Our Vision, Mission, and Values

Our Vision for the Philippines

A just, inclusive and sustainable society without poverty, where citizens enjoy their rights and are empowered to influence decisions that affect their lives.

Our Mission

We will forge partnerships to co-create and support innovative, empowering and sustainable solutions, challenging and transforming governance for the empowerment of marginalized groups towards resilient, inclusive communities.

Elizabeth Asanion wears her protective goggles during a relief operation in partnership with Oxfam Pilipinas titled Care4Wife: COVID-19 Assistance and Response to Emergency Needs for Women in Informal Economy in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo: Basilio Sepe/Oxfam Pilipinas)

Our Values

Equality

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.

Empowerment

We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.

Solidarity

We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.

Inclusiveness

We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.

Accountability

We take responsibility for our action and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.

Courage

We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.