Women like Zelesi need support to break free from poverty
Zelesi and her four young children live in Malawi. Despite Zelesi’s best efforts, her children fell sick from malnutrition and hunger. Her youngest grew so weak, she couldn’t walk.
There’s rarely enough food in her village and as Zelesi is the primary caregiver her time is often taken up with caring for her sick children. Without urgent support, women like Zelesi will struggle to lift themselves out of poverty.
You can enable women to empower themselves
By joining a group of committed supporters and giving a regular gift to Oxfam, you’ll enable women like Zelesi to access the critical support they need. This includes providing literacy opportunities, guidance on how to grow different crops that they can both eat and sell and other vital skills that they need to break themselves out of the cycle of poverty.
A regular gift of just $25 can help support women like Zelesi to achieve economic independence and help her overcome poverty for a more equal future.
With your support, women like Zelesi can change their lives
“Now that we have been empowered…things will change for the better, and we will be in a position to help other communities.” Join our Oxfam community today to help women and girls overcome gender discrimination, realise their potential, and take on leadership roles in their communities.
Join NowTogether, we can work with women and girls so they can lift themselves out of poverty
Raising women’s voices
Your regular gift can help promote female leadership, so women are able to speak out against harmful laws and stand up for their rights. When their voices are heard, women can get fair wages and decent working conditions and pass those benefits on to their families.
Supporting women and girls in emergencies
Emergencies can affect women and men in dramatically different ways. For example, in refugee camps, women and girls need lighting at night and separate toilets to stay secure and healthy. You can help women and girls live a life free from violence.
Helping women create and build sustainable businesses
You can help women to access loans, seeds, tools and training to start up their own businesses. Then, as women grow food or make products to sell, the benefits flow to their families and their whole community.
Empowered women can end poverty
Please join a committed group of supporters by giving an ongoing gift. Together, we will fight for an end to inequality, injustice and poverty.
Join NowWomen’s rights are under threat
All women and girls should be able to control their own destiny, and live free from violence.
Problem: Women’s rights are under constant threat. Many don’t have the same opportunities as men, and with one in three women likely to be victims of gender-based violence during their lifetime, violence against women remains one of the world’s most common human rights abuses.
When women and girls are given the opportunity to reach their full potential, economies and communities flourish.
Solution: With your help, Oxfam will advocate for gender equality, so that every person will have the same chance of success. All people should be able to live with choice, dignity, and equal opportunities to succeed and thrive.
Your regular donations could help support women and girls
By supporting women to empower themselves, we can look forward to a bright, equal future, free from poverty.
Achieve economic equality
Gain financial independence
Promote feminist leadership
Achieve a greater balance of household responsibilities
Receive equal pay for equal work
Challenge the patriarchal attitudes that drive abuse and keep women living in poverty
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You’ll be part of a global movement
In a single year, Oxfam’s worldwide work can reach more than 20.7 million people. You will support women, girls and other marginalised groups who are often overlooked in initiatives to help bring an end to global poverty.
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Oxfam’s current scale, resources and local partnerships enable us to act swiftly in the wake of natural disasters, climate emergencies and global conflicts. At any given time, you will be helping Oxfam and its partners respond to over 30 emergencies worldwide.
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Your donations will support a large network of on-the-ground partners who are campaigning for change. For example, Oxfam supporters helped mobilise 45 local partners, 141 community activist groups and over 1,000 coalition members to shape 10 new laws protecting women and girls in Uganda, Nigeria and Pakistan from violence.
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By joining Oxfam, you’ll help us exert tremendous influence on policy and system changes at international, national and local levels. For example, more than 140,000 people have joined our What She Makes campaign to demand that big clothing brands pay the women who make our clothes a living wage.
FAQ’s
What is a regular donation?
A regular donation is a way of supporting people living in poverty, not just for the short term but also for the future. Only with the help of our regular supporters can Oxfam make a sustainable difference in communities around the world and end the inequalities that keep them in poverty.
Why Oxfam?
With over 69 years of experience, Oxfam has been working with local partners and communities to provide immediate and long-term solutions that help people lift themselves out of poverty. From 2021-2022, Oxfam reached 15.6 million people in 90 countries around the world, all made possible with the support of people like you.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Regular donors will receive a consolidated tax receipt at the end of the Australian financial year (July). Once of donations will receive their tax receipt via email immediately after their donation. Donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. One taxation receipt (containing details of every donation) will be sent in July.
When will my donation be debited?
Your regular donation will be debited from your credit card or bank account every four weeks.
Your first debit will be made when you sign up online and the date of your schedule will be confirmed on the payment screen.
Where does the money go?
Your donation goes wherever the need is greatest and will support a range of Oxfam programs around the world.
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