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Oxfam International

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

United States

AustraliaNew

Zealand

Canada

Great Britain

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 reliefClimate changeEmergency 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 debt-2005-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 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

OXFAM UNWRAPPED

How can you help??

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

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