About us | Fight inequality to end poverty and injustice - Oxfam
网页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.
What is global inequality? - Oxfam
网页2022年11月23日 · Global inequality is the unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and power that shape well-being among the 8 billion individuals on our planet. Distinct from inequality within a country or between countries, global inequality is one way of understanding the different lived experiences of our fellow humans, no …
Why is clean water important? | Oxfam
网页2022年3月21日 · 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 We Believe - Oxfam
网页We believe in equality. That’s it. Plain and simple. Not the everyone-gets-the-same-slice-of-pie kind of equal, but the let’s-share-the-recipe-so-there’s-enough-for-everyone kind of equal. We want: For everyone. For far too long, we’ve let a privileged few determine how the rest of us live. Poverty and injustice are the consequences ...
Oxfam - Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice | Oxfam
网页2024年10月4日 · While marking a grim milestone, Oxfam and partners are continuing to assist people affected by the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Make a more equal future. Take action now. Rein in billionaire and corporate power. End the era of fossil fuels & make polluters pay. Demand a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. Fight to end world hunger.
What is famine? Causes and effects and how to stop it | Oxfam
网页2024年7月2日 · 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.
Annual Report 2020 - Oxfam
网页2020年12月11日 · Annual Report 2020. The past year has been one of disruption, change, and uncertainty driven by conflict, disaster, increasing inequality, and pandemic. Through it all, Oxfam has stuck to its core mission of fighting poverty and calling for decision-makers to respect the rights of vulnerable people. Your support is crucial to our work and the ...
Our history - Oxfam
网页2010年10月19日 · A group of volunteers founded Oxfam America in 1970 in response to the humanitarian crisis created by the fight for independence in Bangladesh. Oxfam Great Britain provided a loan for the group, and at first Oxfam America funneled funds exclusively through Oxfam Great Britain. Originally located in …
System of Rice Intensification - Oxfam
网页Helping farmers adopt the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) enables them to grow far more food more cost-effectively and sustainably, producing higher yields with less water, fertilizer, seeds, and labor. The world’s poor populations depend more on rice—for both income and consumption—than any other food. Rice is the single-largest ...
Foreign Aid 101: A quick and easy guide to understanding US
网页2021年10月29日 · 1. Americans vastly overestimate how much the United States spends on foreign aid. Surveys show that Americans think the US spends as much as 25 percent of the federal budget on foreign assistance - more than on Social Security or Medicare. But the reality is that just half of 1 percent of the US federal budget is devoted to poverty-focused ...