O.N.E. - Oxfam News E-magazine

April 2008

HONG KONG: Talking and Working

This is a place the women call their own. Other than their homes, perhaps this is where they spend the most time. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, twenty South Asian women, mostly from Pakistan, come and work, and talk, mostly in Urdu. It is personal and it is professional: they share their sighs from the day or the week, and they discuss their handicrafts: should we add more beads, more colour, should we use traditional motifs, why not try selling them at this shop?

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In this issue:

Hong Kong: South Asian women at work
China: Migrant children at school
China: Work, Song and Poem
Hong Kong: Five families on social welfare
China: Safe and warm after the snowstorm
And more...

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26-27 April

Oxfam Musical Marathon 2008
Hundreds of musicians perform as a way of joining the Oxfam cause against poverty. The event also offers Fair Trade food and other community-made goods for sale. Come, enjoy the music, and enjoy pro-poor shopping.

Now til April 31

STOP CLIMATE POVERTY - Volunteer Facilitators Needed
Oxfam Hong Kong is looking for Chinese-speaking volunteers to work as facilitators for two summer youth programmes - Oxfam Club 2008 and Oxfam Youth Campaign Partners 2008. Facilitators will need to attend a training workshop before guiding and supporting the participants throughout the programme, from facilitating learning and discussion sessions, guiding participants on an overseas exposure trip, and supporting them to formulate and execute public action.

Now til May 15

Join Oxfam Club
We invite teenagers (Form 3 - Form 5) to become more aware of poverty and especially about the changing climate's impact on poor people. There will be workshops, action training sessions, and an overseas trip - and all members will help run a public event in Hong Kong to raise awareness of Climate Poverty. Members must be able to speak and read Chinese.

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