Community Aid Abroad was founded by Father Gerard Kennedy Tucker, an Anglican clergyman in 1953. After hearing one of Father Tucker's speeches, a few pensioners in a nursing home saved up 12 shillings each week to send to patients in a hospital in an Indian Village. The original group was established in Melbourne and known as Food for Peace. Eventually, the groups spread and in 1962 the name was changed to Community Aid Abroad. The new name described the campaign better – they weren't rallying just for food, they were aiming to help communities all over the world. By 1972, 160 groups were established all over Australia and Community Aid Abroad was welcomed under the Oxfam umbrella, becoming the Australian branch of the now well-known Oxfam network. In 1992, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad merged with another NGO – the Australian Freedom from Hunger campaign. By this stage, Community Aid Abroad was now receiving an annual income of over $12 million. Today, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad has more than 170 groups and an office in each Australian State capital, with over 200,000 Australian supporters.
             The main aim of Community Aid Abroad is "to find a lasting solution to poverty, suffering and injustice" as stated by Oxfam. They support community based self-help development projects as well as responding to disasters and emergencies all over the world. Community Aid Abroad believes people have 5 basic rights and work hard to achieve these for all people. They are:
             - The right to a sustainable livelihood (basic needs such as potable water, food, shelter and preservation of natural resources)
             - The right to services (clean water, sanitation, health, and education. Supporting people to lobby their government for services)
             - The right to life and security (emergency aid during disasters, helping people rebuild, repair and live free from fear, displacement, and war)
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