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Oxfam Canada

Q & A with Nicole Salmon, Fundraising Manager

In the Horn of Africa, Oxfam Canada is making tremendous advances pioneering Asset-Based Community Development and is becoming a model for others in Africa and around the world.

Thanks to a joint initiative between Oxfam and a local NGO called Hundee, millet producers in the central highlands of Ethiopia are finally making a modest profit and have a reliable supply of grains year-round.

Oxfam Canada has their national endowment fund at Tides.

Why Tides for Oxfam’s endowment?

Much of our work revolves around social justice and our programs focus on women’s rights. Real change takes time and effort, particularly in changing the root causes of poverty. Tides Canada mirrors our vision and values in creating change. Tides’ policy on ethical investment was a very important consideration for us. We like to know how our fund would be stewarded.

What does Tides offer that you can’t do yourself?

Tides brings the expertise we need to manage our endowment on a large scale. Tides offers the possibility of expansion from our traditional supporters, attracting donors we would not normally be in contact with.

What are you excited about right now?

We’re now focused on women’s rights – an area that we really could have an impact on. After all, 70% of women in the world are living on less than a dollar a day. Asset-Based Community Development which we’ve dubbed “ABCD”, helps communities identify and build on their assets and capacities – what they know, what they do, the resources they can tap.