40 Facts About Oxfam

Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

Oxfam's first paid employee was Joe Mitty, who began working at the Oxfam 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 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.

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

In 2012, Oxfam 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 report released in 2017 stated that eight billionaires possess the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity.

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

In 2008, Oxfam GB worked with over 20, 000 volunteers in shops across the UK, raising £17.

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

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

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

The board is responsible for ensuring that Oxfam International is accountable, transparent, and fit for purpose.

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

Oxfam Australia is an independent, not-for-profit, secular, community-based aid and development organization, and an affiliate of Oxfam International.

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

Oxfam India was established on 1 September 2008 under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 as a non-profitable organization with its head office in Delhi and is a member of Oxfam International Confederation.

Effective from January 1, 2022, Oxfam lost its foreign-funding license registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act which is mandatory for charities, NGOs and any non-profit organisations receiving foreign funding in India along with 6, 000 other such organisations.

Oxfam New Zealand is an aid and development organization and affiliate of Oxfam International.

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

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

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

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

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In exchange for partnering, Oxfam 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 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.

Oxfam Belgium transferred funds to the subsidiary in the amount of 288, 002 euros from 2017 to 2018, but claims to have made no funding since.

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

On 26 October 2006, Oxfam 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.

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

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

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

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

Oxfam issued a statement in which it asserted "Oxfam treats any allegation of misconduct extremely seriously.

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

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