WEEKLY REPORT-2

(From 15th April to 17th April, 2019)

Oxfam India

(Bangalore)

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
HRIDAY RANJAN KALITA
GOLAK B.PATRA IBHIMNI SINGH
(FACULTY SUPERVISOR) MSW 2nd SEM
ROLL NO: SS18MSWGN004

CONTENT

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1. INTRODUCTION AND ABOUT THE ORGANISATION 2-3

2. OBJECTIVES 3

3. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING THE 1ST 3

WEEK OF FIELD WORK

4. OBSERVATION AND LEARNING 4

5. FEEDBACK 4

INTRODUCTION

Social work is any service or activity designed to promote the welfare of the community and
the individual, as through counselling services, health clinics, recreation halls and
playgrounds or aid for the needy, the aged, the physically handicapped etc. Non-
governmental organizations, nongovernmental[ organizations, or nongovernment
organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs are usually non-profit and sometimes
international organizations independent of governments and international governmental

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organizations (though often funded by governments that are active in humanitarian,
educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to
effect changes according to their objectives. Under the field work, as a student of MSW 2 nd
Semester, the trainee will be working under an NGO; OXFAM INDIA Bangalore.

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Oxfam is a leading NGO founded in 1942. It is a major non-profit group with an

extensive collection of operations. Its headquarter is in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Oxfam India is also working together with public & civil society organisations to
promote active citizenship. The core working purpose of this NGO is to reduce the
widening gap and inequality. Oxfam India do this by working with alliances of poor
and marginalized people, especially women, to ensure that they realise their rights,
influence decision-making processes and transform power structures. To end the cycle
of inequality, Oxfam India urges the government to ensure universal and quality
healthcare and education for all, in particular children and women. To make funds
available for this, Oxfam India campaign for the introduction of progressive tax
reforms and for corporations to pay fair taxes owed to the country.

Oxfam India work aims to ensure that the poorest communities have equal
opportunity, equal wages for work, and equal right over resources. It also builds the
resilience of communities to disasters and reduces vulnerability, particularly for
women and children.

Oxfam India campaign to make violence against women socially unacceptable. It also
campaign to secure 50% representation of women in public institutions so that women
have an equal say in decisions that affect their lives.

Oxfam India is also engaging with the public to promote active citizenship, and with
the private sector to encourage responsible business.

OBJECTIVES

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  To work on the success stories of the organisation and create a PowerPoint
presentation on it.
 To segregate the data of the individuals participating in Oxfam Trail Walker Event
from 2013 to 2019.

ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING THE 1ST WEEK OF FIELDWORK

DAY 6: The trainee and the co-trainee started working on the success stories of the
organisation by going through the website of the Oxfam India.

DAY 7: The trainee and the co-trainee collected the data from the website, edited & compiled
the success stories of the organisation and submitted the presentation on the same day to the
supervisor. The trainee and the co-trainee worked on the individual data segregation of the
participants who participated in Oxfam’s Trail Walker Event from 2013 to 2019.

DAY 8: The trainee and the co-trainee worked on the data segregation of the individual and
completed one year of data i.e.2016. The trainee and the co-trainee also attended the fire drill
session and a session on sexual harassment at workplace.

OBSERVATIONS

The Trainee observed the following things:

 The trainee observed that the organisation reached out to as many as affected people
as possible and initiated various relief activities for them. By going through the
success stories of the organisation the trainee also observed that the organisation is
helping out to fight against discrimination and bring equality among them.
 The trainee observed that the organisation maintains all the data of the trail walker
event in a very systematic way by which it becomes easier for the trainee to segregate
the data of the individual.

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  The trainee also observed that some of the team member of the trail walker event
participated every year i.e. from 2013 to 2019.
 Through the session of the sexual harassment at workplace, the trainee observed that
the organisation is providing a helpline number if any incident happens at workplace.

LEARNING

 Through the success stories of the organization, the trainee learned that the
organisation tries to solve out the problems of every individual not only by their
activities but also by engaging people in different activities to make them self reliant.
 The trainee learned to segregate the data of the individual of the Trail Walker Event
on MS Excel.
 Through the fire drill session the trainee learned the methods and techniques to
respond quickly, calmly and safely if the fire breaks out in the organizations or any
other places.
 The trainee also learned that there are many laws on sexual harassment at work place
and the action that can be taken with respect to that.

FEEDBACK

It’s been a privilege for the trainee to work under Oxfam India as a part of fieldwork project.
The trainee had a great experience and has got to learn many new things through the sessions
that had been conducted throughout the 2nd week of fieldwork. The trainee also got to learn
about the trail walker event.

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