Oxfam is a global organisation that fights poverty through a ‘one programme approach’. Our three-pronged approach – which involves advocacy, development and humanitarian work – enables people from poor communities to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. In all that we do, Oxfam works with partner organisations alongside vulnerable women and men, while educating the public, to end the injustices of poverty and create a world without poverty.

Featured Products:

• Award-winning ‘Global Citizenship Education programme for Kids’ picture books: 
  ‘The Wind Blows Over the Cornfield’, ‘Monsters Eat My House’, ‘The Incredible Box’, ‘The Best Innovations’, ‘The Two Hua Dan’ and ‘How Can Chinese New Year Not Be Happy’.
• ‘Captain Farmer’, an Oxfam Original ‘Global Citizenship for Kids’ educational boardgame 
  
• ‘Global Citizenship for Kids’ Learning kit – Subdivided flat FOTOMO and Global Inequality Balance

WEDO GLOBAL is a social enterprise that aims to advocate multicultural education by bridging cultural gaps, reducing negative perceptions and racial discrimination, to build an inclusive society with cultural diversity.

Together, WEDO GLOBAL and Oxfam created the ‘Multicultural Exploration Public Education Project’. Through the project, ethnic minorities are trained to guide participants to visit their communities and learn about what it is like to grow up and live in Hong Kong. This then enhances understanding and communication between participants and ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.

Featured Products:

• ‘We Mask Cover’ Reusable Mask 
  The masks are sewn locally by women from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds. They use ‘Indian Block Print’ fabric or indigo-dyed fabric along with their unique craft skills to make masks with different patterns on it. 
• ‘WeBand’ hand-dyed fabric headband 
  The fashionable WeBand headbands are made by upcycling the remaining fabric from the ‘We Mask Cover’
  
• Multicultural picture book ‘MeowMeow is Missing!’

The Cleaning Workers Union was established by a group of outsourced cleaners. It was established to oppose outsourcing and seek better treatment for cleaners, giving workers the opportunity to speak up for themselves. Over the years, the Union has been concerned about the rights and interests of government outsourced cleaners in Hong Kong, monitoring the roles and responsibilities of outsourced government departments, and striving to ensure the rights of cleaners.

Cleaning Workers Union and Oxfam jointly launched the ‘Advocacy Project on Monitoring Government Outsourcing System and Employment Protection of Cleaning Workers During the Pandemic’, which aims to enhance working conditions and occupational safety of cleaning workers.

Featured Products:

• Handmade Environmentally Friendly Products
  Multi-purpose liquid soap, foaming hand soap, laundry detergent, tea seed dishwashing liquid (made with recycled cooking oil)
• Natural Personal Care Products
  Natural lip balm, lemongrass mosquito repellent, anti-allergic purple gromwell balm, bamboo charcoal soap, anti-allergic olive oil soap
• Upcycled products (e.g. handbag, multi-functional bag, lunchbox, bags upcycled from umbrellas or wallpaper, folder)

Childhood Is Limited is a social enterprise that focuses on the mental and emotional development of children. It organises various activities to let members of the public to better understand needs of children as they develop. Through their work, they hope to enable children to enjoy their right to happiness and innocence in the limited time they have during childhood. 

Childhood Is Limited and Oxfam jointly launched the ‘Mindful MaMa’ Community Mutual Support Programme, which provides mindfulness training to women from low-income households. This enables them to become junior tutors of mindfulness experiences, earn an income and boost their confidence. The tutors also organise mindfulness experiences for children from low-income families, and help them to deal with pressure and build resilience. 

 Featured Products:

• ‘Mindful MaMa’ Mindfulness Bottle Kit
  This kit is very popular among children, which aims to let children organize their thoughts when making the bottle, and learn to quietly observe and focus on the present moment.
• ‘Mindful MaMa’ postcard
  
• ‘Mindful MaMa’ Programme coloring frame kit
• ‘Mindful MaMa’  pressed flower photo frame
• Handmade scrunchy, crochet hair clips
• Handmade bags made by people from three different generations 

Eldpathy aims to nurture the public’s empathy and understanding towards the mental and physical needs of the elderly. Eldpathy is a Hong Kong social enterprise which specialises in providing educational as well as corporate training workshops. 

Eldpathy and Oxfam jointly launched the Experiential Education Project on Elderly Poverty. The aim of the project is to work with elderly people from different backgrounds and people from all walks of life to raise awareness about elderly people’s rights.

 Featured Products:

• Cane Umbrella 
  The umbrella is specially designed for the elderly. It is reliable and can be adjusted according to users’ needs. It also makes for a thoughtful gift.