The investments are spread in three key areas: Extractive  Industry Governance; Economic Justice and Food Security; and Addressing Inequality in Education and Health.

This was made known by Oxfam in Ghana in a statement issued at  the end of a day's engagement with its partners and the media. Mr Tijani Hamza, the Country Manager of Oxfam in Ghana, said in 2015 Oxfam designed a new country strategy, which was expected to  run from 2015 to 2020, dubbed: "A Ghana with an improve quality  of life, characterised by active citizenship, shared, pro poor  and sustainable growth in a just and democratic environment."

He said Oxfam in Ghana's activities cover Promoting Economic  Justice, Food Security and Agriculture; supporting the Extractive  Industry Governance through civil society organisations (CSOs)  strengthening engagement.

Others are addressing Inequalities in Ghana through enhancing  access to quality services in education and health for the poor.  He cited Governance and Active Citizenship, Gender and  Humanitarian Emergencies across cutting.

He explained that the meeting aimed at enhancing transparency  around the organisation’s relationship with its partners  especially CSOs. He said it would afford Oxfam in Ghana the opportunity to learn  from the CSOs about their experiences in partnerships with like- minded organisations.

Around the globe, Oxfam works to find practical and innovative  ways for people to lift themselves of poverty and thrive. "We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the  local and global decisions that affect them," the statement said. It noted that Oxfam's Extractive Industry work would invest a  little over GHC 200 this financial year.

It said investments in this pillar would focus on improving  accountability and transparency of oil and mining revenues and  its implications for national development, community rights and environmental protection.

It observed that Oxfam was developing policies and strategies for improving gender issues in the extractive sector and promoting public financial management and social accountability in line with regional and national initiatives such as the African Mining  Vision.

It pointed out that addressing Inequality in Health and Education  sectors was one key pillar of its country programme as part of  its firm belief in a world free of poverty and injustice.

The statement said this year, more than GHC 4, 447, 000 would go  into these areas.

It explained that this investment would spread across advocacy for inclusive health department and also policy campaign to increase financing in health sector to improve effectiveness and efficiency in the National Health Insurance Scheme.

The statement said another key area was making maternal health  accessible to at least 12 rural communities in the Upper East Region.

It said the education strand of the Inequality Pillar on the  other hand would generally work on national advocacy for quality  education and support for girls' education especially in northern  Ghana.

It said the Economic Justice and Food Security pillar of Oxfam's  work would invest a little more than GHC 4.2 million this year.  "This investment will be spread on agriculture advocacy for investment in small scale farming, governance in the fisheries  industry through a consortium with other partners and system innovation of women economic empowerment in the cocoa value chain in Ghana," it said.

"The other focus area will be our climate change adaptation  project in northern Ghana.

The statement said: "Oxfam believes in accountable governance and  places gender at the heart of all its work." "Hence, our gender and governance programme will invest  approximately GHC 3.7 million in its work," it added.  It said special focus of work would be on strengthening accountability and gender justice through campaigns on local  government decentralisation, tax advocacy for pro poor  programmes, women empowerment and democracy participation as well  as erasing negative stereotypes.

It observed that, in all these, Oxfam in Ghana works with CSOs,  coalitions and networks from local to national level.