Oxfam is an international humanitarian aid organization that emphasizes the elimination of hunger and poverty through development. Located in Britain, United States, Canada, Ireland, Belguim, Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and New Zealand.

FACTS

Oxfam receives no government money.

Oxfam takes its name and roots form the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, founded in England in 1942

UNICEF

Facts:

1. UNICEF has been the world's leading children's organization for more that sixty years

2. Last year, UNICEF provided vaccines to 40 percent of the children in developing countries.

3. UNICEF is on guard in one hundred and thirty countries and territories to help children survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence.

PURPOSE/GOALS:

• to help children in need
• UNICEF is focused on saving the millions of kids who are dying from preventable causes.

RED CROSS FACTS:

There are over 180 countries that provide Red Cross or the Red Cresent. In 1859, a traveler traeled to Solferino and saw nothing but dead people.

PURPOSE/GOALS:

To help people who are in need of shots of help or a place to stay

EXAMPLES OF AID:

Helps people who were dying in war or were victims of disaster

C.A.R.E.

FACTS: CARE was founded in 1946

CARE is helping Indonesia after a massive earthquake devastated their country.

By giving notice to people to help

CARE was originally for survivors of World War I

CARE helps whole countries out of problems

PURPOSE/GOALS:

CARE's goal is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities and to increase access to clean water and sanitation.

Examples of AID:

CARE is helping the survivors of a marine earthquake in Indonesia

Peace Corps FACTS:

• Begun in 1960 by John F. Kennedy Jr.
• 169,000+ volunteers have servd
• Presence has been in 136 countries worldwide from Paraguay to Fiji

PURPOSE/GOALS:

• help people in developing world to improve their living conditions
• help promote an understanding of Americans
• help promote an understanding of other countries

Examples of Aid:

• Building a potable water system in El Salvador, Central America
• HIV/AIDS education in Kenya, Africa
• Working
• with frarmers to increase food production in Peru

US AID

The goal is to give electricity to fifteen million people and to help the poor get an education.

An example of the work is that youth are installing solar panels at a community center in Brazil.

Facts:

Economic growth, agriculture and trade

Global Health

Democracy

Humanitarian assistance

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