Oxfam

Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in approximately 94 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty and what it considers injustice around the world. In all Oxfam's actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful, to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Each organization (affiliate) works together internationally to achieve a greater impact through collective efforts.

Oxfam was originally founded at 17 Broad Street in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by a group of Quakers, social activists, and Oxford academics; this is now Oxfam Great Britain, still based in Oxford. It was one of several local committees formed in support of the National Famine Relief Committee. Their mission was to persuade the British government to allow food relief through the Allied blockade for the starving citizens of occupied Greece. The first overseas Oxfam was founded in Canada in 1963. The organization changed its name to its telegraph address, OXFAM, in 1965.

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Oxfam staff shocked as Bible donated in Chelmsford sells for £56k

BBC News 23 Mar 2025
The rare text, which was the first Bible written in Chinese, had been dropped off at an Oxfam bookshop in Chelmsford ... The Bible was among 23 other texts donated to various Oxfam shops, which went under the hammer at Bonhams between 10 and 20 March.

Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 20 Mar 2025
The climate crisis has dramatically worsened water scarcity in Eastern and Southern Africa over the past few decades, leaving nearly 116 million people -or 40 percent of the population - without safe drinking water, according to a new Oxfam report.

Oxfam reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza despite ceasefire (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 19 Mar 2025
). Reacting to Israeli strikes on Gaza, Clémence Lagouardat, Oxfam's Humanitarian Coordinator in Gaza, said. ... This must end ... Oxfam International published this content on March 18, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein.

Cholera and Mpox cases increasing dangerously in DRC as aid cuts push health systems to near-collapse (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 19 Mar 2025
Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February, according to Oxfam's partners on the ground ... Office, one of Oxfam partners.

Taxing Europe’s Super-Rich: The Gamechanger (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2025
) ... In response, Chiara Putaturo, Oxfam EU tax expert, said. ... Attachments Original document Permalink ... Oxfam International published this content on March 17, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein ... (noodl.

Brussels-Syria Conference: International Community Should Walk the Talk (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2025
Reacting to donors' pledges made at the Brussels conference on Syriatoday, Oxfam in Syria Country Director, Moutaz Adham, said. ... Oxfam International published this content on March 17, 2025, and is ...

Trapped, Pushed Back and Tortured: Poland’s Crackdown on Refugees at Europe’s Border (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2025
) New report from Oxfam and its Polish partner, Egala, details violence and torture facing people on the move at the Poland-Belarus border ... Oxfam and Egala is urging the EU to investigate human rights ...

MEDIA ADVISORY: New paper on exploitation of Palestinian women working in illegal Israeli settlements (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 13 Mar 2025
Oxfam has released a briefing paper Palestinian Women Working in Illegal Israeli Settlements ... The paper, which draws on data and case studies from two key reports by Oxfam's partners ... Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam's OPTI Policy Lead, said..

Israel blocks aid to Gaza as Ramadan begins – Oxfam reaction (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 04 Mar 2025
) ... People in Gaza need everything ... Attachments Original document Permalink. Disclaimer. Oxfam International published this content on March 02, 2025, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein ... (noodl. 122813348) .

Oxfam reaction to USAID funding cuts in DRC (Oxfam International)

Public Technologies 04 Mar 2025
Commenting on news today that the US has confirmed the termination of USAID funding for multiple life-saving projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxfam Country Director Manenji Mangundu said..
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