Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. With 70 years of experience in more than 90 countries, Oxfam takes on the big issues that keep people poor: inequality, discrimination, and unequal access to resources including food, water, and land. We help people save lives in disasters, build stronger futures for themselves, and hold the powerful accountable.
Vision: A just world without poverty.
Mission: to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.
How do we fix the injustice of poverty?
Oxfam’s approach is about tackling the conditions that cause poverty in the first place, rather than the distribution of material goods. We start by asking questions and challenging assumptions. What are the root causes of poverty? What can we do to change the power dynamics that keep people poor? These questions inform the four categories into which our work falls:
- Saving lives: Oxfam assists the poorest communities when disaster strikes, but is also working to ensure greater local resilience and the capacity of local responders and governments to deliver disaster response.
- Programs to overcome poverty and injustice: Oxfam invests in programs to help people assert their rights so that they can improve their lives.
- Campaigning for social justice: Oxfam works to change the laws and practices that keep people trapped in poverty.
- Public education: As part of our efforts to overcome poverty, Oxfam works to change the way people think about poverty and its causes.
Sustainable Development Goals: SDGs 1, 10, 13
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Abby Maxman
