Oxfam distances itself from KBF alliance, changes its poverty alleviation campaign name

ACTING Oxfam Country Director Yvonne Chibiya says the organisation seeks to create a just world free of poverty and inequality. Speaking when she featured on Radio Phoenix’s Our Zambia phone-in discussion programme last Thursday, Chibiya said Oxfam was not a political organisation and was not aligned to any political party. Last week, a political alliance adopted the slogan used by Oxfam “the Zambia we want”, prompting the charitable organisation to rebranded to “Our Zambia”. Our Zambia is a media series that seeks to inform and enable discussions on national development, governance and social issues. The series is facilitated by Oxfam and the Civil Society Poverty Observatory Group and syndicated to several radio stations, Diamond TV and Mwebantu Facebook live. “Oxfam…...