Vermont Women’s Giving Circle

Foundation research form

Month/year of presentation November 2, 2011

Area of work : Poverty; Injustice; Hunger

Organization name:

Oxfam America. ( Oxford Committee for Famine Relief}

236 Causeway St

Boston, MA 02114

Phone 1 800 77 oxfam

Email: info @oxfamamerica.org

Status (for ex. 501(c)3, foreign non-profit, other): 501©3

Year Founded Britain, 1942 .. In 15 countries. Working in 100 countries around the world.

Annual Budget $894,700 000 – budget of ALL OXFAM country offices

Examples of major Funding Source (s)

Individuals 54.7%

Foundations 34.6%

Corporations 5.8%

Bequest 1.6%

Special Events 1.5%

Interest and others 1.5%

Foreign Govts 0.3%

Number of people served in a period of time (designate if annual, daily, etc)

6.5 million in 31 countries in 2010/11 Up from 4.8 million in 2009/10

Approximate percentage of administrative costs to overall budget 6.3%

Focus group Brokering relationships between food producers and private- sector consumers.

Explain specific services offered by the organization Access to safe water – 570,000. Improved food production – 760,000. Improved sanitation – 2,500,000

Their overall stated mission Oxfam America creates lasting solutions for poverty, hunger and injustice

Process used to find info. Internet, Oxfam, BBC, CBS (Sites below)

Recommended Reading Food First, Francis Moore Lapppe

Recommended Viewing (videos) Resources/ Websites

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7375433n

http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1104881295001_2088119,00.html

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/emergencies/food-crisis-in-east-africa/what-oxfam-is-doing

http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa.html

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1274&gclid=CNSUo-eVgqwCFQ475QodI0v3Og

http://www.rescue.org/

http://www.womenforwomen.org/global-initiatives-helping-women/help-women-sudan.php

http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/opinion/sunday/kristof-glimpses-of-the-next-great-famine.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kristof%20dadaab&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/world/africa/famine-hits-somalia-in-world-less-likely-to-intervene.html?ref=sunday

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/world/africa/03famine-how-to-help.html?ref=africa

shows list of aid agencies

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/

Looks like a good one on first glance

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/taxonomy/emergencies/2011-horn-africa-drought

recommend by Dan Rather

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/blog/leveraging-short-term-relief-long-term-gains-garbatulla-kenya

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/africa/2011/10/2011101416013369171.html

2 minute video

http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/09/30/will-we-really-let-750000-people-starve-to-death/

Time Mag article

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989405,00.html

causes of famine in general

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Famine

detailed info about famine in general and history of famine – scroll down for Africa focus

http://www.theworld.org/2009/09/the-causes-of-famine/

PRI report on background of famines

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25725

History of the famine in Somalia looks interesting