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Oxfam: Charitable humanitarian organization

Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations.

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Oxfam on UK Government’s ‘shocking’ aid cut Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah – the chief executive of Oxfam GB – describes the UK Government’s decision to reduce its aid budget as “really shocking”. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:42Published 10 hours ago


Pandemic widens gap between rich and poor Billionaires including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk have seen their wealth soar during the COVID-19 pandemic while the world's poor face years of hardship, charity Oxfam said on.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:53Published on January 25, 2021

U.N., aid agencies decry U.S. Yemen decision The outgoing U.S. administration is to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, a move the United Nations warned could have serious repercussions for peace talks and.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:25Published on January 11, 2021

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Tens of thousands will die if UK foreign aid budget cut - Oxfam chief Tens of thousands of lives will be lost as a result of cuts to the UK's aid budget, the chief executive of Oxfam has told Sky News. Sky News - Published 1 day ago
Rich 'riding out pandemic in luxury' as frontline workers struggle to survive, says Oxfam The divide between rich and poor is "proving as deadly" as coronavirus, the boss of Oxfam said, as research shows the world's richest people recouped their pandemic losses within just nine months. Sky News - Published on January 25, 2021
India’s health budget fourth lowest in world: Oxfam Afghanistan and India set aside the same share for health in their budgets, 4%, just above a quarter of the recommended spending and one-third of what the second poorest country in the world, Burundi,.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 10, 2020

Coronavirus crisis could plunge half a billion people into poverty: Oxfam The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on.. Reuters - Published on April 9, 2020
PM Modi extracts wealth from India's poor, gives it to 'crony capitalist friends': Rahul Gandhi Gandhi's attack on the prime minister came over an Oxfam report which claimed that India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 20, 2020
Wealth of India's richest 1% more than 4-times of total for 70% poorest: Oxfam India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 20, 2020

World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam The world's richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each.. Reuters - Published on January 20, 2020