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Oxfam began in 1942 by campaigning for food to be sent through a naval blockade to
starving women and children
14 member organizations make up the Oxfam International
Confederation
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Great Britain
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
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
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 debt-2005-free health care
Emergency Response
Pakistan floods 2010 West Africa Food Crisis
Haiti Earthquake Afghanistan
EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HAITI ON JANUARY 12 LEAVING PORT-AU-PRINCE IN RUINS
RECENTLY THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK HAS CAUSED MANY MORE DEATHS…
Haiti’s health is in everyone’s hands
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
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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 coffeeStarbucks 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
Unique charitable gifts that do good
A dozen chicks
$45
Alpaca meadow $75
Goat $50
Rebuild a primary school $1,500
Books for kids$18
Plant a vegetable garden$30
A grove of“miracle trees”$35
Mosquito Nets$25