inclusiveness

• Accountability

VISION• A Ghana with an improved quality of life characterized by

active citizenship shared,pro-poor and sustainable growth

in a just and democratic environment

MISSION• To work with others to overcome poverty

WORK APPROACH• Advocacy and facilitation

• Support Ghanaian civil society movements

• Support credible national movements

• Emphasize local to national links

• Ensure that Oxfam adds value in terms of expertise and

linkages

• Work collaboratively with its international afliates

• Support regional and global movements

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