In an unequal world struck an unequal pandemic and left many to fight an unforeseen battle. During these tough times, Oxfam India has been on the ground and working to protect, preserve and save lives.
This is your chance to answer the call of empathy and walk in the shoes of those who fight discrimination everyday.
Support and work with marginalised communities to find solutions to deep-rooted social and economic inequalities
Ensure each child gets good quality education by advocating for increased expenditure on government schools
Advocate to strengthen India’s public healthcare system for every person irrespective of their social and economic background
Save and rebuild lives of people facing disasters by providing relief and livelihood support
Research to find solid evidence to help the govt take inclusive policy decisions so that vulnerable can realise their rights and live with dignity
ASHA workers are the pillars of delivering healthcare to rural communities. Oxfam India is equipping 60,000 ASHA workers to battle COVID-19 across 10 states in India. We are providing them with a safety kit containing thermal guns, oximeters, masks, gloves, aprons, sanitisers, handwash, and a handbook with information on COVID-19 disease. We are also training them on COVID-19 related containment measures, common signs and symptoms, home isolation protocols and usage of safety kit equipment. These ASHA workers will go about taking care of some of the most marginalised communities.
Oxfam India's mission is to protect, secure and preserve the most vulnerable as the unprecedented pandemic continues. We have been reaching out with dry rations, ready to eat meals, cash support, livelihood training, critical life-saving equipment including 3 oxygen plants, and community outreach for COVID-19 related important information through mobile vans, wall messaging, and Adhikaar Vani digital platform. Oxfam India's Mission Sanjeevani also received the prestigious Mahatma Award and was also felicitated by UP Governor Anandiben Patel in October 2021.
Malti Devi belongs to the Musahar community in flood-prone Sitamarhi district in Bihar. Since she and many like her are landless agriculture labourers, they received no compensation post-floods for loss of livelihood. Oxfam India trained them to vermicompost and grow mushrooms in a corner of their house. Malti and many like her are selling mushrooms to restaurants and local markets. More power to them!
Menu Patra, secretary of the Gond Samaj in Kalahandi, was a regular at Oxfam India meetings in his village. He began to understand gender biases and problems of child marriages; the latter was almost the norm among the Gond tribes. During the annual meeting of the Samaj, he brought up the issue of ending child marriage in their society. After deliberations, a resolution was passed that was applicable to 100 villages in 5 panchayats. Inspired by Menu Patra, the Kondh tribes and the Goud community too want to end child marriage. An inspiration indeed!
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The migrant workers who feed our economy with their toil, have been marginalized to this extent, was a collective wake-up call. I could not have just let this time go by without doing something to show my support for them and I am proud of the Allstar (AirAsia India employees) team for having joined me in this journey towards uplifting the lives of the lesser privileged through Oxfam Trailwalker
Sunil Bhaskaran
CEO and MD, AirAsia India
In an ideal world, we would not need to see so much inequality right before our eyes. Those of us who can do something. I am glad Oxfam gave us the opportunity to show up as a team to help our migrant workers. We hope to do a lot more in the times to come.
Atul Shinghal
Founder and CEO of Scripbox
For me, finding a larger purpose in what we do is very important. When Oxfam India floated the first edition of the virtual Trailwalker to help migrant workers, I decided to sign up and so did several members of my team. Motivating each other as a team - albeit virtually and drawing inspiration from the images of the migrant workers, helped us pull off the seemingly insurmountable!
Shanthi Padmanabhan
Country Head, Customer Success at Salesforce India