RESEARCH NOTES. / 10 marks / 5 marks
Complete the following chart as you research your organization. Each section of the report requires research except the introduction and conclusion. You should have at least two facts (e.g., details not known by most people) for each sub-heading used in the report. Research notes must be point form and include the source of the information, including the page/paragraph number. This information is needed when formally writing your report. (2 marks per chart)
Student Name: ____Luke savage____Organization: _Oxfam___________
HISTORY (background of organization – when, where and by whom it was started) Date Visited: ___nov.22_______
url address
Article Title
Paragraph
Number
Researched Fact http://www.oxfam.ca/about/introduction history
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The name “Oxfam” comes from the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, founded in Britain in 1942. The group campaigned for food supplies to be sent through an allied naval blockade to starving women and children in enemy-occupied Greece during the Second World War.
http://www.oxfam.ca/about/introduction
history
2
The first of the "international" Oxfams, Oxfam Canada was founded in 1963 and independently incorporated in 1966
MISSION/GOALS (why the organization was created- what it wants to achieve) Date Visited: _nov.22___________
url address
Article Title
Paragraph
Number
Researched Fact
http://www.oxfam.ca/about
About Oxfam Canada
2
Oxfam can see a better way. We’re a global movement for change – a network that empowers individuals, communities and organizations to build a future free from the injustice of poverty where the rights of women and girls are promoted and respected.
http://www.oxfam.ca/about
About Oxfam Canada
3
We want justice in the world
We speak out for systemic change
We make things happen here and now
FUNDING (where it gets money and where it spends