About the project

Four persons. 100 km. 32 hours. A cause. 

Trailwalker is the greatest team challenge of the world fight against poverty. The challenge consists of four member teams walking 100km in less than 32 hours. The members of the team must start together, stay together and finish together.
The Team has to raise at least €1500 on donations to be able to enter the trailwalker.
the Trailwalker will find place on the 18th of April and the walkers have 32 hours to walk 100 km.

The aim? To fight poverty and injustice around the world. That is why the teams commit themselves to obtain donations for Oxfam Intermón. Each contribution improves many lives, so encourage your family and friends to help. Among all of us we contribute to improve the quality of life of many people.

How did it all start?

Trailwalker was originally a military training exercise for the Gurkha Regiment in Hong Kong. In 1986, it became an Oxfam event for fundraising and since then it has grown to become one of the most important sport challenges, held annually in different countries around the world.

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The Project

The situation: 

After many years of political instability and conflict, the situation in Chad is becoming more stable, and economic growth is beginning. 
Significant efforts are expected to strengthen the state, social institutions and civil society organisations. 
Chad is a disaster-prone country; prone to floods, droughts and massive plagues that can strongly affect the incipient agricultural production. There is still a long way to go to ensure adequate state and community capacity to prepare for and deal with disasters and climate change. The crisis in Libya had a strong adverse effect on Chad, as many Chadian citizens working in Libya had to return to Chad, facing unemployment in their own country. The oil market for local consumption was also adversely affected. Low rainfall, poor harvests, high food prices and a lack of pasture have also caused serious problems across the Sahel, including in Chad.




What Oxfam does:

Oxfam is now working on long term development and sustainable action, working closely with civil society organisations, the state, and traditional authorities. Their long term commitments are in the urban area of N’djamena and in the Bahr el Gazal region. Improving women’s rights are their core objective. Large state investments and private investments on oil and other mineral productions have changed the vision of the state, as it is now getting considerable revenues. Civil society and some international organisations, including Oxfam, are supporting the government and the communities to ensure that these revenues will be used appropriately. We are also combining a long-term approach with an emergency response to the 2012 food crisis. Our programme in Chad includes targeted food distributions, cash transfers and ‘cash-for-work’ programmes, agricultural support, animal health support (vaccinations, distribution of food for animals, traning of veterinarians), the construction and rehabilitation of wells and public health promotion.






For the Trailwalker in Girona specifically, you will donate towards the construction and rehabilitation of wells in Chad. 
Just watch this 15 minute video and you will know exactly how important our donations are...

please note ; this video is not specifically from Oxfam , but shows what all the organizations including Oxfam do to help the people of Chad.