How did Oxfam start?
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During the second World War, Oxfam supplied families in
Greece with much-needed food
Photo: Oxfam (1940s) |
Oxfam was set up in 1942, during World War II. In towns all over
the UK, groups of people collected parcels of food and clothes to
send to families whose lives had been destroyed by the war.
Oxfam was started by a group in Oxford, and began as the "Oxford
Committee for Famine Relief" - which is where
the name Oxfam came from.
The group then decided to work to support people all over the world,
who were suffering because of wars or for other reasons.
Oxfam is now one of the main aid agencies in Great Britain. We
have programmes in more than 70 countries where we work with local
people to change their lives for good.
We are part of Oxfam International, which has branches in 11 countries
in the world, including the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and Canada.
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