About us | Fight inequality to end poverty and injustice - Oxfam
WEBOxfam's mission and vision. Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. We offer lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action. We demand equal rights and equal treatment so that everyone can thrive, not just survive. The future is equal.
Oxfam America | Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Make sure your gift to Oxfam America goes directly to where it's most needed, without delay, with a secure online donation. (Looking to make a monthly donation, fundraise for Oxfam, or give some other way? .) Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. Join us and let’s build a more equal future—together.
Why is clean water important? | Oxfam
WEBMar 21, 2022 · Promoting good hygiene is also essential, especially during a pandemic. Oxfam partners train community leaders to encourage handwashing at critical moments. We provide hygiene kits with soap, water purification tablets, and other necessities that help people displaced by emergencies keep clean and avoid cholera outbreaks and COVID-19.. Safe sanitation is also crucial.
What is famine? Causes and effects and how to stop it | Oxfam
WEBJul 2, 2024 · What does famine mean? According to researchers Dan Maxwell and Nisar Majid, famine is “an extreme crisis of access to adequate food.”. Visible in “widespread malnutrition” and “loss of life due to starvation and infectious disease,” famine robs people of their dignity, equality, and for some—their lives.
Tools for activists - Oxfam
WEBAug 28, 2018 · Donate now. $. Donate. Make sure your gift to Oxfam America goes directly to where it's most needed, without delay, with a secure online donation. (Looking to make a monthly donation, fundraise for Oxfam, or give some other way? .) Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.
What’s the difference between Sudan and South Sudan? - Oxfam
WEBJul 7, 2021 · Conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Sudan’s western region of Darfur has suffered from decades of political marginalization and economic neglect by successive national governments, leaving an estimated 7.5 million people—almost a quarter of the country’s total population– impoverished. When armed groups in Darfur launched a …
Equitable Food Initiative - Oxfam
WEBEFI was created by a consortium of major food buyers, growers, farmworker groups, and consumer advocates to ensure: Oxfam spearheaded the formation of EFI, and incubated it for several years. EFI spun off from Oxfam in 2015, and is currently operating as an independent nonprofit organization. EFI-certified produce reached grocery shelves in 2015.
The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2022 | Oxfam
WEBOct 10, 2022 · The 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index is the first detailed analysis published looking at governments’ policies and actions to fight inequality during the first two years of the pandemic. It reviews the spending, tax and labour policies and actions of 161 governments during 2020–2022.
Poverty in the United States: Donate now | Oxfam America
WEBUnited States. More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States—the wealthiest country in the world. Oxfam exposes the realities of life for working poor people and offers pragmatic solutions to policies that trap families in poverty, prioritizing the Southeastern states and promoting the leadership of Black women. Oxfam’s ...
Tackling cholera: Oxfam and its partner move fast to provide clean ...
WEBJan 7, 2009 · On the grounds of a school in Mudzi, a northeast region of Zimbabwe, where a cholera outbreak has now hit more than 30,000 people across the country, a crew of men hop out of a truck, unload their equipment, and within a few short hours have the defunct well they have been dispatched to repair gurgling with clean water once again.