OXFAM

About us

Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change.

We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

What we do

We work in over 100 countries to overcome poverty and injustice. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives.

We focus our efforts in these areas:

Development
We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice.

Emergencies
We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters.

Campaigning
We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world.

Advocacy
We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice.

Policy research
We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.

Contacts:

Chair Janet McKinley

Director Raymond Offenheiser

www.oxfamamerica.org
226 Causeway Street
5th Floor
Boston
Massachusetts
02114-2206
United States
Phone +1 617 482 1211 (Toll-free 1-800-77-OXFAM)
Fax +1 617 728 2594
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