About Oxfam India

Oxfam India is a newly restructured Indian non-governmental organisation integrating the 60-year-old India operations of 6 separate International Oxfam affiliates working in the country. It came into being on 1 September, 2008 with an Indian staff and an Indian board and is a member of Oxfam International, which is a global confederation of 14 Oxfams (Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Quebec, Spain, and the US). Two new Oxfams are currently forming including India and Japan.

The Oxfams are rights-based organizations that fight poverty and injustice by linking grassroots programming (through partner NGOs) to local, national and global advocacy and policy-making. Oxfam India works in the area of removing poverty and aims to be a role model in linking up four critical themes and areas of work - essential services, gender justice, economic justice and humanitarian response - into a comprehensive programme framework pursuing dignity of life as the overarching goal. It also vigorously pursues linking grassroots programmes with policy advocacy thereby emphasising a rights-based approach.

The new organisation is a national entity with presence in six cities, with a staff of about 120 in place. It is bringing together new and existing programs being implemented through more than 200 partners and allies, and building a strong national and international advocacy capacity.