Background
- Introduction
- Oxfam in the US
OXFAM IN THE US
Poverty in the US is as stark and real as poverty in many developing countries. Both the conditions and the causes are much like those Oxfam works to alleviate around the world.
Oxfam has been working to bolster rural communities in the US since 1992. The program recognizes that poverty is not confined to other countries; it is as systemic in the US as it is throughout the world.
Oxfam believes that working to expose the systems of poverty in the US—racism, gender discrimination, denial of rights, and unjust policies—will provide insights into the systems that perpetuate poverty around the globe.
The US program brings Oxfam's extensive global experience with agriculture to bear within the US context. Over the last decade, we have developed specific areas of focus on:
- People of color in chronically poor rural areas;
- The most recent wave of immigrants driven to the US by globalization; and
- Native Americans whose land and culture are being destroyed by mining.