Oxfam

Oxfam works to achieve a safer, fairer and more sustainable world where all people can enjoy a life of hope and opportunity. Oxfam New Zealand works in the Pacific, Asia and Africa supporting people to access safe water and sanitation, to build sustainable livelihoods, to provide education and healthcare for their children and to live free from persecution and violence.

Oxfam responds rapidly to emergencies and helps keep survivors alive by supplying clean water and life-saving essentials. Then it stays for the long-term to ensure communities can rebuild and break the cycle of poverty that made them vulnerable in the first place.

Oxfam uses campaigning and research to fight for a global agenda that is fair to the world's poorest people, allowing them to realize their basic rights and the opportunity to lead dignified and independent lives.

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A classroom built in Vanuatu © Oxfam Locals stand in front of a school that they have built. Oxfam works hard to develop local partnerships, as local people have a greater understanding of their own requirements than outsiders. Oxfam also fosters education, so that young people have the skills and confidence to develop their own communities.