Oxfam - Fighting Inequality to End Poverty & Injustice | Oxfam
WEBOxfam is a global movement of people fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. Together we offer lifesaving support in times of crisis and advocate for economic justice, gender equality, and climate action.
About us | Fight inequality to end poverty and injustice - Oxfam
WEBOxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. Let’s build a more equal future—together.
Why is clean water important? - Oxfam
WEBMar 21, 2022 · Why is clean water important? Oxfam built a water desalination system powered by wind and solar energy on the west coast of Yemen to help families get clean water. Pablo Tosco / Oxfam Intermon. Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene save lives during emergencies and in the long-term struggle against poverty. When a sustained drought in …
What is global inequality? - Oxfam
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Global inequality is the unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and power that shape well-being among the 8 billion individuals on our planet. Distinct from inequality within a country or between countries, global inequality is one way of understanding the different lived experiences of our fellow humans, no …
What’s the difference between Sudan and South Sudan? - Oxfam
WEBJul 7, 2021 · Conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Sudan’s western region of Darfur has suffered from decades of political marginalization and economic neglect by successive national governments, leaving an estimated 7.5 million people—almost a quarter of the country’s total population– impoverished. When armed groups in Darfur launched a …
Do the rich pay their fair share? - Oxfam
WEBJan 14, 2024 · For comparison, the average American taxpayer in the same year paid 13 percent. According to leaked tax returns highlighted in a ProPublica investigation, the 25 richest Americans paid $13.6 billion in taxes from 2014-2018 —a “true” tax rate of just 3.4 percent on $401 billion of income. That’s not paying your fair share.
What is cholera and how can we prevent it? - Oxfam
WEBMar 28, 2019 · How to prevent cholera. Clean water, sanitation, hygiene: Ensuring people have clean water, proper toilets, and soap to wash their hands after going to the bathroom and before eating and preparing food are the basic ways to prevent the spread of an infectious disease like cholera. Oxfam will truck in water and repair wells to …
Top 5 ways billionaires are bad for the economy - Oxfam
WEBJan 15, 2023 · In short, billionaires are bad for the economy. How bad? Check out these top five ways: 1. Since 2020, almost two-thirds of all new wealth went to the top 1%. The richest people in the world make six times more than the bottom 90% of humanity. Collectively, that’s $2.7 billion a day.
How much money would it take to end world hunger? - Oxfam
WEBDec 9, 2022 · When tech entrepreneur Elon Musk challenged the United Nations last year to show him a $6 billion plan that would end world hunger, he got in return a proposal that would save 42 million people in 43 countries from starvation. Since Musk’s challenge, the hunger crisis has worsened—increasing the number of people in need, and driving up costs.
Countries we work in - Oxfam
WEBAn equal future is possible only if we work in partnership. With your support—and that of more than 2,300 local organizations and international allies—Oxfam reaches tens of millions of people in 80 countries.