What Is Oxfam?

right to stand up in what you believe in which is called the freedom of speech. Lastly, the

Making health care free for everyone. When healthcare becomes a human right, the issue of not having access to it will be eliminated.

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.

Everyone has the right to live their life how they want, secure their belongings, and liberty. The main principles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights are equality, speech, freedom to bear arms. I'm calling on you to divide more funding to these three agencies, Postal Services, National Security, and Social Security Administration. In order to help with the United Nations goals. Funding the Social Security administration would help the unemployed, disabled, and the low-income.

Rights are everywhere. Rights build our government. We have thirty of them, but which one is the most important? The rights to equality are the most important of course. Women, men, kids, Africans, Asians, Hispanic and other people have been discriminated for over 100 years. Even till today, women are not getting paid the same amount as men or racism. Whatever it is, it’s going around the world. We should be treated equal, because all of us are born with feelings. We all are humans. In the world, there are only a handful of people, who treat each other fairly. The right to equality is the most important right, because everyone is made the same, everyone has the same rights, and it allows everyone to be who they are!

It showcases many of its fundraising activities through its child sponsorship programs ad through its shops and other campaigns on its website, as well as showcases the many programs and humanitarian crisis which it provides either financial or on the ground support for. In this sense Oxfam acts very clearly as a Northern NGO as described by Fowler as a provider of aid and resources and instructions to the South by serving as a channel for these (Fowler, 1997). Oxfam sees itself as being engaged constantly with financial and resource support where there is major needs and crisis globally. Unlike many NGO’s it is happy to describe its contributions to humanitarian aid and basic development needs as charity (Oxfam International, 2013). These seems to be a major part of its operations with over 93% of its funding going towards these self-described ‘charitable’

Oxfam is an internationally renowned organisation that is acknowledged for its work in the world’s poorer societies and its role in the fight against famine and poverty. Oxfam was previously a collection of 17 individual organisations that collaborated in 1995 in order to form a single association. Therefore Oxfam cannot be associated with a single founder as it was founded by many. The name ‘Oxfam’ originates from the name of one of the original organisations called the ‘Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. This group was established in 1942 to assist those affected by the devastating outcomes of World War II that had presented during this time period. This particular establishment was started by a group of Christians who wished to make a difference. The current confederation works across the globe and aims to ‘reduce poverty and injustice’.

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.

Girod (2005) gives an example of a charity retailer Oxfam which saved the company from bankruptcy in the late nineties by developing an innovative HR approach. Some of the learnings from Oxfam case can be incorporated in commercial retail environment. Firstly, brand building strategies mean networking. Different business functions have to coevolve with one another and most importantly customers have to be included in innovation strategy. This can only be achieved if staff members understand and characterise company’s identity and demands of consumers. Employees are able to notice declining and rising brands and create a structural system that avoids strategic gaps by innovating or sustaining brand leadership. Overall, retail is based on continues

The last thing is about the right to protect against discrimination. While there is good legislation to protect citizens against discrimination, in reality there is poor enforcement of the law. For example, Roma/Egyptian communities, LGBT and people with disabilities experience prejudice and discriminatory behavior from public institutions and the general public. The Law on Inclusion and Accessibility for Disabled Persons was passed in 2014. However, many people with disabilities still face daily physical and discriminatory barriers. Reasonable accommodation and access to public and private spaces has seen very little progress. Access to public transportation and lack is also a

Usually, when we talk about these values we tend to focus on issues of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, gender et cetera, which keeps certain individuals or groups of individual from enjoying the same freedom and equality of opportunity. Life circumstances do not target a certain race, religion, gender, or any other category of people; it can happen to everyone. Today, there are over a hundred million individuals around the world living without shelter or in unhealthy and unacceptable conditions that damage their wellbeing, security, success and opportunities. As stated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, every human beings deserve to freely and unreservedly enjoy a way of life that is satisfactory for the well-being and prosperity of themselves and their family; it includes sustenance, garments, lodging and medicinal consideration, as well as social security in case of illness, joblessness, old age, widowhood, incapacity, or other absence of livelihood in situations that are independent of their ability to

The most important rights that I think are the most important are the legal rights and equity rights. I think these two are the most important of all the rights and freedoms because without these rights we don’t have a right to life, and we won’t have the right to have equal protection as the other people are getting it won’t be fair. First, off let’s start with legal rights. Being able to have legal rights means being able to have a right to life, be informed promptly of the reasons knowing what's going to happen. Right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. We can’t just let people in our houses and let them search that’s not right they need to have a permit, we need to have liberty the state of being frees/freed within our society. Also, the right to live your life free of discrimination. Relating this to my life sometimes I get discriminated because of how I look. In my one class this one girl said if I was Indian I was hurt and angry because I am not I am Guyanese, and I was angry at her because she said “oh sorry you look Indian your jewelry” and in my head I was thinking that not only Indians can afford all this expensive rings and bracelets. She was basically saying that only Indians can afford the “expensive” jewelry. Having righted means there is always a limit to everything in life. Legal rights are important because if legal rights didn’t exist that means no right to anything we won't be able to live the way we want to. Rights mean the state has a

have ‘the right to live in freedom and dignity, free from poverty and despair… with an equal opportunity to enjoy all their rights and fully develop their human potential.’3

However, this name has been accepted by the entire international community to refer more specifically to non-profit organizations involved in international development with various programs abroad, or local actions related problems development (pressure group, study organizations, information retrieval, etc.). Another distinction is usually made between national NGOs and local. The first show either

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control” (Hartley Dean; 2004).