NAIROBI, Kenya (AN) — Oxfam International announced on Wednesday that it plans to shed almost 30% of its global staff and pull up stakes in 18 nations due to financial hardship from the coronavirus pandemic and other crises.
The Nairobi-based anti-poverty organization said it will lay off 1,500 of its almost 5,000 program staff as part of "strategic changes" that also include cutting ties with 700 of its nearly 1,900 partner organizations.