Oxfam also campaign on the issues that affect poor people and keep them poor. And in an emergency, Oxfam helps people to survive, to recover, and to rebuild.

Oxfam believe that eradicating poverty is the only way to ensure a secure and sustainable future for everyone.

Oxfam believes that everyone can make a difference - including the young. Recognising that educating young people to become Global Citizens is key to a more equitable and sustainable future, Oxfam have developed a Curriculum for Global Citizenship. This has been developed in consultation with key educationalists and builds on existing good practice. It recommends the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary to enable young people to develop as active Global Citizens.

Links: www.oxfam.org.uk
For educationalists, teachers and young people (and the curriculum for Global Citizenship): www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet

Poverty facts

• Every year around 17 million people die from diseases which could be treated
• 80% of all illness in the world is caused by drinking dirty water
• nearly one in three people in the world cannot read or write
• 190 million 10 to 14-year-olds in Southern countries have to work