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When you support Oxfam, you help create a world without the inequality that fuels poverty. Here’s what that looks like for the communities we work with.
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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.
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World Humanitarian Day 2012
Sunday 19 August is World Humanitarian Day (WHD), and this year's theme is "Do something good, somewhere, for someone else."
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On the ground in West Africa
Oxfam's Andrew Hewett and former Democrats leader Natasha Stott Despoja are currently visiting Burkina Faso, one of the West African...
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“We are all African”
Some of African most talented musicians, actors and writers have joined forces in support of West Africa, writing a public...
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Flooding in the Philippines
What we know so far about this week's floods in the Philippines.
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A long way from Hogwarts: Bonnie Wright in West Africa
Better known as Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter films, actress Bonnie Wright is also an Oxfam Ambassador. And it...
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Support the Sahel region of West Africa
In the Sahel region of West Africa, an estimated 18.7 million people are currently experiencing severe food shortages, with more...
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Damon Albarn unplugged in Mali for Oxfam
Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn has joined forces with Malian musician Afel Bofoum and Oxfam to raise awareness of...
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Video dispatch from Niger
Oxfam's Chee Chee Leung files her second video update from West Africa - this time from Niamey, Niger.
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What a difference a jerry can makes
A year since famine was declared in parts of Somalia, we bring you this good-news story about how the humble...
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Dadaab: One year after the famine
One year after the East Africa food crisis was declared, Oxfam Great Britain's Jo Harrison returns to northen Kenya's Dadaab...
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South Sudan – one year on
One year after independence, South Sudan is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the war in 2005....
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“Water is life for the world” — East Africa one year later
A year since we launched our East Africa appeal, we bring you this incredible video and accompanying photos capturing a...
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