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Oxfam — Logo Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organisations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world.[1] In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to… … Wikipedia
Oxfam Australia — is an Australian, independent, not for profit, secular, community based aid and development organisation, and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Oxfam Australia s work includes long term development projects, responding to emergencies and… … Wikipedia
Oxfam — [äks′fam΄] n. an international organization (in full Oxford Committee for Famine Relief), established in England in 1942 to provide training and financial aid to people in developing countries and disaster areas * * * Britain’s largest and best… … Universalium
Oxfam Shop — Das Logo von Oxfam Deutschland Oxfam Container für Kleider und Schuhspende Oxfam ist eine seit 1942 tätige unabhängige Hilfs und Entwicklungsorganisation, die sich weltweit gegen Hunger, Armut und soziale … Deutsch Wikipedia
Oxfam — Das Logo von Oxfam Deutschland Oxfam Con … Deutsch Wikipedia
Oxfam bookshops — Oxfam bookshop on Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. Oxfam is the largest retailer of second hand books in Europe, selling around 12 million per year. Most of Oxfam s 750 charity shops around the UK sell books, and around 100 of these are specialist… … Wikipedia
Oxfam Hong Kong — A member of the international non government organization Oxfam, Oxfam Hong Kong started in 1987 to support first projects in China (Guangdong). It began development work in Hong Kong in 1996 and starting from 2000, It has advocated fair wage for … Wikipedia
charities and charity shops — Traditionally, indeed legally, the qualification for charity status has involved the patronage of one or more of four areas; the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion, or other purposes beneficial to the… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Joe Mitty — Joseph Sidney Mitty MBE (7 May 1919 ndash; 30 September 2007) was a British salesman and the man who turned the first Oxfam gift shop into a national retail network of shops selling second hand clothing and other goods. This network put Oxfam on… … Wikipedia
Charity shop — A charity shop in the UK. A charity shop, thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop (U.S., Canada), resale shop (when not meaning consignment shop [U.S.]) or op shop (Australia/N.Z.) (from opportunity shop … Wikipedia
