Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.
With many of the causes of poverty global in nature, the 12 affiliate members of Oxfam International believe they can achieve greater impact through their collective efforts.
Oxfam International seeks increased worldwide public understanding that economic and social justice are crucial to sustainable development. Oxfam strives to be a global campaigning force promoting the awareness and motivation that comes with global citizenship whilst seeking to shift public opinion in order to make equity the same priority as economic growth.
Work with poor people
Oxfam seeks to help people organize so that they might gain better access to the opportunities they need to improve their livelihoods and govern their own lives. They also work with people affected by humanitarian disasters, with preventive measures, preparedness, as well as emergency relief.
Influence powerful people
Experience of the real issues confronting poor people is linked to high-level research and lobbying aiming to change international policies and practices in ways which would ensure that poor people have the rights, opportunities and resources they need to improve and control their lives.
Join hands with all people
Popular campaigning, alliance building and media work designed to raise awareness among the public of the real solutions to global poverty, to enable and motivate people to play an active part in the movement for change, and to foster a sense of global citizenship.
Campaigns:
Sudan:
Over the last two years 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Darfur, Western Sudan – many having seen their families killed, abducted, abused or raped – and are now living in makeshift shelters in camps or on the edge of villages in Darfur and across the border in eastern Chad. The UN estimates that at least 70,000 people have died since the start of the conflict. It appears that humanitarian aid will likely be necessary until at least October 2006.
Despite being hampered by insecurity and poor roads, and the sheer scale of the crisis, Oxfam is helping over 700,000 people in Darfur and Chad, working with communities to fight the spread of disease and save lives. Oxfam is providing vital clean water, building latrines, installing washing facilities, and distributing essential items such as buckets and jerry cans for carrying water, soap, sanitary cloths, clean clothes, ground sheets, blankets and plastic sheeting for building shelters. Oxfam works closely with communities, and in particular with women’s groups, to understand their needs and priorities.
