Oxfam PEI is a branch of Oxfam Martimes and The Oxfam Confederation around the world. Oxfam Canada has 15 national agencies that work together in 98 countries. Oxfam Canada has recently launched the GROW campaign, a four year initiative marking the start of a global movement for better ways to grow, share and live together. It’s all about addressing the broken food system so we can put enough food
on the table for everyone. It’s about land grabs, food prices, climate change and small-scale farming. It’s about the food on your table; today and tomorrow. Our local group is a dedicated group of voluntters who are workng to put an end to poverty and injustice. Locally, we support PEI and Atlantic Canada growers to help create more sustainable communities here and also host events to help those in need world wide. Recently we took part in a Solidarity Fast to help the people of East Africa and raised (with matching government funds) almost $12,000 for this cause, on a zero budget. OxfamPEI was in attendance at the Second Annual Goat Run in Brackly Beach sponsored by the Great Canadaina Soap Company who are gave back to the community donating the funds raised by this run to the local Food Bank and Oxfam Unwrapped in the form of 58 goats! We are so pleased at the wonderful turnout at that event. We also recently showed an award winning movie How To Boil A Frog in partnership with the UPEI Environmental Society with a discussion on change in our community afterwards. We are planning another showing of this movie in the spring, we hope. In March 2012 we took part in Bottled Water Free Day at UPEI and got many signatures on a petition to end the selling and distribution of bottled water at the University. CUPE and the City of Charlottetown also took part. We are planning a 'Singing Apple' event for later this year (as soon as we complete the planning and ex*****on of this guerilla theatre-y affair; all those who have a penchant for music and theatre are invited to join in and partner with us for this one. Oxfam PEI wants to be a LOUD voice for change in our community. to change policies surrounding food security on PEI, to be a force for waste reduction (get everyone to sort!) and to get enough dedicated members to form a separate chapter for PEI,, just to name a few. We welcome new members, and one of our newest members is currently starting a campus group here at UPEI. If you are interested in joining a campus group, contact Dunja Stajic at [email protected] or Catherine MacNeil our current Youth Laison Officer. Oxfam PEI meets regularly on Saturday mornings at the home of the current Chair, Nancy Gay. For more information about how you can help, or to join our regular group, please contact oxfampei./facebook or write [email protected]..Or call us at 894 5542
Administers of Oxfam PEI
Nancy Gay Chair, Local Committee
Katherine Ballem, Treasurer
Jacqueline Robichaud, Secretary
Dunja Stajic, Campus Group Coordinator
Catherine MacNeil, Youth Liason Officer
