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Oxfam New Zealand [70] is an aid and development organization and affiliate of Oxfam International. [71] Oxfam NZ is also responsible for delivering Cyclone relief in several countries in the Pacific region. [72] Oxfam New Zealand's work is made possible by supporters, interns, staff, volunteers, board and overseas partners.
Previous jobs include Head of Research at Oxfam GB, Senior Policy Adviser on Trade and Development at the Department for International Development (DFID). He was responsible for looking at trade in goods. His post at DFID was originally a secondment from CAFOD. At CAFOD he had been their trade and globalization Policy Analyst.
The SCHR was created in 1972 to improve cooperation among humanitarian agencies involved in disaster assistance. The five founding agencies were Oxfam, the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (later to become the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Lutheran World Federation, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for an annual ...
Such INGOs include SOS Children's Villages, Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services, Care International, and Lutheran World Relief. However, the influence of INGOs started to extended heavily in the 1980s. [6] Except for incorporation under national laws, no current formal legal status exists for INGOs, which can lead to complications in international law.
Malaria still kills about 600,000 people each year worldwide – most of them children under the age of five. But in the countries where the USAID-run President’s Malaria Initiative operates ...
In 2020, Bucher was appointed Executive Director of Oxfam International. She was the first Colombian to lead the organization. [1] Under her leadership, Oxfam advocated for reducing wealth inequality global, increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and ensuring an equitable global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s such a small amount that the average American spends roughly the same amount on Halloween decorations as their taxes do on foreign aid each year — about $100, according to aid group Oxfam ...