OXFAM-AMERICA INC

We acknowledge that Oxfam’s mission to fight inequality to end poverty and injustice is not going to happen overnight. Changing and rebuilding broken systems takes time, and people are experiencing crises and need help right now. We approach our mission in two ways:

1. We offer lifesaving support now: When disaster strikes, Oxfam works with a global network of local organizations to address urgent humanitarian needs and protect lives. We deliver clean water, food, cash, and information to communities made vulnerable by climate change, gender-based violence, exploitation, illness, and war—working closely with local leaders who know how best to help people in need. We advocate for humane and welcoming policies for people forced to flee in search of safety and a better life. Together with our supporters, we fight to guarantee a life of dignity for every human being in crisis around the world and in the US.

2. We tackle the root causes of poverty for the long term: Oxfam works to dismantle the unequal systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice. Together with our supporters, we reject the extreme concentration of wealth and power that drives inequality, and we challenge billionaires ,corporations, governments, and international financial institutions to do better. We fight for everyone to pay their fair share of taxes, for companies to provide a living wage, and for financial institutions to forgive low-income countries’ debt.
We seek policy and social change to revalue and redistribute billions of hours of unpaid and underpaid care work currently carried out primarily by women and girls. We harness the power of consumers to advocate for climate action, for a healthy and sustainable food system, and for the rights of the workers, women, and farmers who source the food and make the products we enjoy. We seek to change institutions that keep people in poverty in the US and around the world while striving to become an anti-racist and feminist organization.