Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations NGOs, focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It began as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief in Oxford, UK, in 1942, to alleviate World War Two related hunger and continued in the aftermath of the war. By 1970, Oxfam had established an international presence, in India, Australia, Denmark, and North America.
Plaque commemorating first meeting of Oxfam in the Old Library, the University Church, Oxford
Original Oxfam shop at 17 Broad Street, Oxford
Oxfam relief supplies outside the Siginon warehouse in Nairobi, Kenya
Oxfam clothing and shoe bank in the United Kingdom
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in humanitarianism or the social sciences; they can also include clubs and associations that provide services to their members and others. NGOs can also be lobby groups for corporations, such as the World Economic Forum. NGOs are distinguished from international and intergovernmental organizations (IOs) in that the latter are more directly involved with sovereign states and their governments.
Europe-Georgia Institute head George Melashvili addresses the audience at the launch of the "Europe in a suitcase" project by two NGOs (the EGI and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation), which aims to increase cooperation between European politicians, journalists and representatives of the civic sector and academia with their counterparts in Georgia.
World NGO Day 2014 in Afghanistan
Workers from an NGO participating in local community work - some critics allege that NGOs prioritize their special interests over community wellbeing.
