Applied Animation - Research

I have finally decided that I will make my campaign for Oxfam.

There are 2 subjects that I want to cover the most;
-Climate Change
-Refugee Crisis

Both these subjects are on the main homepage for what Oxfam are dedicating money and work to. 

I feel the refugee crisis stands out the most because of how 'now' it is, it is even highlighted red to show it is a crisis and therefore giving it a sense of emergency. I feel it would be great to bring more exposure to it for that reason by creating a powerful and emotional campaign.

Oxfam have a big involvement with the crisis and I went on their website to find out exactly what;

In the Lebanon their job has been;

• Providing 3,200 hygiene kits (accompanied by hygiene promotion and awareness sessions), toilet cleaning kits, and 840 environmental cleaning kits, and distributing household, communal and municipal waste bins.
• Building and repairing over 1,100 toilets, ensuring that each is shared by no more than 20 people.
• Installing over 720 water tanks in communal areas.
• Delivering 10 million litres of water through water trucking, providing refugees with clean water for drinking, cooking and washing.
• Constructing or repairing 70 shared bathing facilities, and providing families with jerry cans and water storage containers.

They have also played a big part in the refugee camps themselves; 

In Jordan we work in both Za'atari refugee camp and in Jordanian communities that are hosting Syrian refugees. Za'atari camp is now the fourth biggest population centre in Jordan, housing around 90,000 Syrian refugees.

Oxfam currently works in three of Za'atari's 12 districts, supervising water and sanitation, refuse management and the cleaning and maintenance of wash blocks, we also co-ordinate hygiene promotion activities. In addition, together with UNICEF and other international actors, we are installing a water network in the camp, which will ensure refugees have safe access to water. To date, our response has included:

• Building 50 water, sanitation and hygiene blocks, including 318 toilets, 288 bathing areas, 72 laundry areas, and 100 water points, serving up to 15,600 people.
• Maintaining 120 water, sanitation and hygiene blocks in 3 districts benefiting around 25.000 people.
• Installing 270 portable latrines as a temporary measure.
• Distributing 75 commodes for disabled users.
• Provided 19 x 95,000 litre and 378 x 2,000 litre water tanks.
• Installed 10 hand-washing facilities in the market area.
• Built 24 toilets in youth centres, sports grounds and playgrounds.
• Constructed 10 water, sanitation and hygiene blocks (showers, toilets and water points) at border crossing areas.
• Distributed hygiene materials to 96,000 people across the camp.
• Design and preparation for construction of a piped water network to benefit all 90,000 people in Za'atari
• Solid waste management for up to 25,000 people
• Hygiene promotion and community mobilisation for up to 25,000 people (36,000 during water network construction)

Whilst offering aid (water and building lavatories and commodes) and hygiene solutions to these refugee shelters they also have campaigned for;

• The rights of all people affected by the crisis and to ensure that their voices are heard
• The delivery of a strong humanitarian response in Syria and the wider region
• Governments around the world to use their influence to find a political solution to the crisis.

These points could form the basis of what my animation promotes.

Oxfam's campaign for Climate Change is symbolised by a green heart.

This year on Valentines Day, Oxfam has asked us to consider the things we love, the earth being one of them. A plea to protect the things we love from the effects of climate change.

The campaign outlines how all politicians have agreed and signed a deal to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5C  "However despite the signed deal striving to limit warming to 1.5°C, we know that current commitments have us on a path towards 3°C of warming." This means more obviously needs to be done, making it a suitable campaign to highlight.

Oxfam takes a humanitarian approach to global warming. Worrying not for the future of the planet itself with the results of global warming, but the future of mankind ON the planet. 

"Climate change is causing more and more extreme weather. It’s destroying crops and food supplies. And it’s pushing the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people into poverty and hunger."