Oxfam is an international association of 17 organisations occupying in 94 countries world. They’re main objective is to battle poverty and enable people to have their civil rights and manage their own lives. They were initially founded in the UK in Oxford at 1942 and since then have expanded globally and been a huge success. History In 1942, during World War II, the famine relief (Oxfam) set up a supply of vital relief for civilians in Belgium and Greece because of the blockade of Europe. By 1943, Oxfam had raised a staggering amount of £10,700 which is equivalent to £370,000 in current money. By 1945, Oxfam launched a European campaign called ‘Save Europe Now’ which aided foods and income to country which were most affected by the war. In 1948, Oxfam opened their first store in 17 Broad Street which still exists to this current day and is successfully controlled by great volunteers. Oxfam’s aim had reached global by end of 1949, this which a huge imprint to take the charity forward and make it become further successful. During the 1950’s, Oxfam had aided successfully South America and Africa, which saved millions of people from being homeless, …show more content…
1960’s was a successful year for Oxfam as they got the recognition they deserved, collaborating with ‘The Beatles’ for a campaign called ‘£Million Campaign’ which successfully managed to achieve. In the 70’s, Oxfam had been working very closely with countries in Asia such as Bangladesh, providing their biggest aid package in their history of one million pounds which covered water, re-housing and agriculture. Red Nose Day which was initiated by Oxfam was a huge success in the UK, raising together in the late 1980’s over £8 million. Since then Red Nose Day (Commic Relief) has been implanted every year on 13th March. In mid 90’s, Oxfam UK and Ireland joins Oxfam based in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Quebec, Hong Kong, Holland and Belgium to form Oxfam