Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. There are currently 21 member organizations working in 79 countries. 

Our Vision

We have a vision of a just and sustainable world. A world where people and the planet are at the centre of the economy. Where women and girls live free from violence and discrimination. Where the climate crisis is contained. And where governance systems are inclusive and allow for those in power to be held to account.

Our Mission

We fight inequality to end poverty and injustice.

How We Work

How we work is as important as what we do. A combination of six approaches make us and our impact distinctive. Feminist principles guide us in all our work, helping to ensure our programmes uphold the dignity and rights of everyone. We believe in people power; we amplify the voices and actions of people that experience poverty and injustice, and work with those who fight for their causes. Thinking and acting locally and globally, we build coalitions within and between regions and from the local to the global level.

We provide enhanced humanitarian action, working with communities at risk of conflict and disasters before, during, and after crises. Our work to ensure digital rights and space for all offers new ways for people, communities, and decision-makers to connect, learn and mobilise. And we seek systemic change; we tackle not the symptoms of injustice but the systems that sustain them. We campaign for genuine, durable change.

Oxfam's staff oversees a distribution with the Country Humanitarian team in western Mosul, Iraq.

Photo: Tegid Cartwright/Oxfam

Oxfam in Vietnam

Oxfam undertook its first activities in Vietnam in 1955 and since the late 1980s we have been implementing long-term development projects across the country. Although Vietnam achieved lower middle-income status in 2010, rising inequality threatens decades of progress. Disadvantaged groups, such as women, ethnic minorities and the rural poor lack access to resources and economic opportunities. A lack of investment in education, healthcare and civic engagement for these groups further undermines their prospects for a better future.  

Oxfam in Vietnam believes that a reduction in poverty, injustice, and inequality will occur through the interaction between active citizens, accountable states and responsible private sector, and that it is fundamental to Vietnam’s development. Oxfam in Vietnam contributes to a shift from the current growth-based development model to a Human Economy that cares about People and the Planet. 

The Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund of the EU Justice and Legal Empowerment Programme in Vietnam (JIFF).

Photo: Oxfam in Vietnam