Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942

Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942

 

OXFAM AMERICA

Oxfam stands for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. It was started in Oxford, England in 1942 in response to the European famine-related issues resulting from the Second World War. Ten other countries worldwide, including the United States and Australia, have started chapters of Oxfam. They make up what is known as Oxfam International.

Oxfam America is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. As a privately funded organization, we can speak with conviction and integrity as we challenge the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit people from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient.

Oxfam implements various global projects that target areas particularly affected by hunger. The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which they are based, as opposed to merely providing relief in the form of food aid. Oxfam’s projects operate on the communal level, and are developed by evaluating issues causing poverty and hunger in the community and subsequently the possible infrastructure that could end hunger and foster the attainment of self-sufficiency. Examples of projects in which Oxfam America has been or is involved range from a women’s literacy program in India to providing microloans and agriculture education programs for small-scale organic farmers in California.

Adapted from http://students.brown.edu/Hourglass_Cafe/Pages/about.htm

EsPCEx 2020 - QUESTÃO 53

According to the text, choose the correct alternative.

[A] Oxfam helps poor people only giving food to them.

[B] Famine was one of the consequences of Second World War in Europe.

[C] Oxfam’s money comes from the government.

[D] Oxfam’s projects are not supposed to go beyond Europe.

[E] Oxfam believes that the causes of poverty and hunger are impossible to overcome.

QUESTÃO ANTERIOR:

- In the sentence “The projects focus on developing self-sufficiency of the communities in which

GABARITO:

[B] Famine was one of the consequences of Second World War in Europe.

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