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Oxfam Trailwalker 2015 Open Team Application starts on May 4
Last year, more than 5,000 Oxfam Trailwalkers helped raise about HK$32 million to support Oxfam’s development projects and emergency relief programs around the world. Thanks again for your great contribution!
This year’s Oxfam Trailwalker has been scheduled for 20-22 November 2015 (Friday-Sunday). The trail starts at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung and finishes at Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Tai Tong Holiday Camp in Yuen Long. The Open Team Category will accept 540 teams. Arrangement for start times and quotas are listed in the following:
| Start time
(20 Nov) |
Team
Number |
Quota | Team Category | Qualifications |
| 8:30am | S01 – S70 | 70 | Oxfam Super Trailwalker Team | Teams must have their team slots confirmed before applying to this category. Teams should have at least three members who have finished Oxfam Trailwalker events within 20 hours at least ONCE in the past three years (i.e. 2012, 2013 and 2014). |
| 5001-5060 | 60 | 24-hour Team | Teams must have their team slots confirmed before applying to this category. Teams should have at least three members who have finished Oxfam Trailwalker events within 24 hours at least ONCE in the past three years (i.e. 2012, 2013 and 2014). | |
| 9:30am | 0001-0350 | 350 | Special Team | Teams raised HK$32,000 or above in Oxfam Trailwalker 2014 |
| 11am | 0351-0630 | 280 | a. Pledge Team
b. Sponsors & Supporting Org. Team |
a. Any team making a pledge of HK$70,000 or more to Oxfam Trailwalker 2015 can apply for this category (Quota: 50 teams). For details, please contact Oxfam.
b. Teams from sponsoring companies and supporting organisations. |
| 12:30pm | 0631-0900 | 270 | Open Team | Open for application from 4 May to 20 May. Teams will be allocated by lottery. Please visit Oxfam Trailwalker website for more details. |
| 2pm | 0901-1170 | 270 |
Open Team Applications will be accepted from 10am on 4 May to 6pm on 20 May (Hong Kong time). Please note that the system might be overloaded and runs slowly during the period. Please be patient and try again later or contact us for assistance. Please also note that the system will time out every 30 minutes. To avoid disruption and unnecessary delays, please prepare all required information (i.e team leader / team members personal details and credit card details) before applying on-line.
Applicants can apply online * by using credit card or ChinaUnion Pay to pay for the application fee (HK$120). An application form can be downloaded here or be collected at Oxfam office from 4 May.
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Nepal earthquake survivors need our help
Oxfam teams are now in Kathmandu responding to Nepal’s most powerful earthquake in decades, which happened on Saturday, and are gearing up to deliver clean water and sanitation to thousands of people.
Oxfam Trailwalker had been evolved from a Gurkha military training event into one of the world’s largest sport events. Nepalese is always with trailwalker in every major milestone. Oxfam has been working in Nepal since the 1980s. We are now raising funds to respond to those affected by the devastating earthquake in the country. Your donation is crucial for the provision of immediate needs to thousands of people. Click for more details.
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Oxfam Rice Event 2015
Once a year in May, we hold the Oxfam Rice Event to raise funds for projects in Mainland China. This year the event will be held on May 9, 10, 16 & 17 with over 200 stalls to be set up across Hong Kong. Each little bag of rice costs HK$20, please visit us and buy some! Donation raised from the event will be designated to the Oxfam China Development Fund for various integrated development programmes and emergency relief work in Mainland China.Click for more details.
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Contact Us
Email: otwinfo@oxfam.org.hk
Tel: (852) 2520 2525
Fax: (852) 2527 6213
Address: Oxfam Hong Kong Office, 17F, China United Centre, 28 Marble Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Office Hours: 9am-1pm & 2pm-6pm, Monday-Friday