Oxfam : The Root Cause Of Poverty In Africa

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.

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

On the other hand, Oxfam purpose is to contribute towards poverty reduction in many ways impacting the world along the way. Oxfam is an international business working in approximately 90 countries for example Hong Kong. Oxfam was first founded in Oxford,

Oxfam use market penetration by wanting a combination of donations and people buying their goods giving away all the money they make to the ones in need. They can also

Promises not Kept: Poverty and the Betrayal of Third World Development by John Isbister is a balanced, penetrating, and exciting account of why most people on the planet are poor, who has betrayed the promise for social change, and what we can do about it. Isbister gives a superb overview of third world development. He challenges people in developed nations to accept their share of responsibility for Third World stagnation and examines and analyzing international development issues. Promises not Kept offers provocative answers to the question of increasing world poverty.

There are a number of Non-governmental development organization (NGOs) operating in the developed and developing countries in order to eradicated poverty in the world. Among these NGOs two top NGDOs are Oxfam Australia and Save the Children Australia. (The Global Journal, 2012). Oxfam believes that poverty is indispensable and preventable and the causes of poverty are injustice and inequality but with the support the lives of poor people can be changed. Oxfam is assisting people through its long term solution to eliminate injustice, empowering people to have a prosperous future. Oxfam has a major goal brining a positive change in the lives of poor people and it has 12 other key goals. These key goals are part of Oxfam Strategic Plan 2009 -2014. (Oxfam, 2014). Key goals of Oxfam Australia are right to be listened, gender justice, protecting live, sustainable food, reasonable sharing of natural resources and financial assistance for development. Oxfam says that other six goals are focused on changing world which includes a globally influencing network, quality of program, accountability, investment on people, cost effectiveness and increase in income.

Poverty is an expanding problem with approximately half of the world's population living on less than $2.50 a day. Women Thrive is a project that invests in women farmers such as contributing information, land rights, organizing support, time-savings systems and improved access to public-private partnerships. This program not only benefits women and their families economically, but also expands overall global crop production. Women will concur poverty because if they acquire resources, crop production will surge, with provided education they could help the world more with superior jobs and they will use the assets they receive to better their societies. Women can lift themselves from poverty and can feed the world; they

The form of Oxfam international was in 1995 by a group of self-reliant non-governmental constitutions in more than 90 countries, the “Oxfam” word comes from the Oxford committee for starvation relief

A study reports that the richest 1% of adults alone owned almost half of global assets in the year 2000. The bottom half of the world adult population owned barely 1% of global wealth. In a research by Oxfam International a report issued to The World Economic Forum that the richest 1% owns 48 percent of the global wealth. Later Oxfam reported that the 85 wealthiest individuals in the world have a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom 50% of the world's population. There is also an example or also an economic model which is the U.S.A. where the wealth distribution is almost the same and where the rich become richer and the poor poorer.

Africa gets its climate from the way the low and high pressure zones bring in rain from the atlantic and how when the low and high pressure areas switch rain isn’t brought in. creating the dry season in africa. In India their wet and dry seasons are caused by the monsoons that switch the high and low pressure zones that either force air that carries rain into india or an movement of high pressure air out of india during the dry season.

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.

When people think of the content of Africa they envision what they see on TV or see on the internet. They never get a chance to see true Africa because they 're brain washed by the media or what they see in movies. Sure, Africa is a poor third world country but its people have of rich history and are currently struggling to rebuild their image in the eyes of the world. You will be culture shocked and witness some harsh encounter which are expected in this type of country, but the people are friendly and ready to assist you in learning about their country. So, ignore what you’ve heard or seen on TV and enjoy this country and all it offers, for this will be an experience you will never forget. Most of all enjoy Uganda where you

Every city has poverty. Travel around the world, I bet it wouldn’t be difficult to find a city that doesn 't have an impoverished community. Poverty is a global issue, but most importantly it’s a local issue to me in the city that I live in. Among the 10 largest cities in America, Chicago has the third highest poverty rate with 40-60% of our residents living under the poverty level. People who live in poverty are given less opportunities, resources and tools than people who live in the middle or upper class. Poverty is not a pleasant subject, however, poverty is real. In the daily lives of the poor, poverty becomes a network of disadvantages. The end result is that there is a lack of access to education, employment, health care, affordable housing, proper sanitation and good nutrition among many generations of the poor (End Poverty). Of the issues associated with poverty, the lack of access to an education stands out to me the most. In Chicago, education is greatly valued and is vital for all development and growth achievements in people. Education is the process in which people gain knowledge, help form and shape attitudes and opinions, and allow people to gain a set of skills that they can further use in areas outside of a school environment. However, education systems in Chicago are taking a huge deficit due to the effects of poverty. The effects of poverty are already big factors toward the concern about Chicago, and why it is portrayed as negatively as it is, but those

When we attack poverty on many levels, bringing together aid and education, community and economic development, and bringing empowerment to individuals, women and children, then we can begin to see real change in the communities and society. However, society is strutted in such a way that not all

It is important to know the nature of poverty in Ghana so as to better appreciate discourse on matters as far as alleviating poverty in Ghana is concerned.