History

Oxfam Hong Kong, since 1976

1976 Volunteers set up Oxfam Hong Kong*
1977 Volunteers open The Oxfam Shop
1981 Oxfam Trailwalker** begins in Hong Kong (the event will later be held in 11 countries)
1984  Ethiopia famine response
1986 

Advocacy and basic education with Vietnamese migrants/refugees in Hong Kong
The agency’s first community development project begins (in the Philippines)
1987 

First community project in Mainland China
First community development project in Africa (in Mozambique)
1988  First project in Vietnam
1990  Oxfam Resource Library established in Hong Kong
1992 

Hunger Banquet begins, a public event to communicate inequality
Establish Oxfam China Development Fund to support projects in Mainland China
1993  First projects in Bangladesh and India
1994 

Rwanda genocide response
First projects in Laos, Malawi and Sudan
1995  Oxfam Hong Kong is a founding member of the international confederation Oxfam
Oxfam Grants for Development Education Projects begins in Hong Kong
1996 

Anti-poverty projects begin in Hong Kong, including a major research report
Oxfam Rice Sale begins, an annual fundraiser to support projects in Mainland China
1997  Oxfam Club begins, a global citizenship programme with Hong Kong youth
1998  HIV-AIDS programme begins in southern Africa
Oxfam publishes its first book (in Chinese) on poverty alleviation in Mainland China
1999  Oxfam Hong Kong Executive Director is a member of the United Nations mission to monitor the independence ballot in what is then ‘East Timor’ (now ‘Timor-Leste’); soon after, projects begin
2000

Research on minimum wage legislation in Hong Kong
Launch Cyberschool, an online resource for teachers and students
2001  First project in Indonesia
2002  Make Trade Fair campaign – on economic justice – begins
2004 

Asia tsunami and Darfur crisis response
Establish Oxfam Africa Development Fund to support projects across Africa
2005 

Oxfam Interactive Education Centre opens in Hong Kong
Advocacy begins on employment poverty and minority rights in Hong Kong
2006  'Prosperity Initiative' formed in the Mekong to assist impoverished bamboo farmers
2007 

Mokung magazine receives a press award in Hong Kong
O.N.E (Oxfam News E-magazine) launched
2008 

Myanmar cyclone response
Wenchuan, China (5.12) earthquake response
Climate Change campaign launched (watch the campaign video)
Oxfam co-founds Fair Trade Hong Kong, an alliance of groups advocating Fair Trade Corporate Social Responsibility Survey of Hang Seng Index Constituent Companies
2009  Gold Prize Award for Arts Education, by Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Advocacy on Climate Change during the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen
New finish point of Oxfam Trailwalker in Yuen Long. PLA HK Garrison finished the new route in 12 hrs 17 mins.
2010  Haiti earthquake and Qinghai, China earthquake response
Corporate Social Responsibility Survey II of Hang Seng Index Constituent Companies


* originally named 'Oxfam Group, Hong Kong'
** originally named 'Trailwalker'

 

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