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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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What does it mean to leave a legacy in your Will?
Many people find that they’re able to give more generously to Oxfam through their Will than they ever could during...
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What is a beneficiary of a Will?
Many people find that they’re able to give more generously to Oxfam through their Will than they ever could during...
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How to word a Will. What you should include when writing your own Will
Many people find that they’re able to give more generously to Oxfam through their Will than they ever could during...
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What can you achieve with a bequest in your Will?
Many people find that they’re able to give more generously to Oxfam through their Will than they ever could during...
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Australian students shine a light on Indigenous health equality
Oxfam's Schools Program social media volunteer and guest blogger, Benjamin Clark, reveals the top entries from the 2016 Close the...
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They survived the violence, but they can’t survive without clean water
“There is only one activity in the community — surviving.” Louise and her family escaped armed rebels, but now they...
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“My mother taught us not to run when you are scared”
Berta Cáceres was brutally murdered on 2 March 2016. Why and by whom? Two months after her death there have...
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Carrying the weight of war: portraits along the road to Rubaya
To survive, men, women and children transport goods along the dirt road carrying everything from coal to vegetables. Some people...
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Volunteer to career: where could your volunteer experience take you?
While volunteering at Oxfam doesn’t always lead to a job, many staff at Oxfam began their career as volunteers and...
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Budget 2016: Do you know what’s missing?
Budget 2016, it had it all: “the economy”, bracket creep, innovation, nimbleness, agility, debt and deficit. Surely that’s everything, right?...
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How people power changed the world’s biggest brands
The Behind the Brands campaign has pressured food giants like Nestlé, Mondelez, Mars, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg to...
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How students can fight exploitation with Instagram
Australia’s young people have an important role to play in calling out exploitation in some of the country’s most loved...
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