Oxfam is an international organization, which develops and accomplishes humanitarian projects against hunger emergencies. Oxfam was created 1942 in England as Oxford Committee for Famine relief (Oxforder committee for the fight against hunger emergency) of Canon Theodore Richard Milford (1896-1987) with the goal, food in at that time the Greece occupied of Germany to bringen.1965 changed the organization for the names, these comes from the first alphanumeric telephone number OXFAM.

Shops

Oxfam opened to 1947 its first Oxfam Shop in England in the Broad Street in Oxford.Heute gives it already over 800 Oxfam Shops in Great Britain and 19 in Germany. This receives used articles such as dresses, shoes, CDs, housewares etc., earned proceeds for humanitarian purposes in the third world is used.

Humanitarian assistance

In addition, Oxfam concentrates on the supply of food and medicines, works against the causes of hunger emergencies, with the help of to the self-help. Thus Oxfam tries to open the international markets for the countries of the third world in such a way specified.

Wider ranges from Oxfam

• Water purification
• World economy
• Education
• Debts
• Standard of living
• Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Equal rights
• Wars and natural catastrophes
• Democracy and of human rights

Related links

• Oxfam Germany
• Oxfam international
• Oxfam UK
• Oxfam Belgium
• Oxfam fair trade
• maketradefair.com
• Oxfam new Zealand Home Page

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