Make Poverty History

Oxfam joins world leaders, civil society and people around the world to celebrate the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by world leaders at the United Nations, but cautions that progress toward them must be tangible, political and disruptive. 

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International

"My direct contact with President Nelson Mandela was in the context of helping Burundian women to participate in the Arusha peac

Faltering overseas aid figures announced today are depriving poor countries of a massive $18bn worth of life-saving aid, at a time when 64 million more people globally have been pushed into poverty by the financial crisis.