It is said in a written statement at the ‘Meet the Media’ event that in 1970, Oxfam started operations in Bangladesh by standing next to people who were victims of severe cyclones and floods. Oxfam played an incredible role in providing food, shelter and medical supplies to millions of displaced people in the wake of the liberation war in 1971. After independence, Oxfam has played a role in rehabilitating refugees as well as natural disasters and poverty alleviation in newly independent countries.
In the event, various examples of Oxfam’s work were highlighted and it was said that the most notable of Oxfam’s service activities during the War of Liberation was the provision of 100,000 doses of cholera vaccine within 72 hours. Apart from this, the agency also provided high-nutrition food powder, toilet facilities and warm clothes and blankets to the refugee camps.
