oxford committee for famine relief
oxford committee for famine relief
I believe OXFAM stands for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. Hope this helps you
Oxfam's official slogan is : Make poverty history.
The answer is no."Oxfam, having originated as a church affiliated food aid program in Melbourne, is now a secular, non-governmental, independent and not-for -profit organization"Saying that Oxfam is Christian would be like saying that given churches commissioned painters, that makes painting a christian hobby.Edit:According to Wikipedia entry Oxfam ("Oxford Committee for Famine Relief") originated with a Christian group called the Quakers in 1942 in Oxford, England. Now, the charity is secular.see for further info the link below
The shamrock was the symbol flown on US relief ships during the Irish potato famine.
Red Nose Day was created by Comic Relief, a British charity organization that was founded in 1985. Comic Relief has raised over £600 million.
The motto of Relief Society is 'Charity never faileth'.
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Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 organisations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.[1]The Oxfam International Secretariat leads, facilitates, and supports collaboration between the Oxfam affiliates to increase Oxfam International's impact on poverty and injustice through advocacy campaigns, development programs and emergency response.Oxfam was originally founded in England in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by a group of Quakers, social activists, and Oxford academics;[2] this is now Oxfam Great Britain, still based in Oxford, UK. It was one of several local committees formed in support of the National Famine Relief Committee. Their mission was to persuade the British government to allow food relief through the Allied blockade for the starving citizens of Axis-occupied Greece. The first overseas Oxfam was founded in Canada in 1963. The committee changed its name to its telegraph address, OXFAM, in 1965.
The charity founded by Linkin Park is called Music For Relief.
He didn't sing any songs in Africa, however We Are The World was a charity single for African famine relief.