Category: Success stories
With the help of our generous supporters, we are changing lives every day. Here are some success stories to warm your heart.
![Photo: Youth Change Vanuatu, Supplied YCV](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/YCV.jpg)
Mini’s Remarkable Story of Change
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Like many Ni-Vanuatu young women, Mini Mului had always enjoyed school, but had to leave when she fell pregnant. Read how her life, and the lives of many other young Ni-Vanuatu people were changed forever as a result of Youth Challenge Vanuatu, a partner of Oxfam. Read more »
![Photo: Timothy Herbert/OxfamAUS Behind the Brands Timothy Herbert 74183lpr 1170](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Behind-the-Brands_Timothy-Herbert_74183lpr_1170.jpg)
How people power changed the world’s biggest brands
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The Behind the Brands campaign has pressured food giants like Nestlé, Mondelez, Mars, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg to change their policies for people and the planet. Three years later, how far have these companies come? Read more »
![Tereza and her daughter. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAUS Tereza and daughter 75908lpr 1170](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tereza-and-daughter_75908lpr_1170.jpg)
What does Oxfam Unwrapped mean for mums?
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No matter where you live, raising a family is a tough job. But if you’re a parent living in poverty, raising a family becomes more than a difficult task: it can test their very limits to survive. Read more »
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The benefits of clean water in 6 beautiful photos
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Oxfam is providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene education in some of the world’s poorest countries. In fact, it’s one of the things we do best. View six beautiful photographs that showcase the benefits of clean water after an emergency and in our long-term development work. Read more »
![Irene with her children. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAUS Irene smiles with holding two of her children in Zambia](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/88393_Zambia_Irene_1170x500_Abbie-Trayler-Smith.jpg)
These women are fighting against extreme poverty … with bananas.
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Every day Irene would risk her life to water her crops and feed her children. Today, she’s a co-producer at an award-winning banana farm and changing the future for her family. Discover how Oxfam and you make a difference to people in poverty around the world. Read more »
![Oxfam Australia CEO Helen Szoke and Shirley Laban, manager of Oxfam’s climate change program in Vanuatu and coordinator of the Vanuatu Climate Action Network, Takara village on Efate Island, Vanuatu. Photo: Groovy Banana/OxfamAUS Oxfam Australia CEO Helen Szoke and Shirley Laban, manager of Oxfam’s climate change program in Vanuatu and coordinator of the Vanuatu Climate Action Network, Takara village on Efate Island, Vanuatu](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Helen-Szoke_Year-in-review_1170x500.jpg)
The results are in: Oxfam in 2015
What have we accomplished in 2015? Watch our short year in review video and hear from Chief Executive of Oxfam Australia Dr Helen Szoke as she reflects on the success on some of our biggest moments and the challenges we still face. Read more »
![Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAUS December Appeal Alasaane Baby Marie Abbie Trayler](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/December-Appeal_Alasaane_Baby-Marie_Abbie-Trayler-Smith_1170x500.jpg)
Why clean water is vital in the fight against malnutrition
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Niger has more malnourished children than almost anywhere in the world. But Nurse Alassane Amadu has seen big changes in his community since the arrival of clean water and hygiene. Read more »
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Oxfam Unwrapped: How does it work?
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Charlie the Goat gives you the rundown on Oxfam Unwrapped and why charity gift cards are an excellent Christmas gift. Read more »
![Binta and Fati. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAUS Niger has a serious malnutrition crisis and mothers like Binta risk losing their children](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Niger_Binta-and-Fati_Abbie-Trayler-Smith_1170x500.jpg)
It’s the simple things that lift families out of despair
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Malnutrition is a serious problem in countries like Niger — children die every day. But Oxfam supporters are providing simple but life-changing items to tackle a vicious cycle. Read more »
![Mariama, 24. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam Mariama lost her child due to malnutrition. A lack of clean water meant proper medical treatment could not be provided.](https://oxfamautest.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Mariama_Abbie-Trayler-Smith-Oxfam_1170X500.jpg)
The difference between life and death
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Mariama lived through a mother’s worst nightmare. Now she lives with her grief — and the pain of knowing her daughter’s two short years were filled with sickness. Read more »