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Oxfam International
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
Kate Fedder
The name “Oxfam” comes from the
Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,
founded in Britain in 1942
Oxfam began in 1942 by campaigning for food to
be sent through a naval blockade to starving
women and children
The first overseas Oxfam was
founded in Canada in 1963
Oxfam Great Britain is largest,
with 5,955 employees and programs in over 70
countries in 8 regions
15 Years of Service as Oxfam International
14 member organizations make up the
Oxfam International Confederation
Helping Around the World
working in 99 countries around the world
Overcoming Poverty and Injustice
 work with 3,000 local partner
organizations to provide
long-term and immediate aid
Overcoming Poverty and Injustice
Oxfam focuses efforts in five major areas
1) development
2) emergencies
3) campaigning
4) advocacy
5) policy research
Work on long-term programs
Provide immediate life-saving assistance
Raise public awareness
Pressure decision-makers
Speak as authority after thorough research
Oxfam is committed to human rights
 everyone should have the
right to:
- a livelihood
- basic services
- be safe from harm
- be heard
- be treated as equal
Oxfam is ambitious helping with many issues
Let’s focus on three examples
 Debt relief
 Climate change
 Emergency response
Aid and debt relief are essential to help poor
countries escape poverty
More and better aid
•increase international aid
• support poor countries’
plans out of poverty
Aid and debt relief are essential to help poor
countries escape poverty
Debt Relief
•Cancelling debt leaves
money to spend on
essentials
•Zambia cancel debt2005-free health care
Climate change is driving the world’s poorest
people towards the edge of survival
Seems to always hit the poor first
and hit them the hardest
Oxfam’s Approach
-Respond to serious droughts and floods
-Help poor communities adapt
One solution is to draw the attention of politicians
UN climate meeting in Bali 2007
Emergency Response
Pakistan floods 2010
Haiti Earthquake
West Africa Food Crisis
Afghanistan
Haiti’s health is in
everyone’s hands
EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HAITI ON JANUARY 12
LEAVING PORT-AU-PRINCE IN RUINS
RECENTLY THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK HAS
CAUSED MANY MORE DEATHS…
Oxfam has reached approximately
500,000 people with aid
Provided:
-clean water
-sanitation
-shelter
-seeds
-running cash for work programs
-
Oxfam has reached approximately
500,000 people with aid
“We are working as
quickly as possible
to stop the spread
of cholera. We have
a lot of resources in
the country right
now and luckily this
is a very
preventable and
treatable disease.”
-Oxfam
Where do things stand now in Haiti?
Oxfam's priorities for long-term Haitian reconstruction:
•Haitian farmers and small business
•speed economic recovery
•civil society
•build back better
•debt cancellation
Oxfam has its critics
 Conflict with Starbucks on Ethiopian coffee
 Starbucks accuse Oxfam of “misleading behavior”
versus
Oxfam has its critics
•The Economist pointed out Oxfam’s “simplistic” stance
•2005 New Internationalist – Oxfam addresses symptoms not causes
How can you help??
OXFAM UNWRAPPED
Unique charitable gifts that do good
A dozen chicks
$45
Books for kids
$18
Alpaca meadow
$75
Plant a vegetable
garden
$30
Goat
$50
A grove of
“miracle trees”
$35
Rebuild a
primary school
$1,500
Mosquito Nets
$25
Works Cited
•http://www.oxfam.org/en
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam#History_and_beginnings
•grandaspirations.org
•asianclubguide.com
•campbelltown.sa.gov.au
•wondercliparts.com
•covertress.blogspot.com
•enchantedlearning.com
•virginlondonmarathon.com
•oxfam.org.au
•gawker.com