West Africa

Example of Oxfam programs

Image: Nyama Akparibo, aged 28 lives in Asamponbisi Village, Bolgatanga district in Eastern Ghana. Oxfam partners WaterAid and Rural Aid helped to build a well in her village. Credit: Jon Spaull/ WaterAid

Finding clean water in Ghana – Only 50 percent of the rural population in Ghana has access to water. The Oxfam Water for Survival program is working with WaterAid UK and local partner, Rural Aid on water and sanitation initiatives complemented by hygiene education activities.

Image: Students in a classroom in Mali. 80 million children would prefer nothing less than to be in their own picture with their entire class. Credit: Oxfam Novib

Education in Mali: A child belongs at school – Education shapes children to become articulate citizens, fighting for their own rights. And that is the beginning of a better life. Yet worldwide more than 80 million children are not going to school. Most of them are girls. In April Oxfam Novib will campaign to make the Dutch people aware of the higher purpose of education.

Image: A voucher-for-work program was Oxfam's initial response to the food crisis in Niger. Vouchers, obtained from undertaking community projects, could then be exchanged for food. Credit: Glenn Edwards/ Oxfam

In Niger, the villagers rebuild – Tillabery, in western Niger, was one of the regions hardest hit by the Sahel food crisis in 2004-2005. Hundreds of lives were lost here due to hunger, and lack of access to adequate medical services. In a truly innovative program to rebuild communities here, Oxfam empowered villagers to decide themselves what should be done.

Which Oxfams work in:

West Africa	AUS	BEL	CAN	DEU	ESP	GBR	HKG	IRL	NLD	NZL	QC	USA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

This information covers the financial year 2005-2006 and refers to areas where Oxfam is involved in one or more of the following: operational programs (development or emergency), working through partners and/or working through another Oxfam affiliate.