How Do Donors Influence Oxfam

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Oxfam might open stores internationally so will lead to make more money so they can use it so they can run more charitable programs and lead to improve poverty, housing in third world countries around the world.

Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in 90 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. It helps to provide training, education and

Firstly, (Product) RED promotes its product range with a cause-marketing campaign, in which,(product) RED ties the marketing of a brand, company, product or service directly, e.g. GAP, Armani, Apple iPhone, to a social cause ± HIV awareness and AIDS prevention. Most cause-marketing campaigns provide for a social cause by donating a proportion of sales to a specific body, for which in this case is Global Fund.

The festival had been getting aids and donations from some sources but they are not suitable to be relied on. With a permanent and strong sponsor, the festival would receive higher revenues and would be able to offer more shows and entertainment for the adults and youngsters. More entertainment would increase the number of attendees and also spread the word of mouth across the country. However, this alternative has a limited impact as it would increase the revenue but not affect the other things severely. The sponsors can also help resolve the issue of residence or staying for the attendees of the festival.

One of the points that was brought up was that donating may potentially cause suffering to one’s self as they work hard for their money. They work hard and strive for what they want (affluence). Working a full time job in order to be broke, unhappy, and struggling like those in Bengal, for example, would be a disgrace and disappointing. Not only that, but people will also bring up the fact that if not everyone in society or in the world donates and gets away with not feeling guilty, so why should they feel obligated to so and contribute their efforts towards something that doesn’t directly affect

As Oxfam, being a not for Profit Company there is lots of advantages and disadvantages. One of them is that Oxfam has lots of opportunity to assist the community for example funds and volunteer work. Oxfam is a tax exempt meaning that they do not have to pay any tax. Also, registered non-profits have limited liability under the law when it comes to dept. the owner of the business are not responsible for the business debt. Non-profits also have access to government-sponsored and loans. A disadvantage of Oxfam being a not for profit is that the Fund development and fund-raising can be a challenge, particularly during an economic downturn and when unemployment rates are high.

Oxfam identifies artists or celebrities who has interest in global poverty and who wants to work with them sharing same values and advocacy. They find out each individuals interest and how they want to support Oxfam. They also assess their purpose, background, manner of dealing with people and press.

Oxfam is an organisation that has a goal, they say creates lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. They strive to bring positive energy to those in poverty and they try to put a smile on their face to make very day a brighter day. Oxfam works with original and trees strait islander people and strive to answer all the problems these people might have. On the Oxfam website they tell us that they have helped the self determination for individuals along with communities for over 30 years. the reason for doing this to help social and cultural well being.

Due to the high success rate of Oxfam, they now have over 90 stores all over the world and over 100,000 employees and volunteers. However that doesn’t include the people which participate in fundraisers: such as fun runs, festivals, cycling and running events to support the charity. The Oxfam Headquarters is located in Cowley, Oxford. As a multinational charitable organisation, Oxfam has many supporters, nevertheless, they still want to better themselves and help more people. As they’re a charity based organisation, their aim isn’t to make a profit but to make a lot of money which they will then spend on helping people.

Social Factors The social factors within Oxfam can be linked to the technological factors. Firstly, may people have felt pressure to charities because they feel as though they are being selfish if they do not help those in need. As more and more people being to donate to charities, there is more pressure for others to donate as this will yet again make individuals feel selfish if they are the only ones not donating to charity. I addition to some individuals feeling selfish, there are always picture of charity work on social media which will help to show those willing to help just what the charities are doing, in addition to this, there are many pictures of those that are being helped on social media and this may sometimes lead the viewer to feel as though they could do more to help those in need a suffering and so more people will be donating.

ARNOLD, James (2002). BBC News - Oxfam mixes business with charity. [online]. Last updated 28th March 2002 March. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1896045.st

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Development, Education & Awareness – majority of the people involved in Oxfam’s relief and aid programmed are volunteers. A key component of supplying aid and relief to communities is knowing the background of the people you assisting. Another key area of Oxfam’s operations is ‘Clean Water’, those involved in this programme, need to be well educated regarding water, sanitization and the environmental impacts.