Word: oxfam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to teaching one course there, he has become busy with Oxfam during the last three years...
...crazy about Oxfam because it helps people help themselves," says Brown. He adds, "It's help from the bottom up, not from the top down...
Calling hunger a "silent, pervasive and needless killer." Agoiardo said last summer's cross-country ride focused attention on both the problem and on an organization seeking a solution: Oxfam America...
...Oxfam, a Boston based charity, is the sole recipient of the Ride for Life 1983 proceeds. According to Oxfam spokesman Julia Sinclair, 41 percent of Ride for Life's $70,000 pledge has materialized to date. She added that the ride has made "a dramatic difference" in the organization by developing resource pools from Iowa to Oregon...
While the Ride for Life has not announced charities it plans to support. Agoiardo said he favors a continuation with Oxfam America because of their value as an "apolitical, low-overhead group which gets to the root of the problem in Third World nations," instead of providing only short term princess...