Top 10 things you need to know about Oxfam | What we do
Decades of work have taught us to bring communities together, connecting legislators, public figures, and leaders in the private sector, public sector, and international financial institutions with people directly affected by poverty and injustice. We partner with local organizations worldwide to offer lifesaving support to those who need it today and to create long-term change for a more equal future.
We provide grants to local organizations for their anti-poverty programs and work with them to build alliances, networks, and effective organizations that will eventually be self-sufficient. Most importantly, we work with our partners to learn; what they teach us about the best solutions to poverty is just as valuable as the funding and collaboration we provide them.
4: We believe that ending poverty and injustice is about fighting inequality and bringing people together.
Inequality sits at the intersection of our focus areas of work. We critically examine how this root cause of poverty and injustice shapes disparities around gender, race, and wealth. We make lasting change happen by bringing people together to build a more equal future.
When someone is denied the right to own land, the right to education, access to basic services like clean water, a fair price for the crops they grow, or a fair wage for the work they do, the result is poverty. Fighting inequality is an essential means to ending poverty and injustice.
