Every year, the gap between rich and poor gets even wider – and it’s being fuelled by the use of tax havens. Today, 8 individuals have the same wealth as the poorest half the people on our planet. It is time to bring an end to inequality. It is time to Even it up!
For 40 years, the Quechua communities in Peru have lived with contaminated rivers, and poor health as a result of oil drilling. Teddy Guerra is leading the effort to obtain integral land rights for his community before any more concessions are given to oil companies. Read his story and sign the petition.
Millions of people are being forced to flee their homes, risking everything to escape conflict, disaster, poverty or hunger. We are working in nine of the ten top refugee source countries as well as in refugee host countries. We urgently need your help to reach people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and in Europe.
With no end in sight to the conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of people are living in desperate conditions and exposed to continuing violence. Today, half the pre-conflict population of 22 million Syrians have fled their homes and more than 13.5 million people urgently need your help.
The Kingdom of Tonga is a remote, low-lying archipelago in the South Pacific. Tonga has a highly vulnerable small island economy and is susceptible to natural disasters.
Its isolation and small, scattered population create economic difficulties including high transport costs and limited markets. Unemployment in rural areas is alarmingly high and wealth remains unevenly distributed. There are very few salaried employment opportunities for young people and there is a high level of outward migration. Remittances from workers in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States make up 30 per cent of the GDP, but as the global recession has taken its toll, less money is coming into the country.
Tonga is a constitutional monarchy undergoing political reforms. The country is slowly inching towards full democracy and addressing issues of representation, accountability and transparency.
Oxfam works with local partner organisation Tonga National Youth Congress (TNYC). Established in 1991, TNYC is a Tongan civil society organisation that works with youth aged 14-35 to encourage and empower their talents and creativity.
Livelihoods: Oxfam is supporting TNYC to establish organic vanilla growing as a viable income opportunity for farmers through organic certification. Oxfam also provides TNYC with equipment and expertise to help producers turn the abundant coconut crop into a high-end export product.
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