Join our campaigns

Because justice and fairness concern us all.

Because poverty can be eliminated.

Because activism works!

Oxfam-Québec believes that in a world full of resources poverty can be abolished; injustice should be denounced; there is solidarity among the world's people and, with the necessary support, the people of the South can improve their lives.

We have the power to change things. Let’s not sit on our hands! If we all join in denouncing injustice, we can influence world decision-makers.

That's why Oxfam-Québec sponsors awareness campaigns to inform people about international issues and move them to take action. All our campaigns are aimed at bringing about lasting change. This often involves changing policies. You can help make these changes by signing our petitions and sending postcards or e-mails to policymakers.

Through our international campaigns, your local actions will have a worldwide impact.

Example:

In 2005, hundreds of organizations around the world, including Oxfam-Québec, launched a campaign to “Make Poverty History”. That campaign rallied more than 40 million people in 70 countries, and it played a major role in getting the G8 Summit that year to cancel the debts of the 40 poorest countries. Thanks to that move, the people of Zambia today have access to free medicines, and far fewer children are dying because of poverty.

Our campaigns

Make your mark, change the world! 

Climate change is here, and it is hitting poor people in the South first and hardest. To promote development, we have to reduce the impact of climate change and help people in the South adapt to it. We need a post-Kyoto accord that is workable and fair to countries of the South!

For all!  

We are campaigning for universal access to education, health, water and sanitation in order to break the cycle of poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Control arms 

The arms trade fuels we are in conflicts and deepens poverty, as well as violating human rights. We are calling for an international treaty on the arms trade. In 2008, after three years of campaigning that produced more than 1 million signatures, the United Nations voted a resolution for preparation of an Arms Trade Treaty.