ANNUAL REPORT 2014 IN A WORLD AS RICH AS OURS, IT’S WRONG THAT SO MANY LIVE IN POVERTY. TOGETHER, WE AIM TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT. DEAR FRIENDS,

Over the past year, we have witnessed heartbreaking ­supporting ­farmers as they fight to reform policies tragedies and the effects of power imbalances around that are skewed against them, and we are harnessing­ the world and here in the United States. Whether the power of consumer action to change the food caused by nature, by violence, or by greed, all require system. It is when citizens speak out and take action­ action. Oxfam America is taking action and—through that they are most able to create long-lasting change. the efforts of many—we are making a difference. We have been working with local organizations In fiscal year 2014, we began aggressively ­implementing in Ghana to mobilize farming and fishing communities the goals of our new strategic plan and strengthened to respond to their country’s oil boom. Together they our assessment, monitoring, and evaluation­ systems succeeded in persuading their government to devote to ensure greater accountability to our supporters petroleum revenues to agriculture programs and and those we serve. It was a successful year finan- education. Similarly, we have supported efforts here cially for the organization. Oxfam America continued in the US to elevate the voices of Somali-Americans to use our resources effectively to tackle injustice who were calling on the US government to continue and promote long-term solutions to poverty even in to allow money transfers to their families back home some of the most difficult environments. struggling to survive. Following Typhoon Haiyan, roughly four million people In our effort to right the wrongs of poverty and in the Philippines were displaced and more than injustice, we are not afraid to hold the powerful 8,000 died. We responded, reaching 730,000 people ­accountable: we have influenced major food and with programs to protect lives with water and ­beverage companies to change business practices sanitation, and to help people in farming and fishing that threaten poor communities, and we maintain ­communities feed their families. To date, the war in a strong and independent voice on Capitol Hill. Syria has displaced more than nine million people and It was a year of challenges and victories. And although­ more than 190,000 have died. We are helping provide there is still much more to do, in the year ahead clean water to hundreds of thousands of people living we will provide not just the food and water needed in Syria. In neighboring countries we have reached to save lives, but also programs that strengthen nearly half a million refugees with clean water, toilets, communities, and advocacy efforts that will ­elevate and ­critical relief supplies like blankets and stoves. the voices of people living in poverty. Oxfam America’s­ These crucial efforts are at the core of our mandate achievements this past year were possible because to save lives. Beyond these emergency activities, of activists around the world and our many generous Oxfam is working in communities that are ­vulnerable supporters. For this, we are deeply grateful. to hazards like floods and earthquakes to reduce ­disaster risks and to help governments and grass- roots groups become strong first responders. In this annual report you will also see evidence of our progress addressing the imbalance of power in the global agricultural­ ­system. Our work targets the paradox in which nearly 75 percent of the world’s food RAYMOND C. OFFENHEISER is produced by rural­ communities that are home to PRESIDENT the majority of the world’s hungry people. The overall trend during the past 30 years has been a steady reduction in investments in agriculture in the devel- oping world, leaving smallholder farmers with fewer JOE LOUGHREY resources. From the US to Cambodia, Oxfam is CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 1 OUR WORK

OXFAM AMERICA IS PART OF THE OXFAM CONFEDERATION: 17 SISTER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AROUND THE WORLD.

Afghanistan Canada Eritrea Israel Mozambique Paraguay Tajikistan Albania Central African Ethiopia Italy Myanmar Peru Tanzania Angola Republic Fiji Japan (Burma) Philippines Thailand Armenia Chad France Jordan Namibia Russia Timor-Leste Australia Chile Gambia Kenya Nepal Rwanda (East Timor) Azerbaijan China Georgia Laos Netherlands Samoa Tunisia Bangladesh Colombia Germany Lebanon New Zealand Senegal Uganda Belgium Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Liberia Nicaragua Sierra Leone United Kingdom WHERE Benin Cuba Guatemala Macedonia Niger Solomon United States of America Bosnia and Democratic Guinea Bissau Macao Nigeria Islands Republic of Vanuatu Herzegovina Haiti Madagascar North Korea Somalia Congo Vietnam Bolivia Honduras Malawi Occupied South Africa Dominican Brazil Palestinian South Sudan Western Sahara Republic India Mali Territory Burkina Faso Spain Yemen Ecuador Indonesia Mauritania Pakistan Burundi Sri Lanka Zambia Egypt Iraq Mexico Papua New Sudan Zimbabwe Cambodia El Salvador Ireland Morocco Guinea Cameroon Syria

WE BELIEVE POVERTY IS WRONG. OUR APPROACH TO RIGHTING THIS WRONG IS TO INVEST IN THE POWER OF PEOPLE TO HELP THEM GET WHAT THEY NEED TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT POVERTY— TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN ITS ELIMINATION. HOW

IMAGINE THAT A DROUGHT STRIKES A POOR AREA, TRIGGERING A FOOD CRISIS. With your support, Oxfam is able to get cash and food to people to weather the crisis. This aid may save lives, but we’ve only dealt with a symptom.­ How can we help prevent future disasters? We ask Women tell us they wish their children local people. The elders tell us that their could attend school. If families could grow crops used to survive the dry season. more crops, they could sell their surplus The climate is more extreme, they tell us. for school fees. But it is hard to grow more, We help them shift to drought-resistant because women spend so much time crops and new farming techniques. carrying water by hand over long distances. Now people have enough food. So, we build an irrigation system and wells. Women grow more cash crops. Now more kids attend school.

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG COUNTRIES WHERE OXFAM WORKS (as of Sept. 1, 2014)

One day children begin to get sick. We learn that a refinery upstream is polluting the water on which the village relies. If people understand their rights, they can hold officials accountable, so we fund local partners to teach people about their rights and how to test water to collect the evidence. They bring proof Their persistence pays off: the government of contamination to the company. closes the refinery until it agrees to address When officials won’t listen, the people the pollution. But it’s not over. The refinery ask their ­government to make the is part of a bigger US company that sues the company clean up the toxic waste. local government for closing the refinery. So Oxfam reaches out to you—the people who Now local people speak out. gave to help with that food crisis long ago—and asks you to contact the company and hold it accountable. You do. Now the company backs down.

AS AN ORGANIZATION, OXFAM’S ROLE RANGES FROM PROVIDING SIMPLE SUPPORT IN AN EMERGENCY TO CAMPAIGNING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE USE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AS SITUATIONS DEMAND.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 3 Tackling world hunger by reforming the food system Although the number of hungry people in the world has fallen by 17 percent since 1990—no small victory—a staggering 842 million people still do not have enough to eat. And, despite recent gains, the overall trend during the past 30 years has been a massive reduction in investment in agriculture in the developing world. Imagine what headway we could have made in reducing hunger if there had been a steady investment in agriculture. In FY14, Oxfam pushed for robust investment in agriculture development, fair farm labor practices, greater emphasis on food security, and responsible stewardship of natural resources.

US: ENSURING THAT FOOD PERU: ENSURING THE RIGHT TO FOOD IS PRODUCED EQUITABLY Though Peruvian crops like quinoa are in high demand around the In a country as rich as ours, we can afford to world, not all families in Peru have access to the food they need. In 2012, be particular about the food we eat: demanding the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion found that 13 million variety and freshness with every meal. But as Peruvians—more than a third of the population—are at risk of food consumers, we haven’t paid much attention—­ insecurity. Nearly 30 percent of children under 5 who live in rural areas until now—to the farmworkers toiling to are malnourished. These figures reflect a longtime underinvestment meet our high standards. In an industry often in these areas, which have the highest rates of poverty. plagued by poor labor practices, Oxfam­ is To change this situation, Oxfam supported a coalition of more than helping to launch an initiative that will 20 Peruvian nongovernmental organizations and citizens’ groups calling ­produce better fruits and vegetables through for the passage of the country’s first national food security law. This law new forms of collaboration among workers, would guarantee the right of all citizens to food and would create a new ­growers, and buyers. government entity responsible for implementing a national food security Called the Equitable Food Initiative, or EFI, the strategy. The coalition used a variety of tactics—influencing lawmakers, project is developing a standard for improved organizing public events, campaigning via social media—to see the law working conditions, pesticide management, through legislative­ hurdles prior to its approval by Congress in June 2014. and food safety. By bringing together ­workers, As we go to press, the law awaits approval from Peru’s executive branch. growers, retailers, and consumer groups, the The food security law will not make an overnight difference in people’s new certification system gives farmworkers lives, but by acknowledging the government’s obligations to its citizens, a key role in ensuring productivity, safety, and it sets the stage for future laws benefiting Peru’s rural people, and it quality—all of which translates into an affirma- could serve as a model for similar legislation in neighboring countries. tion of their dignity, and better food for all of us. “This law is the first step,” said Stephanie Burgos, Oxfam policy adviser. “The beauty of EFI is that it’s the first ­approach that we’re aware of that actually­ ­focuses on the role of farmworkers in ­preventing foodborne illness,” says Peter O’Driscoll, EFI­ project director.

4 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG GLOBAL: PROTECTING FARMS FROM LAND GRABS In early 2013, Oxfam launched its Behind the Brands initiative to encourage the world’s 10 biggest food and beverage corporations to do more to fight hunger and poverty. Oxfam investigated and found evidence that some GLOBAL: INCREASING RICE PRODUCTION companies that supply Coca-Cola and PepsiCo had engaged in land grabs in countries like Farmers in Asia continue to benefit from Oxfam’s expansion of the System of Cambodia and Brazil—evicting, without consent Rice Intensification (SRI). A 2013 evaluation of Oxfam’s program since 2010 or compensation, communities that relied found that SRI enabled rice farmers in Vietnam to cut their use of pesticides on the land to feed their families. In response, by 80 percent­ and water by 30 percent. Despite reducing their inputs, farmers’ Oxfam launched a public campaign in October ­outputs increased. The evaluation cited an average annual increase of 2013, calling on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to $185 per household among SRI farmers in Cambodia, and rice yield increases improve their policies and clean up their supply of 48 to 130 percent. chains. After 272,000 consumers spoke to the Meanwhile, in Haiti in 2013, Oxfam helped introduce SRI to 400 farmers in the companies via email and social media, Coca-Cola ­Artibonite River Valley. Oxfam began a research initiative with the University announced major commitments to protect the of California, Davis, and the University of Haiti to study how growing SRI rice land rights of rural and indigenous communities­ affects the supply of food, income, and labor demand at the household level. in November 2013. PepsiCo followed suit in Information from this study will inform ongoing plans to promote SRI in Haiti. March 2014 with a public commitment to a “zero tolerance” policy for land grabs.

Has this initiative resulted in fewer hungry ­people? Not quite yet. These commitments are only one step—albeit a significant one—in ­allowing communities to protect their ­farmland and prevent future land grabs. Oxfam’s country teams are supporting the ­farmers in Cambodia and Brazil who are working to get their land back.

ABOVE: Oxfam volunteers display a banner that reads “Caution: Ingredients may cause land grabs” outside of PepsiCo headquarters in New York. Vasia Markides / Oxfam America LEFT: Lourdes Huanca, president of an indigenous women’s organization, marches in Lima, Peru, in support of the national food security law. Percy Ramirez / Oxfam America

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 5 Empowering GHANA: OIL PROFITS FOR FOOD Ghanaians have taken yet another significant step citizens in holding their government accountable to invest to hold their governments in development. Back in 2007, the Jubilee oil discovery off the coast of Ghana generated enormous interest­ in accountable the country’s oil potential. Ghanaians were all too Because Oxfam believes in the power of people familiar with poor development outcomes in the country’s mining communities—and with the tragedy of Nigeria’s to overcome poverty, we support their efforts squandered oil wealth. Oxfam America was already to hold their governments accountable: from working on mining issues in Ghana, so local organiza- tions turned to Oxfam for help. Initially, Oxfam worked calls on the US Treasury Department to allow with 124 ­organizations to influence Ghana’s Parliament Somalis to continue sending money home, to pass a strong petroleum revenue management bill to efforts by Ghanaians to ensure that their and to create a watchdog group to monitor oil revenues. In 2013, ­Ghanaians scored a tangible victory: moving government invests in development. Despite the beyond the idea of transparency to increased govern- fact that natural resource revenue streams in ment revenue allocations to fight poverty. With Oxfam’s developing countries could alleviate poverty, support, nine organizations mobilized 300 farming and fishing communities from across Ghana to sign a petition few mechanisms exist to allow people in these calling on the ­minister of finance to devote 30 percent nations to hold their governments accountable of oil revenues for the next three years to small-scale to disclose how national monies are spent. ­agriculture (and fishing) and education. More than 22,000 people in all 10 regions of Ghana signed the petition, In FY14, Oxfam continued to build on our proven and another 15,000 showed their support on Facebook­ ability to foster broad citizen engagement with and Twitter. The minister agreed to the proposal. governments to make advances in the fight Now, Oxfam partners are tracking spending, and against poverty. ­Ghanaians want to make larger and permanent alloca- tions for farming and education: “We want to take away the discretion for funding agriculture,” says Benjamin­ Boakye, program director at the African Center­ for Energy Policy, “and make it a permanent feature­ of the law: 35 percent for agriculture; 35 percent for education.”­

Katra Arale came to the US in 1999. She now lives in Minneapolis and sends as much as $500 home to her family in Somalia every month. Coco McCabe / Oxfam America

6 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG Fisherman Steven Bathesd Arthur, 42, mends his nets in Abuesi, Ghana. In support of the Oil for Agriculture campaign, Arthur signed a petition calling for Ghana’s finance minister to allocate a percentage of the country’s oil revenues to help small-scale farmers and fishermen. Jane Hahn / Oxfam America

US: HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE Campaigns aren’t just about petitions, events, and op-eds. To advocate for more ­effective foreign assistance with US policymakers, Oxfam America does something else: shares the stories of people who are using aid to create ­changes in their nations and neighborhoods. US AND SOMALIA: PRESERVING A ­LIFELINE Tanzanian farmer Emiliana Aligaesha came The famine that struck Somalia in 2011 was devastating, but it would to Washington, DC, in June 2013 to deliver her have been worse if not for the $1.3 billion that members of the Somali­ message: “We don’t want food aid. We want diaspora send home each year to help support family and friends reform.” When Aligaesha talks directly with struggling to survive. More than $200 million of those remittances US policymakers, this means they’re no longer comes from the US, where Somali-Americans have long relied on a hearing only about people, but from them. network of money transfer operators to make sure their hard-earned Last year people from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, cash reaches their families safely. But because of US Treasury Depart- Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, ment rules, money transfer operators have found it near impossible to Tanzania, and Tunisia shared their perspectives obtain bank ­accounts, and now that lifeline could snap. Together with on making aid more transparent and responsive Adeso, an African humanitarian and development organization, ­Oxfam to local needs. Along with Aligaesha, Malawi has taken on the fight to save the lifeline to ensure that struggling health advocate Martha Kwataine was among Somalis can get the basics they need for survival. those who appeared in Oxfam ads in airports, Shifting into high gear, Adeso and Oxfam commissioned a report by metro stations, and newspapers in Washington, the Inter-American Dialogue, published in June 2013, to examine the DC, in support of US foreign assistance. Why use full scope of the problem and propose solutions to the US Treasury. these tactics to get Congress’s attention? The report was widely distributed, garnering broad media ­attention. ­Because, as a House of Representative staffer Oxfam reached out to our supporters to ask that they demand who met with Kwataine told her, “You’re famous, ­accountability from the US government on this issue. Our collective you know. You’re in those billboards.” ­efforts have paid off: as this report goes to press, President Obama signed the Money Remittances­ Improvement Act, a law that will streamline the US government’s oversight of money transfer operators­ and ­strengthen banks’ confidence in that industry.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 7 Saving lives by changing the nature of ­emergency ­response In recent years we have seen not only more natural disasters, but also disasters of greater scale and intensity. Faced with this new context—shaped in part by climate change—the international humanitarian community must fundamentally change. Although organizations like Oxfam will always need to assist in major humanitarian crises, the truth is that governments and citizen groups can develop the capacity to serve as first responders and as leaders of basic relief efforts. In FY14, Oxfam responded to major crises from the Philippines to Syria, but we also deepened our investment in the expertise of communities most vulnerable to catastrophes— preparing them, with help from their governments, to lead emergency response efforts.

SUDAN: THE POWER OF LOCAL PARTNERS PERU: BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY In early 2014, a wave of violence surged across Darfur, Sudan, Lima, Peru, a city of more than nine million people, lies displacing more than 350,000 people. Oxfam has helped more on a major earthquake fault line—which is why Oxfam than 100,000 gain access to clean water and relief supplies. America and local partner organization the Center At the center of our response are local partners, who have for the Prevention and Study of Disasters (PREDES) are deep knowledge of nearby communities and can reach them working to make sure that there are plans in place in times of trouble. Just days after a town in North Darfur was to keep residents safe if disaster strikes. Together with attacked, for example, a partner was able to deliver clean water civil defense committees and local authorities, Oxfam to tens of thousands of displaced people who had gathered and PREDES conducted two earthquake simulations in for safety in an informal camp. When residents returned to high-risk areas of greater Lima in 2013, training people their home areas, our partner disinfected the town’s water to use early warning systems, identify safe shelters, supplies and improved sanitation conditions. Now, we see learn first-aid techniques, and stay healthy during signs that public health there is improving—a hopeful trend emergencies. They also worked with governments and in a difficult time. technical experts to develop a plan for providing clean water and sanitation after an earthquake, with a focus on reaching poor, remote neighborhoods that lack access to municipal water. In addition, Oxfam and PREDES organized workshops with public officials to train them on the importance of risk management plans and to call for greater public investment in disaster preparedness.­

Students in San Juan de Miraflores, Peru, run athletic drills in front of a mural explaining how to stay safe during an earthquake. Oxfam’s partner organization PREDES sponsored a high school mural contest to educate young people about earthquake preparedness. Percy Ramirez / Oxfam America

8 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG Joel Villamor of Tacloban, Philippines, lost his fishing boat and gear to Typhoon Haiyan and now earns a living selling scrap metal. Villamor rebuilt his home using salvaged wood and a tarpaulin provided by Oxfam. Eleanor Farmer / Oxfam

PHILIPPINES: TYPHOON RESPONSE When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines­ in November 2013, it killed more than 8,000 people and left ­millions in urgent need of aid. Oxfam quickly launched a major ETHIOPIA: CATCHING DROUGHTS BEFORE DISASTER response that reached more than 730,000 Oxfam’s drought early warning system, known as DEWS, began in Ethiopia in 2007 people. We focused first on water, sanita- as a way to gather detailed information on local conditions that could alert key tion, and hygiene. Then came cash-for-work partners and communities to potential crises not yet on their radar. In 2013, the programs: wages for removing debris from program took a technological leap forward. Oxfam together with its partner the Gayo farms, communities, and mangrove forests Pastoral ­Development Initiative piloted a digital data collection system in two so people could buy food for their families. drought-prone areas—Moyale and Teltele—training household data collectors on Oxfam’s longer-term work to help fishing­ the use of smartphones and tablets while providing them with the devices so they and farming communities get back on their could more quickly report their findings. The goal was to establish a digital data feet is still underway. Throughout the analysis system and ­web-based mapping of ­water sources. The initiative is part process, Oxfam worked with the Philippine of our aim to use information communication technology to help communities, government—sometimes as an advocate ­partners, and governments identify potential droughts more quickly with the goal for fair policies and sometimes as a key of intervening early. partner. For example, in the hard-hit city of Tacloban, within days of the disaster Oxfam and the local water authorities had CENTRAL AMERICA: REDUCING RISK restored clean water to more than 200,000 As the changing climate delivers more and more-powerful storms to Central­ America,­ people. While catastrophic events like Oxfam is deepening its investment in helping communities in both El Salvador Typhoon Haiyan­ may always require an in- and Guatemala reduce the risks they face. In 2013, Oxfam and partners supported ternational response, Oxfam is helping local­ communities in more than 30 locations to analyze their risks, design early warning people and their governments take the systems, learn how to deliver clean water and safe sanitation in times of emergency, lead in ­protecting lives during disasters. adapt their agricultural techniques to new climate realities, develop networks for sharing knowledge, and launch projects to reduce the impact of natural hazards like floods. Over the next three years, this program will extend from Central America to vulnerable island nations in the Pacific. At the heart of our work: strengthening local leadership to break the cycle of poverty and disaster.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 9 Ensuring

CENTRAL AMERICA: PREVENTING women’s GENDER VIOLENCE In Guatemala, violence against women is a deep and long- inclusion & standing problem. A recent report ranked the country third for rates of femicide among 25 countries and territories also marked by high lethal violence. But death statistics are only part of the story. Discriminatory social standards trap leadership women in unhappy and dangerous relationships, rob them We recognize that women’s ability to advance of their self-esteem, deprive them of family assets, and ­prevent them from earning equal pay for a day’s work. within any society depends on their ability An Oxfam training initiative, launched with partner Fundación­ to participate fully in the political, social, and Innovaciones Educativas Centroamericanas, or FIECA, has economic sectors of their countries and to live worked directly to challenge those standards, encouraging­ women to speak out about the violence they see and without fear of violence. We know that judicious ­experience and to claim their rights to stay safe. investments in women can be transformative The initiative is part of a broad campaign to prevent gender- in the battle to reduce poverty. For a girl, based violence, launched by a coalition of organizations, the chance to attend an extra year of primary including Oxfam, in El Salvador in 2005. Based on research in 2013, Oxfam partnered with UNICEF to train teachers,­ school can increase her eventual wages by ­students, and parents to monitor gender violence in schools 10 to 20 percent, money which is typically in El Salvador (see page 13). ­reinvested in the well-being of her community.­ In Guatemala, the campaign’s approach has been to provide In FY14, ­Oxfam continued to champion the training on three levels: through the centralized govern- ment and public institutions based in the country’s capital; basic rights of women: to own property and through local authorities, such as mayors, judges, police, ­businesses, to have access to quality health and school administrators; and through women community services and education,­ and to live free leaders, who have taken the lessons to heart. from violence. “We have the same rights as men have,” says Delfina Cot. “Anything that goes against our rights, we can file a ­complaint. We don’t have to remain silent.”

For two years, Yadira Leticia Tziná Mendoza served as the coordinator for the women’s office in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. It was a job that placed her, in her early 20s, at the critical intersection between women who were just beginning to understand their rights and the legal help they desperately needed to realize them. Ilene Perlman / Oxfam America

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG Girls in Sindh province, Pakistan, attend classes at a school renovated by Oxfam. Irina Werning / Oxfam

PAKISTAN: AN EDUCATION FOR GIRLS Only 67 percent of girls in Pakistan attend primary school; by secondary school, that number drops to 31 percent. The reasons are practical as well as cultural: some parents are reluctant to send their daughters to schools that are unsafe and lacking in sanitation facilities; others see early marriage as a higher priority than education. Oxfam is working in Pakistan to ensure that all children have access to a quality education, particularly girls living in rural poverty. Together with local partner organizations, Oxfam renovated four girls’ schools—resulting in a 42 GLOBAL: WOMEN’S FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT percent increase in enrollment—and provided others with Oxfam’s Saving for Change program continues to help people— trained teachers and new equipment. Oxfam also worked primarily women—in the poorest communities in Mali, Senegal, with national and regional lawmakers to craft ­legislation El Salvador, Guatemala, and Cambodia to create savings groups guaranteeing the right of all children to education. to start businesses. There are now 600,000 women in Saving ­Meanwhile, kids themselves play a key role in Oxfam’s new for Change groups. In 2013–14, the program continued to ­expand awareness campaign, which aims to change public percep- its ­innovative business training program in West Africa, where tion of the ­issue. Through leadership clubs organized at women in groups in Mali and Senegal learned to study local their schools, young girls learn to understand their rights ­markets for opportunities, calculate profits and track expenses, and become spokespeople for the importance of education. and develop and manage budgets. The program attracted and Safia Naz, a student from a school in Chiniot that Oxfam trained more than 19,000 women in Mali and Senegal who are renovated, said, “My parents and friends saw me talking ­working in agricultural businesses, food preparation, sewing and for girls’ education on TV. They were all very proud of me.” crafts, and other small ventures.

GUATEMALA: FUNDING WISE WOMEN Women in Guatemala who have long tried to find ways to expand their small businesses have a new partner to help turn their dreams into reality. Oxfam’s Women in Small Enterprise initiative—WISE—was created to help women achieve their economic rights by dismantling the barriers that hold them back. Across Latin America, many women lack the resources they need to invest in their businesses. In Guatemala, women must put up considerably more collateral than men when applying for loans (although women own only 13 percent of the land). In January 2014, the WISE Fund, which will eventually hold $1.2 million to support loans to women in partnership with local banks, was legally incorporated. Designed to help those who have had ­success with small loan and economic empowerment programs, WISE will make larger loans and train women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In addition, the program provides coaching to help women build self-confidence—a resource they will need to overcome the hurdles ahead. As this report goes to press, WISE has just completed its first preinvestment training for the 23 candidates chosen from a pool of 250 applicants. The first WISE loans are scheduled to go out in September 2014.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 11 OXFAM’S IMPACT: DOING GOOD WELL OXFAM MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR DONORS, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, TO THE PEOPLE ON WHOSE BEHALF WE WORK: THE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AT THE CENTER OF OUR PROGRAMS.

It’s great when we get it all right from the start, • A baseline or assessment of the situation prior but some of our most effective work emerges from to intervention trial and error. Using data, thoughtful analysis, and • A monitoring system with quarterly or midterm consultation with a range of people—from community reports documenting progress against plans members to government officials—a problem can be a valuable opportunity to adjust our approach • Annual (or quarterly) reviews that document for greater impact. aggregate evidence and bring stakeholders into reflection on progress All of our long-term programs, major campaigns, and key innovation projects have a rigorous monitoring, • An evaluation every three to four years (or when evaluation, and learning system. Most include: an initiative finishes)

For overviews of our policy and development work, as well as our objectives, research, evaluations, and impact reports, go to policy-practice.oxfamamerica.org.

12 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG AFRICA: EL SALVADOR: INVESTING IN FARMERS REDUCING VIOLENCE After looking hard at the limitations of Gender-based violence in El Salvador a successful program, Oxfam partnered is pervasive, and Oxfam has long been with the UN to invest even more in working to change this situation—with ­building the resilience of African farmers. a focus on school-age youth. There are few criteria, however, by which we can OUR OBJECTIVE measure the impact of our work: girls To strengthen the food security of small-scale and women consistently underreport Ethiopian farmers and help them to improve these crimes, and there has been no their livelihoods. data on violence in schools. We needed EVALUATIVE APPROACH a tool to measure our impact. Oxfam commissioned an evaluation conducted by researchers from Columbia University; University OUR OBJECTIVE of California, Davis; and Ethiopia. This mixed- To create a baseline of incidents of sexual violence methods study was carried out between 2009 and in schools in El Salvador so that we can quantify 2012. We received the results in December 2013. the impact of efforts to reduce gender violence.

WHAT DID WE LEARN? EVALUATIVE APPROACH The evaluation showed that Oxfam’s program Because our gender violence work relies heavily on called HARITA, or Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for education, our focus was on schools. In 2013-14, Adaptation, increased the resilience of small- Oxfam, UNICEF, and other partners in the ­Campaign scale farmers by allowing them to preserve their for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence means of earning a living even when rains fail. worked together to create a baseline of incidents ­Notably, households headed by women—among of sexual violence in 40 schools in El Salvador. the poorest households in rural Ethiopia—achieved some of the greatest gains because HARITA’s WHAT DID WE LEARN? crop insurance allowed women to take more This project has allowed Oxfam and UNICEF ­strategic business risks. to ­establish a baseline while simultaneously While these are significant successes, our objec- ­fostering public awareness of violence and devel- tive was more ambitious. We came to understand oping plans for eradicating it within schools. that HARITA’s components (i.e., crop insurance The baseline includes a monitoring system that and water and soil conservation) alone could not identifies different manifestations of sexual improve livelihoods substantially. Given greater violence and records where and how these inci- frequency and severity of drought and shortages dents ­occur. Initial data shows that there is a high of land, a better-integrated approach was needed. rate of improper sexual behavior within schools. The real learning will occur as we use the baseline In response to this challenge, the UN World Food to chart patterns of behavior over time. Programme (WFP) and Oxfam America formed a partnership in 2010 to build on HARITA’s strengths. That said, the project has already succeeded The result is the Rural Resilience Initiative,­ in raising awareness of the problem of sexual known as R4 (referring to the four risk management­ violence in schools and in developing propos- ­strategies that the initiative integrates). als to eradicate the problem (e.g., remodeling and Local partners are implementing R4 in Ethiopia, upgrading bathrooms). Based on early results, Malawi, Senegal, and Zambia. we have seen that it is possible to empower ­students to become agents of change.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 13 FINANCIAL INFORMATION (April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014)

Fiscal year 2014 was a positive year for Oxfam America financially. Both our top and bottom lines were better than projected. Our total revenues increased by $3 million to $71.9 million, and our three major revenue streams (i.e., contributions, contract income, and investment income) increased from 2013. Unrestricted contributions OXFAM RATED HIGHLY were notably strong at $42 million, up 6 percent over 2013. Donors Oxfam America is rated highly by leading generously supported our appeal for Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines independent evaluators, including with $6.9 million, or about one-third of our restricted contributions. CharityWatch. Oxfam America has the Contract income, which rose to $2.4 million, is an increasingly Better Business Bureau’s highest rating for important revenue source for programs in countries like Sudan, where charitable organizations by meeting all 20 traditional funding is becoming difficult to raise. of its “Standards for Charity Accountability.” Oxfam received its seventh four-star Our total investment in program services increased by $1.7 million rating for exceptional fiscal management to $63.8 million. Programs to overcome poverty and save lives and commitment to accountability and increased $3.1 million, due primarily to our response to Typhoon transparency from the nation’s largest Haiyan. Our campaigning for social justice and public education charity evaluator, Charity Navigator. This programs were modestly lower due to reduced spending of restricted ranking places Oxfam among an elite group funds. Overall, 77 percent of expenses went to program services. As part of charitable organizations nationally. of our strategic plan launched last fiscal year we made significant new (as of Sept. 1, 2014) investments in our fundraising capacity, increasing to $12.6 million from $11 million in 2013. Primary investments included replacement of our constituent relationship management system, increasing our ability to acquire and engage donors, and laying the groundwork for a multiyear fundraising campaign to support implementation of our strategic plan. Our reserves remain healthy with total net assets of $67.6 million. The decrease of $10.8 million in net assets during 2014 resulted mainly from spend down of pre-funded restricted programs and planned multi- year use of unrestricted major bequests and gifts received in previous years; our underlying unrestricted reserves are strong. Our stewardship of reserves aims to balance our efforts to fight poverty and injustice aggressively with our responsibility to ensure the resources necessary to keep our long-term commitments to partners and people we serve, regardless of possible short-term fluctuations in revenue. Oxfam America enters 2015 in a strong financial position with solid reserves, a sound strategic plan, and the investments necessary to grow our resources. We will continue to look at new and innovative approaches to our work and to engage with partner organizations, civil society, governments, and the private sector. It is an exciting journey. And throughout it, we are fortunate to have the support of our generous donors who make our progress possible.

JOE H. HAMILTON TREASURER AND SECRETARY

14 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (Oxfam America and Oxfam America Advocacy Fund | Year ending March 31)

UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2014 TOTAL 2013 TOTAL REVENUE, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT Contributions $41,968,000 $22,723,000 $64,691,000 $62,509,000 Contract income 2,361,000 – 2,361,000 1,664,000 Investment & other interest income 3,210,000 993,000 4,203,000 4,061,000 Donated in-kind services & materials 451,000 – 451,000 503,000 Other 184,000 – 184,000 181,000 Net assets released from restrictions 28,041,000 (28,041,000) – – Total revenue, gains, and other support $76,215,000 ($4,325,000) $71,890,000 $68,918,000

EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES Programs to overcome poverty and injustice $24,993,000 – $24,993,000 $24,099,000 Saving lives: Emergency response and preparedness 20,638,000 – 20,638,000 18,399,000 Campaigning for social justice 12,656,000 – 12,656,000 13,871,000 Public education 5,537,000 – 5,537,000 5,769,000 Total program services 63,824,000 – 63,824,000 62,138,000 SUPPORT SERVICES Management and general 6,254,000 – 6,254,000 5,876,000 Fundraising 12,569,000 – 12,569,000 10,957,000 Total support services 18,823,000 – 18,823,000 16,833,000

Total expenses $82,647,000 – $82,647,000 $78,971,000

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS Increase (decrease) in net assets ($6,432,000) ($4,325,000) ($10,757,000) ($10,053,000) Net assets, beginning of year 42,740,000 35,573,000 78,313,000 88,366,000

Net assets, end of year $36,308,000 $31,248,000 $67,556,000 $78,313,000

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (Oxfam America and Oxfam America Advocacy Fund | Year ending March 31)

2014 2013 ASSETS Cash $13,504,000 $6,280,000 Investments 49,581,000 63,885,000 Prepaid expenses and receivables 14,121,000 17,132,000 Other assets 2,010,000 2,482,000

Total assets $79,216,000 $89,779,000

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses $5,321,000 $5,561,000 Grants payable 2,234,000 2,517,000 Other liabilities 4,105,000 3,388,000 Total liabilities 11,660,000 11,466,000 NET ASSETS Unrestricted $36,308,000 $42,740,000 Temporarily restricted 29,451,000 33,777,000 Permanently restricted 1,797,000 1,796,000 Total net assets 67,556,000 78,313,000

Total liabilities and net assets $79,216,000 $89,779,000

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 15

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG | 2014 REPORT ANNUAL 16

to Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. 2010 Haiti’s to

The anomalous spike in 2010 reflects an increase in donations in response response in donations in increase an reflects 2010 in spike anomalous The NOTE:

recent Form 990, go to oxfamamerica.org/financials. to go 990, Form recent

1980 1970 1990 2010 2014 2000 For Oxfam America’s 2014 financial statements and most most and statements financial 2014 America’s Oxfam For

$7K

$5.6M

$10

$12.0M

$20

& EVALUATION &

27.0%

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT  PROGRAM $30 $27.3M

3.4%

CROSS-REGIONAL PROGRAMS CROSS-REGIONAL $40

5.9%

NORTH AMERICA NORTH

28+17196327+I $50

PREPAREDNESS $60

RESPONSE & & RESPONSE

19.2%

ASIA & THE PACIFIC THE & ASIA

EMERGENCY EMERGENCY $70

$71.8M PROGRAMS/

$80

$78.2M

CARIBBEAN

REVENUE GROWTH REVENUE

(MILLIONS US$) (MILLIONS

16.9% LATIN AMERICA & & AMERICA  LATIN

27.6%

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE THE &  AFRICA

ending in 2012 was a five-month interim period and therefore not comparable. not therefore and period interim five-month a was 2012 in ending

2012 does not appear in the graph above because the only fiscal period period fiscal only the because above graph the in appear not does 2012 NOTE:

PROGRAM SERVICES PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT

2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

0

$10

8.7%

PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC

$20

$30

SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL

$40

19.8%

CAMPAIGNING FOR FOR CAMPAIGNING 

SERVICES

$50 PROGRAM PROGRAM

$60 & PREPAREDNESS &

EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSE EMERGENCY

$70

32.3%

SAVING LIVES: LIVES:  SAVING

$80

POVERTY & INJUSTICE & POVERTY

$90

39.2% PROGRAMS TO OVERCOME OVERCOME TO  PROGRAMS

& SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT & (MILLIONS US$) (MILLIONS

7139+32209+I+V PROGRAM IN INVESTMENT ANNUAL

0.3% EVENTS

7.6%

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL & MANAGEMENT 2.0% OXFAMS

3.3% CONTRACT INCOME CONTRACT

5.8%

CORPORATIONS

15.2% FUNDRAISING

ALL FUNDS ALL

6.0% INVESTMENT & OTHER & INVESTMENT

7.2% BEQUESTS & LEGACIES & BEQUESTS

77.2% PROGRAM SERVICES PROGRAM

11.4% FOUNDATIONS

64.0% INDIVIDUALS SOURCES OF FUNDS OF SOURCES

77FUNDS OF USES +158+I 64+1176321I 77+V 2014 31, MARCH ENDING PERIOD FROM IS DEPICTED DATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS & LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (as of Sept. 15, 2014)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

OFFICERS Kecia Ali Peter Lynch Joe Loughrey, Chair Shigeki Makino Karen Keating Janet A. McKinley Ansara President & chief operating officer, Advisory board member, Apptopia George A. Miller Cummins Inc. (retired) Marie Benedix Minh Chau Nguyen Sam Miller David Bodnick Raymond C. Offenheiser Vice president, WASH Solutions, Paul A. Moses Sylvia A. President, Oxfam America East Meets West Foundation Peter Palmer Brownrigg Joe H. Hamilton, Treasurer & Secretary Mandefro Nigussie R. Price Peterson Linda Call Executive vice president, Deputy regional director—Horn of Africa, Ann Silver Pozen Ellen Carr Liberty International Oxfam America (staff-elected director) Dana Quitslund Susan Clare Maria Otero Kati Rader Terry Collins OTHER DIRECTORS United States under secretary of John J. Regan Mohamad Ali state for ­democracy and global affairs Ian S. Crowe Ellen Remmer Chief strategy officer, Hewlett-Packard (retired) Susan de Vries Peter Sanborn Steven Reiss Bruce Detwiler Manish Bapna H. Jay Sarles Executive vice president, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges James Down Marilyn Sarles Susan Eckstein World Resources Institute Kitt Sawitsky Val Schaffner Walter Bell Managing director, Goulston & Storrs Barbara Fiorito Kate W. Sedgwick Senior adviser, Swiss Re America Holding­ Jody Forchheimer Smita Singh Jamey Shachoy Hannelore Rosalind Conway Director, Global Development Program Grantham Peter Singer Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ­William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (retired) Patricia Hallstein Renata Singer Jonathan A. Fox Stephen Hays Lucian Snow Professor, School of International Sonal Shah Barry Hershey Michael E. Soloff Service, American University Executive director, Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, Michael Eric E. Sumner Barry Gaberman Hirschorn ­Georgetown University Patricia B. Senior vice president, Ford Foundation Lisa Jorgenson Sumner (retired) Roger Widmann Erika Karp Tara Lynn Chairman, Cedar Realty Trust Torrens Anne L. Garrels Stephen Land Journalist, National Public Radio Kim Williams Elizabeth Wachs Joseph D. Lee (retired) Senior vice president, partner, and Barbara Waugh Associate director of global industry Gina Glantz research, Wellington Management Senior adviser to the president, Company (retired) SEIU (retired)

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 17 Thank you THE MANY GENEROUS DONORS WHO SUPPORT US YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR WORK RIGHTING THE WRONGS OF POVERTY, HUNGER, AND INJUSTICE. WE OWE TREMENDOUS THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES AND TO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WE DON’T HAVE SPACE TO INCLUDE HERE. YOU PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT EMPOWERS PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. WE ARE GRATEFUL.

LIFETIME DONORS

Grousbeck Family Foundation Richard Pozen, M.D., and LIFETIME DONORS OF The Leona M. and Harry B. LIFETIME DONORS OF Ann Silver Pozen $5,000,000+ Helmsley Charitable Trust $500,000–$999,999 Public Welfare Foundation Anonymous (2) The Hershey Family Foundation Anonymous (15) Radiohead Ford Foundation Inter-American Development ADP Foundation Phillip T. Ragon Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bank Alliance for a Green Revolution John and Barbara Schubert in Africa (AGRA) The William and Flora Hewlett The Kresge Foundation David and Nancy Smith Foundation Stephen and Jane Land Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Michael E. Soloff and Hope for Haiti Now Fund Joe and Deborah Loughrey Sue L. Himmelrich Sylvia Brownrigg Janet A. McKinley and The John D. and Catherine Jeanne Steig George A. Miller T. MacArthur Foundation Rev. Frederick and Judith Buechner Ward Family Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Shigeki Makino Mary Catherine Bunting Working Assets, Inc. Laurie Michaels Clear Channel Outdoor World Food Programme (WFP) Charles Stewart Mott Foundation LIFETIME DONORS OF The Ethel Cook Charitable $1,000,000–$4,999,999 Neal L. Nix Foundation Anonymous (11) Not On Our Watch, Inc. LIFETIME DONORS OF Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund $250,000–$499,999 Argidius Foundation Omidyar Fund of Peninsula Energy Foundation Anonymous (24) The Atlantic Philanthropies Community Foundation Ernst & Young LLP ABN AMRO Bank Reinier and Nancy Beeuwkes The Sandy River Charitable Foundation Barbara Fiorito and Michael Mohamad and Kecia Ali Howard G. Buffett Foundation Shimkin Global Water Initiative The Schaffner Family Edith Allen Foundation FJC, A Foundation of The Capital Group Philanthropic Funds Amgen Foundation Share Our Strength Companies, Inc. Flora Family Foundation Robert Amory Peter A. and Renata Singer Margaret A. Cargill Foundation William and Jean Graustein Fund The Anbinder Family Foundation State Street Foundation, Inc. Church Communities John and Kathryn Greenberg The Angell Foundation International Swiss Reinsurance Company Heather and Paul Haaga Rebecca and Ben Baker The Coca-Cola Company United Nations Development Rick M. Hayman The Barr Foundation Terry S. Collins Programme (UNDP) Stephen Hays and Valerie Irene and Archie W. Berry Jr. David D. Doniger and USA for Africa Hughes Big Cat Foundation Lisa Jorgenson Visa Inc. Hunter-White Foundation Blue Moon Fund the ELMA Relief Foundation The Walton Family Foundation International Union, UAW Broad Reach Fund of the Maine Epic Records / Sony Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP The Kaphan Foundation Community Foundation The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Kopcho Family Foundation Dr. Hamilton B. Brown Goulston & Storrs Levi Strauss Foundation James A. Buck The Grantham Foundation Jane Carey for the Protection of the News Corporation Foundation Environment Open Society Foundations Fay Chandler

18 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN APRRIL 1, 2013, AND MARCH 31, 2014 FY2014 DONORS

Climate and Land Use Alliance Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Alice Claire S. Montgomery Trust John H. and Cynthia Lee Smet The William J. Clinton Otto Haas Charitable Trust The Moriah Fund Foundation Foundation Walter and Elise Haas Fund Paul A. Moses and The Spurlino Foundation Marjorie T. and William R. Joe and Luisa Hamilton Barbara N. Lubash Starbucks Coffee Company Coleman Harari Family Charitable Fund New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. Caroline Blanton Thayer Crane Creek Family Fund of the Martha Nussbaum Charitable Trust Oregon Community Foundation The Harding Foundation Peter Palmer Toward Sustainability Ian and Ruth Crowe Nancy and Hendrik Hartog Foundation Pearson Charitable Foundation Deutsche Bank Americas Benjamin and Francine Hiller Lynette Tsiang Michael and Josie A. Pometta Foundation Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Paula and Mark Turrentine Trusts Prudential Financial, Inc. Susan M. Devokaitis and United Nations Children’s Fund Charles R. Weedon IBM Corporation QH International (UNICEF) Elizabeth S. and Innovation for Poverty Corey M. Rosen Carolyn Van Sant Paul Kingston Duffie International Council of Max Rosenfeld Foundation Rosemary and Edgar Villchur Eaglemere Foundation, Inc. Shopping Centers, Inc. James and Anne Rothenberg Wallace Global Fund eBay Foundation Nannerl O. and Marilyn and Jay Sarles Roger and Judith Widmann Flynn Family Foundation Robert O. Keohane Shared Earth Foundation Kim Williams and Trevor Miller David Fraser and Jo Ann Alber Lawrence Leibowitz and Tara Greenway The Shifting Foundation Ernest and Roswitha M. Winsor E. Marianne Gabel and Silver Mountain Foundation Donald Lateiner Jim and Anahita Lovelace World Reach, Inc. for the Arts The Richard and The McKnight Foundation Vernon and Lucy B. Wright Rhoda Goldman Fund The Leo Model Foundation Youths’ Friends Association, Inc.

FY2014 DONORS

Laurie Michaels John and Kathryn Greenberg DONORS OF $1,000,000+ $100,000–$499,999 Oxfam Australia Heather and Paul Haaga Anonymous Anonymous (11) Oxfam Great Britain Otto Haas Charitable Trust Argidius Foundation ADP Foundation Oxfam Hong Kong Stephen Hays and Valerie the ELMA Relief Foundation Asian Institute of Technology Estate of Robert L. Schiesel Hughes (AIT) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Estate of Cian Shea Estate of Ruth Highberger Estate of Joseph Bartak Inter-American Development Estate of Shirley R. Stein Innovations for Poverty Action Bank Reinier and Nancy Beeuwkes Swiss Re Foundation The Kaphan Foundation Oxfam Intermón (Spain) Estate of James L. Bradley The Walton Family Foundation The Kopcho Family Foundation Estate of Peter A. Morgan Sylvia Brownrigg Estate of Paul Krause Charles Butt Stephen and Jane Land Climate and Land Use Alliance $50,000–$99,999 $500,000–$999,999 Shigeki Makino David D. Doniger and Anonymous (10) Anonymous (2) Mary E. Murphy and Lisa Jorgenson Louis and Anne Abrons Mark C. Stevens Alliance for a Green Revolution Estate of Bernard Downs Foundation in Africa (AGRA) Partrick B. Murphy and Food and Agriculture Mohamad and Kecia Ali Diane M. Vosberg The Atlantic Philanthropies Organization of the United Broad Reach Fund of the Maine Estate of Stephanie L. Normann Ford Foundation Nations (FAO) Community Foundation Phillips-Van Heusen, Joe and Deborah Loughrey The Grantham Foundation The California Endowment Calvin Klein, Inc., and Patricia Oxfam Novib for the Protection of the Rooney Mara Environment Cisco Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Estate of Laura Pinkert Growald Family Fund Terry S. Collins State Street Foundation, Inc. Columbia Foundation Richard Pozen, M.D., and Joe and Luisa Hamilton Ann Silver Pozen United Nations Children’s Fund James A. Delaney Jr. (UNICEF) The Hershey Family Foundation Estate of Peter E. Pritchard Eaglemere Foundation, Inc. United Nations Development KW Cares Rockefeller Brothers Fund Programme (UNDP) Lakeshore Foundation FJC, A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds S+F Charitable Fund World Food Programme (WFP) Estate of Lorraine Loder Robert and Betty Forchheimer Marilyn and Jay Sarles The John D. and Catherine Foundation The Schaffner Family Foundation T. MacArthur Foundation Estate of Paul Gaggini James H. and Marilyn H. Simons Janet A. McKinley and George A. Miller John Gibson Peter A. and Renata Singer

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 19 FY2014 DONORS

David and Nancy Smith Don and Pamela G. Lichty David and Araceli Barclay Howard M. Erichson The Spurlino Foundation Lorelei Foundation Charles and Betty Barker Todd Evans Weissman Family Foundation Colin and Leslie Masson Richard A. Barna and Jason and Elizabeth Factor Wells Fargo Brian M. McInerney Eileen Maisel Pauline Fahey Bob and Marion Wilson Morby Family Charitable Byron E. Bartlett The Felton Foundation Foundation Bartolucci Family Fund Marc and Mary Felton Fund Paul Moses and Barbara Lubash The Bearden Family of Community Foundation $25,000–$49,999 Estate of Jane Grey Pfeiffer Charitable Trust Sonoma County Anonymous (17) Mark Reiber William and Debbie Becker Jonathan Ferrugia Eugenie Allen and Revenue Watch Institute The Behemoth EILEEN FISHER Jeremy Feigelson Thomas R. Robertson Richard Beman Austin and Lauren G. Fite Aveda Corporation Rosenberg Foundation Jill H. Berliner Estate of Jean J. Fox Robert A. Berenson, M.D. James and Anne Rothenberg Jerry M. Bernhard David Fraser and Jo Ann Alber Louise Blackman Family Stephanie H. Bernheim Anita and Robert Friedman Foundation, John N. and Peter Sanborn Kathleen Blackman, Mark and Estate of Margaret Scruggs Natalie Bond Bernstein Elizabeth Fry Deborah Blackman The Shifting Foundation Victoria E. Beynon Michelle and Richard Fulcher Adean A. and Jim Bridges Silver Mountain Foundation Blaskopf Family Fund E. Marianne Gabel and Linda L. Brownrigg for the Arts Serine and Claudia Bonnist Donald Lateiner Buddhist Global Relief William Simon and Carmen Chang Craig Bowen and Esther Diez Earl and Mary Kay Gardner Rev. Frederick and Smita Singh Roswitha Brauer Ethel Gill Judith Buechner Michael E. Soloff and Mary Catherine Bunting Emile M. Gladstone and Estate of William M. Burke Elizabeth Petrazzolo Sue L. Himmelrich Janet and Booker Bush Wes Callender and Spencer Glendon and Lisa Tung Laurence L. Spitters David Butcher Patricia Davis Global Witness Stantec Inc. Virginia Wellington Cabot The Capital Group Antonia Stolper and Foundation Martin Granger Companies, Inc. Robert Fertik John C. Cawley and Estate of Elsa F. Grant CBS RADIO Estate of Susan Thorstad Christine Marshall William and Jean Graustein Fund Center for Inquiry Jane M. Timken Foundation Zia Chishti Anne Greene Fay Chandler Estate of Lois Walters Estate of Edward Crohn Kathleen and Rachel Gregg Commonwealth Financial Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Aya and Randy Clark Nick and Marjorie Greville Network Roger and Judith Widmann John R. Cleveland Wesley Griffitt, M.D. Estate of Desmond Connor Estate of Max P. Wurf The Clowes Fund Ellen L. Grobman The Ethel Cook Charitable Foundation Eleanor B. Crook Natalie Gubb and David Arpi Craigslist Charitable Fund Ian and Ruth Crowe Genevieve Guenther and $10,000–$24,999 Neal Cardwell Renna Draynel The Danem Foundation Anonymous (54) Jinde Guo Elizabeth S. and Derek Daniels 1031Fund Paul Kingston Duffie Donald W. Davis Virginia L. Hajeian Walter and Alice Abrams Estate of Richard M. Fisher Estate of Raymond H. Dearden Estate of Charles A. and Family Fund Lenore Hale Flynn Family Foundation Digital Green The Agua Fund Clarence Hall Ann and Gordon Getty Marilyn N. Doerr Foundation James Alexander Michael Handelman Susan W. Almy Doris Duke Charitable Estate of Robert Hager Foundation Nancy and Hendrik Hartog Dr. Ann Alpern and John E. Laird Willis and Cindy Hesselroth Irene Dowdy Dr. Andrea Heberlein and Mehrdad and Sholeh Amanat Prof. Joshua Greene Jim Hormel and Jim and Donna Down Raymond Mulliner American Express Company Helena Hermes David B. DuBard and Hunter-White Foundation Robert Amory Deirdre M. Giblin Joe Higdon and Ellen Sudow Fund of The Community Estate of John F. Ignatz Kristen Andersen Amy Dunbar Foundation for the National Jaquith Family Foundation The Ansara Family Fund Estate of Arthur K. and Capital Region at the Boston Foundation Gloria Jarecki Norma M. Dunlop Benjamin and Francine Hiller Eric and Cindy Arbanovella Annie Schubmehl Kane Susan Eckert Jennifer L. Hinman and Nannerl O. and Robert O. Keohane Argosy Foundation Martin J. Edelman, M.D. Michael J. Moody Emily H. Kunreuther Rick Ayre Joel Edelstein Erle G. Holm Lawrence Leibowitz and John and Lois Baker Estate of Mark Eisner Jr. Edward W. Hoyt Tara Greenway Steven and Beth Bangert Elias Foundation Anne Humes

20 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN APRRIL 1, 2013, AND MARCH 31, 2014 FY2014 DONORS

Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable The Morrison & Foerster Jean G. Roland Rolf and Trude Turnquist Trusts Foundation Corey M. Rosen University of Notre Dame, Lawrence & Elaine Irell Shaz Mossanen Max Rosenfeld Foundation Third World Relief Fund Foundation Robert A. and Mary O. Naftzger Elizabeth Rosenthal Wendy Vanden Heuvel Islamic Center of Boston Mark Nelkin Julia K. Rowse Paul and Heather Van Munching Leif D. and Carol L. Jacobsen Samuel C. Newbury* and Molly Ryder Paul E. and Betsy A. Von Kuster Estate of Louise C. Janik Janice L. Myers-Newbury Rye Presbyterian Church Stanley D. Vyner Jebediah Foundation James Newton Robert Salerno Dilip Wagle and Peter Jennings Foundation Lowell E. Northrop Darshana Shanbhag Harold Salmanowitz Cliff C. Jones* Joan Novick Dorothy E. Walker Betty J. Sanders Adam and Samina Khan Oak Lodge Foundation Charles A. Walsh III The Trudy Scammon Foundation Patrick King and Lisa Roberts Gloria and John O’Farrell Lynn Warshow Francesco Scattone Sam and Michael King J. David Officer Shirley F. and Douglas C. Webb Estate of Hildegard C. Schmidt Margot Kittredge Estate of Craney “Connie” Ogata Robert Wechsler and Emily Aber Schroeher Clare Family Fund David Komar Vivian and Paul Olum Peter and Linda Werner Evan Schwartz Ann V. Kramer Foundation Estate of Barbara Westall Philip and Elizabeth Sears Axel Kramer and The O’Neil Family Foundation, Kim Williams and Trevor Miller Mike O’Neil Kate W. Sedgwick and Patricia Hallstein Edward J. and Barbara A. Wilson Mark F. and Robin Opel Theodore Sedgwick Kathleen W. Krampf David Windmueller John K. Orberg Seed Foundation Stephanie and Peter Kurzina Margaret and Matt Winkler Oxfam Canada Jamey and Laura Shachoy Arthur Labow Nancy Woo Oxfam International Todd and Kathleen Anne T. Larin Shapley-Quinn Estate of John D. Work Wayne Paglieri Beverly Shurman Lavitt Jamie Shaw WorldFish Center Peter Palmer Philip Lee Kathleen A. Shiel Caleb and Johanna Wright Mark Paltrowitz LeFort-Martin Fund Louise M. Shimkin Gail C. Bates Yessne and Martha M. and Robert Parke Thomas A. Lehrer Michael Siliski Peter Yessne Anthony Pennock Lew and Laura Leibowitz Estate of Eugene Simon Nathan and Susan Yost Mark P. and Martha Pentecost Anne Leone and Daniel T. Ludwig John H. and Cynthia Lee Smet Edwin Young Ruth Lepson JaMel and Tom Perkins Family Foundation Marleta E. Young Foundation Fund David B. and Jan E. LeRoux Cherida Collins Smith Clarence A. Zacher Mark N. Perlmutter, M.D. Park L. Loughlin Kathryn Kerch Smith Alexander Zaharoff and Eugene Petracca Karen Marie Krupnik Lowe-Marshall Trust Luella Spadaro Pezeshki-Bryer Fund Dorothy and Arthur Zuch Jack D. and Doris M. Lynn John M. Spencer Plymouth Rock Foundation Stephen J. Lynton Richard K. and Harriet M. Squire Estate of Ellen H. Powers M9 Charitable Fund Thomas O. Stair, M.D., and OXFAM LEGACY CIRCLE Estate of Jonathan Pressler Lucy Caldwell-Stair John Madsen Members of the Legacy Circle Ed Prue Estate of Jean D. Maryborn The Douglas and Dorothy ensure the continuation PWMCO, LLC Steere Fund of Oxfam’s work by naming Estate of Walter R. Mathews Paul A. Quinsee Donald Straney Oxfam as a beneficiary in their John McAleer wills, retirement plans, and Estate of Steven Raineri Pamela J. Suggs life insurance policies, or by Eleanor McCleary-Sellstrom and planning a life income gift. A. D. Sellstrom Chris Rauschenberg P. R. Sundaresan Sean and Stacey McDermott Mohammad G. Reda and Dain S. Sundstrom Anonymous (424) Mawya Shocair Bill and Joy McGinnis Matthew and Camella R. Sutter Helen Ackerson Reed Family Foundation, Jennifer Sykes Priscilla J. McMillan Sam K. Reed Louis R. Albrecht Katharine E. Merck Sarah and Deborah Szekely Scott C. Alden Eric Reeves/Sudan Aid Fund Family Foundation Hilaire J. and Judith Meuwissen Mark and Michele Aldrich Reidler Foundation Jason Targoff and The Miller-Wehrle Family Steven Alan Reiss and Marcella M. Anderson Kamala Allen Foundation Mary Mattingly Alex C. Templeton Emily Alma Million Dollar Round Table Ellen Remmer and Caroline Blanton Thayer Mark and Dawn Amos Foundation Christopher Fox Charitable Trust Eric Hall Anderson Marianne Mitosinka and Ryan Rich George Wick Estate of Thomas Tipi Margaret L. Anderson Henry Richardson David Moody and Eileen Guifoyle Toward Sustainability Hope and Arnold Asrelsky Estate of Tamar J. Rivers Foundation Elizabeth Atkins Dwight Rogers and Gail Gillespie Michael E. Tubbs

*Deceased ANNUAL REPORT 2014 21 FY2014 DONORS

Lyndon and Betty Babcock Deborah L. Clayton Barbara Fiorito and Mark and Pat Heid Betty Jane Baer Corinne Coen, M.D. Michael Shimkin Mary Alice Keating Heiger Tamar Bailey Christine Marie Cole, R.N., N.P. Ian Firth June E. Heilman George and Harriet Baldwin Glenn Combs Linda Fisher Sandy Pantle Hendricks Richard and Marian Baldy Joan A. Cominos Dudley Flamm Nancy Henley Stephanie Barko Janet Conn and Michael Debelak Susan H. Fleming Edward S. and Mary W. Herman Belinda K. Barrington and Prof. Farok J. Contractor Ella M. Forsyth Jeffery P. Herrity and Andres Acedo Del Olmo Barbara Cook Patricia G. Foschi and John K. H. Copenhaver Clay Stuart Hall Dick and Gretchen Barsness Margery Cornwell Marquita K. Hill and David Fraser and Jo Ann Alber John C. Hassler David Bassein, M.D. Dorothy P. Craig Gloria Gallingane John R. Hoffman Sharon and Lawrence Beeman Lee Cranberg, M.D. Mary Edda Gamson Lisa Hoffmeyer Alice Benson and Kirk Fitch E. R. Crego Earl and Mary Kay Gardner Mack P. and Margaret H. Holt Lorna Bentley David E. and Theresa L. Crowl Elizabeth Garst Ruth F. Hooke Kurt and Catherine Bergel John and Geraldine Cusenza Jerome and Maria Gauthier Mary Barnard Horne Sanford Berman Barbara Dallis Lawrence H. Geller and Marjorie Howard-Jones Jeff and Ann Berner Judith Dalton Bernadette Cronin-Geller E. Rae Hudspeth, M.D. Samuel Bertron and Vincent Daly Social Justice Fund Rebecca Lowe Janet B. Humphrey Denise D’Anne David E. and Liza Gerber Judi Berzon Robert J. Hutcheson, Ph.D. Posie and David Dauphiné Hugh Giblin Mary Frances Best David J. and Arlene F. Iacono Ann Bemis Day Mary L. Gillis Beatrice Birkin-Thomas and Marjean Ingalls James C. Thomas Patricia A. and William D. Dean Carl Ginet and Sally McConnell-Ginet Jennifer Jaffe Marla Jacobson Blaser Leland G. De Evoli, M.D. Mary A. “Kit” Glover, M.D. Marilyn Johnson Susan Bleiberg Mrs. Jan de Hartog Anne C. Godfrey Susan Jolly David Blot Amy DeMent David and Irma Goldknopf Susan F. Jorgensen Mike and Cathy Blumenfeld Kristina L. Dendinger Merrill Goldwyn James H. Julien Dorothy Bobolin Joan C. Denkler John W. Gordon Ruth Gannett Kahn Marjorie Boetter Sue Dennis Martha Miles Gordon Ken Kaiserman Surya Bolom Megan Ferreira Derhammer Fred M. Grafton Anil Kapur Daniel Bradford Carolyn M. Derr Leona Grage Lois Karpenko Phil C. Branch Sadie Dietz Andrew H. Grange and Mary Karren Anthony J. Di Stefano Barbara Brayton Maureen Murphy Ronald Kastner, M.D. Sharon Doll Marian Breckenridge David E. Grant Evan Kavanagh Frieda Brock James A. Douglas and Lucretia W. Grindle Alexandra Harmon Karen J. Keefer Fund Heather Brodhead Geraldine Grodzinsky Jim and Donna Down Kevin M. Keenan Frederick P. and Alice E. Bunnell Edward D. and Brita B. Grover Renna Draynel Edward Keiderling Charles and Marion Burger Jana Gunnell Carol F. Drisko Dorothy Kelleher David Winslow Burling Donna Gushen Christopher Dugan Sirid-Aimee Kellermann, Ph.D. Sara A. Burroughs Bruce Gustafson and John R. and Ruth M. Kelly Nancy Egbert Julianne Gustafson-Lira Kenneth H. Burrows Chelsea Kesselheim Ned Eldredge Patricia Hackbarth Sandra Burrows Bryan Kingsriter Nan Elmer Hope Rogers Haff Wallace F. and Therese T. Burton Clare Kirby Jon Erikson Bill and Diane Hampel Thomas G. Burzawa David L. and Marilyn M. Kirk Isaac Evans-Frantz John B. Haney, M.D., and Daniel Butler Peter Knudsen Richard T. and Pam Eyde Diane D. Haney Grace W. Buzaljko John Koehler Judy Hughes Fair-Spaulding Richard Hansis Stephanie A. Chalmers, D.V.M. Emma Jayne Kretlow Donald and Martha Farley John D. and Barbara Harcketts Shannon H. Chamberlin M. Kay Kribs Thomas Faulds John and Ethel* Hardy Diane Lewis Chaney John J. Kulczycki Temple Fawcett Richard and Lonna Harkrader Eunice Charles Stephanie and Peter Kurzina Evelyn B. Feltner Mary Ann Harman Heather Chisholm-Chait Lucille Therese Laliberte Margaret Ferguson Peter Hawxhurst Howard Christofersen Stephen and Jane Land Elizabeth J. Finch Heartwind Susan Clare and Peter D. Parker Virginia C. Larsen Ruth B. Finley Randy B. Hecht Judith P. Clarke

22 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN APRRIL 1, 2013, AND MARCH 31, 2014 *Deceased FY2014 DONORS

Nancy Latner Susan Mondon Carol Roberts Nancy and Bill Strong David R. Lee Jean Muirhead F. David and Helen E. Roberts Fred David and Barbara Kell Strudell Thomas A. Leenerts Donna B. Mummery Thomas R. Robertson Isobel and Roger Sturgeon Frances J. Lee-Vandell Peter and Zibby Munson Ed Robichaud J. Mayone Stycos and Judith M. Leggett Francis T. and Alice A. Murray Madeleine O. Robinson, Ph.D. Maria Nowakowska Stycos Rev. Margaret K. Leinbach Leila Mustachi Christina and David Romer Patricia Sullivan Kathleen Lentz John and Darlyne Neff Erwin Rose Marcia A. Summers Mary and Tom Leo Julie A. Nelson Corey M. Rosen Ann Tarbell Ruth Lepson Madeleine G. Newbauer Barbara J. Rosga Lee E. and Claudia J. Taylor Beverly Leve Neal L. Nix Paul L. and Marion J. Ross Char Kalsow Thompson Deborah Jai Levy Gary Noguera Jennifer Sabella William R.* and Leslie Lihou Tamaki Ogata Teresa Sammis and Patricia Thompson Richard Thoman Jr. Jean Lister Nora Olgyay Patricia Manion Thompson Kathleen Sasso Theodore Lombard Kevin Orvek Jovita Tieso Lisa Sawyer Judith M. Lorimer Sara S. Osborne Christine Tisdale Susan Schiff Carole Lovinger John Osner Jim Tomb Louise Schmid Jane W. Lusk Shoshana Osofsky Angelo Tomedi, M.D., and Jessie Lynn and Wendy Withrow Margaret M. O’Toole Rose R. Schmidt Margaret M. Wolak Kathleen Lynn and Peter Otto Joan Schmitz Mom Touch Ben J. Nathanson Kathleen Walsh Packard Karen Schneider Joseph A. Tronolone M. J. Maccardini Patricia N. Page Betty Scholten Monte Tudor-Long Robert L. and Jean A. Major Edith L. Palazzo Susan Schrenzel Tod and Lori Turle Helen Malena Robert S. Palmer Charles Schroeder Kaoru Ueda Robert T. Mall Margaret Parker Joseph E. and Eric Vittinghoff Monique E. Schwartzberg Christine Martin Jewel Payne Donald D. Wacks James P. Scott Doris M. Martin Perry Pedersen Lex Wadelski Mary and LaRoy Seaver Joann Martin Leonard Pellettiri Donna J. Wainwright Marian Shaw Sandra and David Matteson James W. and Mary G. Waldo Patricia Sheely Clara Mayer Margaret H. Perkins Dorothy E. Walker Paul A. Shurin, M.D. Don Mayer Laura Perreault Bettine* and Lawrence Wallin Carol Sicherman Jean M. McCarroll Frank and Barbara Pespisa Barbara Joy Walsh Sam Siegel Mark D. McClees Paul E. and Deaun Peterson Catherine Anne Walsh, Ph.D. Jerry Silbert Sarah McCoy John W. Pfeiffer Charles A. Walsh III Joan A. Sivadon Jeannie McCready Patricia L. Phillips David Watson and Sheila McIvor Mike and Katie Place Christine Sleeter Marilynn Rashid Michael Joseph McKenney David and Gaylene Poretti Gerry Sligar Rev. Elaine Weidemann Janet A. McKinley and Pearl Porterfield Rev. Margaret Treadway Sloan Robert L. Weissman George A. Miller David Post Linda L. and Jackson Smith Jean Werts James C. and Garry J. Prowe and Deborah Sodt Alice Reuben Weston Roberta McLaughlin Jessica A. Whitmore-First John G. Sommer Michael and Judy White Robert and Victoria McMullen John Queralt Wendy Power Spielmann Steve White Betsy and Tom Melvin Joan Quick Vergie G. Spiker Jean M. Wilson B. Meshke Rob Quick Arnold Sprague Morton D. Winsberg Bruce and Mary Metcalf Todd Quinto and Judith Larsen Stanley R. Stangren Mary H. Winslow Emily Meyer Eloise Rand Karin Stanley William M. Wippold Jule Parkman Meyer Joan and George Rebeck Barbara J. Starck Jessie Lynn and Wendy Withrow H. C. Erik Midelfort and Dimitra Reber James Stauffer Arthur Wortman Anne McKeithen Jon and Joyce Regier Jeanne Steig Julie Zale Ellen E. Miller Jerry H. Rehmar Evelyn Stern Dewey K. Ziegler, M.D. Jean L. Miller Kathleen Rest and Elinor Grover Jean Stoenner Nancy M. Miller Nancy Ridgeway Lee and Byron Stookey Rebecca A. Mills Barbara Rimbach Bill Strawbridge and Riaz and Lily Moledina Meg Wallhagen

*Deceased ANNUAL REPORT 2014 23 CONTACT US HOW TO HELP OXFAM AFFILIATES HEADQUARTERS DONATE Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor To support Oxfam’s work globally Oxfam Australia Boston, MA 02114-2206 US or learn more about a specific Oxfam-in-Belgium [email protected] program, contact Lisa Tellekson Oxfam Canada (800) 77-OXFAM at (800) 776-9326 x2474. Or donate Oxfam France online at oxfamamerica.org. Oxfam Germany POLICY & ADVOCACY OFFICE Oxfam Great Britain 1100 15th Street, NW, Suite 600 GIVE STOCKS, BONDS, Oxfam Hong Kong Washington, DC 20005 US OR MUTUAL FUNDS Oxfam India (202) 496-1180 To transfer securities to Oxfam, Oxfam Intermón (Spain) AFRICA contact Marie Williams at Oxfam Ireland Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (800) 776-9326 x2423. Oxfam Mexico Oxfam New Zealand Dakar, Senegal CREATE A LEGACY Khartoum, Sudan Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) To name Oxfam in your estate Oxfam-Québec ASIA plan, contact Andrew A. Morrison Oxfam Italy Phnom Penh, Cambodia at (800) 776-9326 x2723. Oxfam Japan LATIN AMERICA & JOIN OXFAM100 THE ­CARIBBEAN To learn more about how you can San Salvador, El Salvador make a critical three-year investment Pétionville, Haiti in small-scale farmers, saving lives, Lima, Peru and community savings groups, visit www.oxfamamerica.org/oxfam100 STAY CONNECTED or contact Hannah Kim at To stay current with Oxfam’s events (800) 776-9326 x9484. and activities, follow us on: SUPPORT A PROJECT facebook.com/oxfamamerica To donate to and fundraise for specific Oxfam initiatives around the world, twitter.com/oxfamamerica visit oxfamamerica.org/projects or contact Cindy Hellmann at pinterest.com/oxfamamerica (800) 776-9326 x2516.

oxfamamerica.org/join GIVE GIFTS THAT DELIVER REAL REWARD To celebrate a birthday, holiday, or other special occasion, find unique gifts that do good at oxfamgifts.com.

MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT Last year we cut the report’s length 37 percent by eliminating 16 pages. Our choice of paper containing post-consumer fiber (rather This year we shaved off an additional four pages. This decrease in than 100 percent virgin stock) yielded the following savings: length, coupled with our selection of a different paper stock, helped 16 trees preserved us to achieve a greater than 20 percent reduction in overall cost this year. Although the report is available digitally, for those who prefer 15,517 gallons of water saved a print version we use soy-based inks at a plant recognized by the 1,587 lbs of solid waste not generated Massachusetts Water Resources Authority as a low-discharge site that

recycles all spent materials. 14,538 lbs of CO2 not emitted

24 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 | OXFAMAMERICA.ORG What we believe Nearly one out of every three of us lives in poverty. But we see a future in which no one does.

The way we see it, poverty is solvable— A problem rooted in injustice. Eliminate injustice and you can eliminate poverty. We’re not saying it will be quick or easy, but it can be done. We won’t patch a problem and then disappear. We won’t stand by silently and watch others suffer.

Instead, we stand together against injustice. We recognize our responsibility to hold the powerful accountable. We see people’s power to change their lives.

It disturbs us that in a world as rich as ours, many of us go hungry or don’t have clean water. Many of us can’t claim our human rights.

It’s wrong. And together we aim to do what’s right. Oxfam America. Right the wrong.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 III COVER: Children play on a beach in San Jose, Tacloban, Philippines, three months after Typhoon Haiyan struck in November 2013. Haiyan was the strongest typhoon ever ­recorded to make landfall, tearing through much of the central Philippines. Thousands of people died and millions required urgent assistance. Local emergency response efforts were daunting, as swamps of seawater and jungles of debris created a l­ogistical nightmare for survivors and those trying to assist them. Despite extraordinary challenges, the relief ­effort helped ­millions of people survive and recover.

Under emergency conditions like these, women and children face greater threats of gender-based violence, sexual exploita- tion, and abuse. So, in the days following the typhoon, Oxfam called on the government of the Philippines to ensure that ­services to protect vulnerable groups were rapidly expanded. We ­advocated for access to trained protection staff and ­domestic violence telephone hotlines, increased d­ eployment of female police, and more women-friendly spaces in displaced communities. Oxfam believes that such efforts to protect w­ omen and children are critical to any humanitarian ­response effort. Eleanor Farmer / Oxfam

© 2014 Oxfam America Inc. All rights reserved. Oxfam America is a registered trademark of Oxfam America Inc., and the Oxfam logo is a registered trademark of Stichting Oxfam International. 1406063