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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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Middle East Crisis: the latest
It has been over a year since the conflict in Gaza escalated — a year of families living without their homes, their loved ones or the basic supplies they need to survive.
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Clean water means a bright future
Thanks to Oxfam supporters, Miriam's community in rural Zambia has clean, safe, water every single day.
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Let me tell you about the strong women I met in Zambia
Let Oxfam Australia's storyteller, Kate, tell you about the strong women she met in Zambia, and how they fight to...
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Meet amazing Annie: she’s on a mission to save lives
Annie is a beacon of hope in her community in Zambia. She's on a mission to empower and educate her...
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A shaky arrival in Nepal
Lives were lost, homes reduced to rubble, and livelihoods shattered — but Muna survived. And amid the chaos, she welcomed...
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Surviving cholera was an extra special Gift for Melinda
Melinda and her family live in a town called John Laing in Lusaka, Zambia. She was nearly nine months pregnant...
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When dirty water is your only option
Many parents worry about the health and wellbeing of their precious children. But parents like Priscilla, have extra reason to...
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Strength is not optional for women like Hira
Hira walks for 14 hours a day to collect water for her family — all because there is no clean...
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A lifetime spent searching for clean water
In the remote mountains of Far West Nepal, women like Dhana have dedicated their entire lives to the relentless chore...
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Nine months pregnant, Kiran carries heavy loads of water to survive
Kiran, who is nine months pregnant, just wants her children to grow up healthy and strong. But she has no...
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The struggle for clean water — dispatch from Far West Nepal
Oxfam's Kate Bensen reports from the field in Far West Nepal, where nearly 3 in 4 people survive on dirty,...
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Living, loving, laughing proof of human resilience
With five grandchildren in her care, Zivei survived the worst of Zimbabwe’s drought with her spirit and humour intact.
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“We only need water”
The water crisis in Nepal is so acute that in Darchula, a group of women came together to advocate for...
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