Oxfam Australia
Oxfam Australia is part of a global movement of dedicated people working hard to fight poverty and injustice.
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Our Vision

Oxfam Australia's vision is of a fair world in which people control their own lives, their basic rights are achieved and the environment is sustained.

We aim to increase the number of people who have a sustainable livelihood, access to social services, an effective voice in decisions, safety from conflict and disaster, and equal rights and status.

Our work is a partnership through which Australians enable poor and marginalised people to control their own development, achieve equitable treatment, exercise their basic rights, and ensure the environment is healthy and sustainable

What we Do

From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives, to campaigning for change that lasts.

Our History

Oxfam Australia began in Melbourne's suburbs in 1953 as a church-affiliated group called Food for Peace Campaign. The group sent weekly donations to a small health project in India, and eventually, Food for Peace Campaign groups were established throughout Victoria.

In 1962, a full-time Director of the Campaign was appointed and the name was changed to Community Aid Abroad. The new name reflected an aim to assist communities more broadly, rather than just providing food in order to maintain peace.

Throughout the 1960s, local Community Aid Abroad groups were established across Australia.

In 1992, we became one of the largest development organisations when we merged with the Australian Freedom From Hunger Campaign, another leading agency which was founded in 1961.

Since 1995, Community Aid Abroad has been part of the Oxfam International family - an affiliation of 13 Oxfams around the world. In 2005, the name of the agency changed to Oxfam Australia.

Today, the agency is a secular, independent, non-government, not-for-profit organisation working in over 30 countries around the world.

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