34 Facts About Oxfam International

Oxfam International's first paid employee was Joe Mitty, who began working at the Oxfam International shop on Broad Street, Oxford, on 9 November 1949.

In 1995 Oxfam International was formed by a group of independent non-governmental organizations.

Stichting Oxfam International was registered as a non-profit foundation at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1996.

Oxfam International has provided relief services during various global crises, including the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, North Korean famine, 2011 East Africa drought, 2012 Sahel drought, Nepal earthquake, and Yemeni crisis.

Oxfam International has become a globally recognized leader in providing water sanitation to impoverished and war-torn areas the world over.

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In 2012, Oxfam International became one of the humanitarian groups that comprise the UK's Rapid Response Facility to ensure clean water in the wake of humanitarian disasters.

An Oxfam International report released in 2017 stated that eight billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity.

Oxfam International has shops all over the world, which sell many fair-trade and donated items since their first charity shop opened in 1948, although trading began in 1947.

Oxfam International is the largest retailer of second-hand books in Europe, selling around 12 million per year.

Sector press later reported that Oxfam International closed 26 of its shops in 2020 and that shops made an operational loss of £12.

Oxfam International has several successful fundraising channels in addition to its shops.

Oxfam International Japan was a member from 2003 to its closure 2018.

Oxfam International Secretariat leads, facilitates, and supports collaboration between the Oxfam affiliates.

In 1970, Oxfam International America became an independent nonprofit organization and an Oxfam International affiliate in response to the humanitarian crisis created by the fight for independence in Bangladesh.

Oxfam International had launched an appeal that led to the first report of Oxfam International's work in the House of Commons in UK.

Oxfam International NZ is responsible for delivering Cyclone relief in several countries in the Pacific region.

In 2002, Oxfam International Belgium published a poster inciting a boycott of Israel, with a caricature of a bloody orange.

In October 2009, Oxfam International was accused by Israeli NGO Regavim of aiding Palestinians in illegal activities in Kiryat Arba, including water theft.

Oxfam International UK has partnered with the Board of Deputies who represent the Jewish community of the UK.

In exchange for partnering, Oxfam International has agreed not to "call for a boycott of Israeli goods or to support groups that do so, and will not partner with organizations that advocate violence or oppose a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict".

On 17 January 2014 Oxfam International UK cancelled an exhibition, "Gaza: Through my Eyes", which had been due to take place at East London Mosque after Left Foot Forward presented information to the charity detailing homophobic and potentially anti-semitic comments by one of the organizers, Ibrahim Hewitt.

On 29 January 2014 actress Scarlett Johansson resigned as an international spokeswoman for Oxfam after appearing in a TV ad for SodaStream, a company with presence in the West Bank.

In October 2020 NBC News reported Oxfam International was on the list of human rights organizations the Trump administration was considering branding as anti-Semitic.

Oxfam International's drew on earlier work by journalist Lauren Gelfand, who had taken a year away from journalism to work for Oxfam: "A lot of what Oxfam does is to sustain Oxfam"; and Linda Polman, author of the Crisis Caravan: "Aid organisations are businesses dressed up like Mother Theresa".

On 26 October 2006, Oxfam International accused Starbucks of asking the National Coffee Association to block a US trademark application from Ethiopia for three of the country's coffee beans, Sidamo, Harar and Yirgacheffe.

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Ethiopia and Oxfam International America urged Starbucks to sign a licensing agreement with Ethiopia to help boost prices paid to farmers.

An Oxfam International spokesman said the deal sounds like a "useful step" as long as farmers are benefiting, and a big step from a year prior when Starbucks "wasn't engaging directly Ethiopians on adding value to their coffee".

In December 2009 Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam International, attempted to discredit the PopOffsets initiative of Population Matters, under which individuals can offset their carbon emissions by funding family planning services in the developing world.

In 2010 Oxfam International was criticized for aggressively expanding its specialist bookshops, using tactics more often associated with multi-national corporations.

In May 2013 Oxfam International demanded Dole remove its 'Ethical Choice' labels from its bananas in New Zealand until it improved treatment of its workers in the Philippines.

Oxfam International's 2022 "Profiting from Pain" report claims that 1 million people fall into poverty every 33 hours.

Oxfam International did not report any of the incidents to the Haitian authorities, because "it was extremely unlikely that any action would be taken".

Mordaunt said that Oxfam International did "absolutely the wrong thing" by not reporting the detail of the allegations to the government.

In January 2013, Oxfam International was nominated for the Charity of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.