On the road to a Single Management Structure
Each country where more than one Oxfam is active will have a Single Management Structure (SMS) in due course. One Oxfam will be responsible for the strategic direction, alignment and co-ordination of the programmes in one country. “The whole becomes more than the sum of the parts.” Also for Oxfam Novib’s partners.
Microfinance for people living with HIV
Stigmatisation and discrimination of people living with HIV can exclude them from microfinance and related services. To make them less vulnerable microfinance programmes should take the HIV context into account.
Successful campaign against unfair chocolate letters
Until December 7 Oxfam Novib’s Green Santa held a much talked-about campaign to remove all unfair chocolate letters from Dutch shops. A week before its conclusion six big retail chains had decided to choose for fair chocolate.
