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Last year, an amazingly generous thing happened on WYOO. Thanks to a BC member called littlelj (Lucy) setting up a Just Giving page, this time last year, WYOOers raised over £600 to donate to Oxfam for International Women's Day.
Why Oxfam? Here are a few reasons...
Two million people trained in Women's Rights
The majority of people living in poverty are women. They tend to have fewer resources, fewer rights, and fewer opportunities to make life-shaping decisions than men. And when emergencies strike, they're the worst affected. There are many, often complex, reasons why women are not reaching their full potential. Domestic violence, discrimination, and lack of education are among the biggest barriers
Women's skills, resilience, determination, and ingenuity are valuable - but greatly underused- resources to overcoming poverty.
Oxfam is committed to supporting women claim their rights, and make decisions that affect their lives. Long-held and deeply entrenched prejudices will take time to break down. But we know it can be done.
Education
Every day in developing countries, teachers, doctors, nurses and community health workers are changing lives, often working against the odds to provide quality education and health care.
Yet each day more than 72 million children - many of them girls - still miss out on school; 1,400 women die needlessly in pregnancy and child birth; and only 5.2 million people living with HIV who need treatment get the medicines they need (UNAIDS 2010).
This lack of education and health care robs millions of people of their futures.
Education, especially for girls, massively improves children's chances of escaping poverty, but poverty is the main reason why they miss school.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.