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Digest
Opening Remarks
Its always an exciting time to come to you with the Oxfam in Ghana Digest. Over the period we have thrilled our readers with
stories from the field and campaigns. This edition is yet another series of major events of our programmes across Ghana.
This particular edition also sampled views of various tax payers on #taxhavens as it has been a major issue under the
#EvenItUp campaign. We are giving you the opportunity to hear what other people are saying about this phenomenon which
is ripping most African countries off much needed revenues.
Read more on our climate change adaptation project, our #OilMoneyTV project; how Active Citizenship in one of the coastal
districts is yielding positive development outcomes and many more.
IN THIS EDITION
Being an Oxfam Team: an inspiring time or despairing moment?
Sharing our Stories at Gender Action Learning final workshop
Time with Asgedech, a Female Food Hero of Ethiopia
Klub, Oxfam visit Maternal Health Project
Follow Ghanas Oil Money Here #OilMoneyTV
Im an Ambassador of Energy Efficient Stoves, a caterer shares her
story
Choosing between Pito Brewing and Soap Making; Cecilias Dilemma
Social Accountability at the beck and call of community activism in
Shama District
BST Corner
VoXpoP
OXNEWS
purpose,
mutual
accountability,
collective
men as well;
gender justice.
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Officer Wacam.
Naana Nkansah
Gender Dose:
I have realised that fighting for womens rights has
too often become synonymous with man hating. If
there is one thing I know for certain; it is that this has
to stop
Ghana.
A real multi talented woman, who brews her own local gin,
bakes bread, supplies milk from her cows and also cultivates
Asgedech Tensay, Winner of the 2015 Female Food Heroes from Amhara Region. Photo Credit/ Naana Nkansah Agyekum/Oxfam
Agyekum/Oxfam
PARTNER INTERACTION
Follow Ghanas Oil Money Here
#OilMoneyTV
Story by Francis Agbere , Oxfam
Do you want to know more about how Ghanas oil revenue is expended? Then I strongly recommend http://oilmoneytv.org/
for you. Oxfam and partner Africa Centre for Energy Policy introduced this innovative digital media tool which serves as an
online video platform.
This platform is also a repository of audio-visual campaign efforts but most importantly, an advocacy tool that Oxfam
leverages in pushing the limits of petroleum governance in Ghana. It will also help connect communities to the realities of
oil investments on the ground and hold government to account.
You will also see film documentaries that track projects funded by petroleum resources on this platform. Value-for-money
checks are made on projects, discrepancies established in spending, questions raised and answers sought on such
projects.
Im an Ambassador of Energy
Efficient Stove, a caterer
shares her story
Story by Nabila Abu Tamboa, PARED
Ganni Nabila is a 39 year old and a mother of six. She works
said worriedly.
neighbouring
communities. I make
an average profit of
10 Cedis fortnightly.
she
recounted
Cecilia preparing her liquid soap.
Photo Credit: Josephine Yuora Terpkeng/ProNet
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MANAGING PERFORMANCE
Performance management is the guiding principle for every employee to ensure we are
committed to attracting and retaining the best talent and to their continuous improvement
in their daily work. It ensures the achievement of strategic results, aligns individual goals to
the culture of the organization, and helps consolidate the commitment of everyone to the
organisation.
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Why Performance
Management?
At Oxfam, we believe Performance Management is essential for all staff as:
Every employee has the right to have their performance managed, as well as a responsibility for ensuring
it is managed. In much the same way, every manager has the right and responsibility to manage his/her
employees performance, as well as accountability for ensuring it is managed. Performance Management
supports Oxfams ways of working: culture, values, and behaviours.
It also ensures that we are all as effective as possible by enabling:
Clear goals and expectation setting
A link between organizational vision, strategy, and individual and team objectives
Professional and personal development
Alignment to organisational culture and values and
Accountability
How to Manage
Performance?
Managing Performance at Oxfam starts at the beginning of the fiscal year with
a planning conversation between employee and manager that includes setting
the individuals goals and development needs. It is then followed by two formal
review processes; a shorter mid-year review and an annual review which takes
place at the end of the year.
It is important to understand that these activities are a mandatory part of
working at Oxfam and we encourage our partners to do same.
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Tax havens have been on the radar recently where Oxfam is reporting that billions of
dollars is lost in tax haven to developing countries every year.
So why has it become a big issue now?
What is the difficulty of governments to tighten its
Abdullah Ali-Nakyea
tax regime?
Sonia Kwami,
You can share views on our #genderdose and any other feedback via email nagyekum@oxfam.org.uk
twitter https://twitter.com/oxfaminghana and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OxfamInGhana/ .
Always remember to use the #hashtag when commenting on the gender dose on any of our social media platforms.
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