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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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Oxfam Schools Program: meet Lucy
Lucy McCredie has been lending a helping hand at Oxfam’s Schools Program since November last year, in between finishing her...
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Nepal’s mountain guides helping Oxfam deliver aid to remote villages
In the last month two large earthquakes and more than 100 aftershocks have devastated Nepal. Thousands of survivors are now...
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What is food and nutrition security?
By Kate Wingrove, Dietician and Campaigns Volunteer On 26 May 2015, government representatives, researchers and civil society organisations will meet...
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5 things you can do to celebrate National Reconciliation Week
Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It's also about respect for...
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Ongoing violence in Yemen pushing country towards economic collapse
With the escalation of conflict in Yemen now in its second month, the country is now in the midst of...
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The good news and the bad news for garment workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is well known for the appalling conditions under which many of its garment sector employees have to work. Both...
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Flying toilets versus Fresh Life toilets
Davis has lived in Mukuru -- a giant urban settlement, or slum -- since the year 2000. The lack of...
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ChangeCourse participant Rhett Burraston is the NSW/ACT young achiever of the year
In 2012, Rhett Burraston was selected to participate in the ChangeCourse program -- a program run by Oxfam that provides...
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Good sanitation means more girls in school
On her way to school, Yusra negotiates the toxic human waste that lines the streets. The sanitation crisis in her...
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Making common sense of the Protection of Civilians
In 2012, Oxfam Australia commenced a project with Dr Phoebe Wynn Pope and the Australian Civil-Military Centre to deepen understanding...
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Another Unfair Budget for Australian Aid
Our fears have been confirmed. The Government has made the worst cuts to aid in our nation’s history, showing that...
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Sharing lessons from Cyclone Pam in Samoa
Just two months ago Vanuatu took a direct hit from Cyclone Pam — one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded...
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