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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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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.

Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam

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January 11, 2019

Thank you for tackling poverty with us in 2018

When people needed help in 2018, you gave them hope.

January 15, 2019

Clean water means a bright future

Thanks to Oxfam supporters, Miriam's community in rural Zambia has clean, safe, water every single day.

November 26, 2018

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...

November 23, 2018

What She Makes Game

Try out this classroom round table role play/ debate game!

Help save lives from cholera today

November 22, 2018

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...

November 8, 2018

A shaky arrival in Nepal

Lives were lost, homes reduced to rubble, and livelihoods shattered — but Muna survived. And amid the chaos, she welcomed...

Melinda was diagnosed with cholera when she was eight months pregnant. Clean water and sanitation can help families in Zambia protect themselves from cholera.

November 9, 2018

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...

November 1, 2018

Leading the way along the Salween River

How one local woman is mobilising villages to show their love for the free-flowing river, and defying those who wish...

Priscilla and her family are forced to drink contaminated water. Clean water and sanitation can help families in Zambia protect themselves from cholera.

October 31, 2018

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...

Sammy J holding a sign that says "Pay a living wage"

December 6, 2018

Sammy J says: Dear Kmart, Increase What She Makes

Sammy J speaks for a lot of us – when we’re shopping, we all love a bargain. But, the bargain...

October 16, 2018

Cycling with Grace in Malawi

We know that education gives young people a path out of poverty. But the pathway to education is, quite literally,...

Neetan Teejo, rights activist in Pakistan

September 11, 2018

Meet courageous rights activist Neetan Teejo

A courageous rights activist in Pakistan, who has helped dozens of people escape unfair debts that were keeping them in...