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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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10 unique ways people are taking on climate change — and 3 things you can do to help
From droughts in Australia to cyclones in Vanuatu, we’re all feeling the effects of climate change. But droughts, floods, storms,...
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What is Illovo and three reasons why you should care
Illovo is the latest food and beverage company to adopt a zero tolerance land grabs policy. Will it follow through...
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‘Give Happy, Live Happy’ – Oxfam Trailwalker Volunteers
The theme for National Volunteer Week in 2015 is ‘Give Happy, Live Happy’ – and no one knows this better...
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Oxfam delivering aid in Nepal
Oxfam has been delivering aid for more than a week, building pit toilets, providing shelter and clean water and distributing...
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Banking on shaky ground: one year on
Communities unfairly forced off their land are plunged into poverty. They often face the threat of violence for speaking out...
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2.8 million displaced: Nepal survivors face second disaster
The earthquake in Nepal has razed more than 70,000 homes to the ground and damaged countless others. Thousands of people are...
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Oxfam responds to Nepal earthquake: people of Nepal in dire need.
The heartbreaking aftermath of the Nepal earthquake continues. Oxfam is on the ground already providing clean water, pit toilets and...
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A shocking record on Indigenous incarceration
It’s a shocking record – one that’s devastating lives and tearing communities apart. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are...
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Donations needed in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake
Oxfam teams are now in Kathmandu responding to Nepal’s most powerful earthquake in decades. More than 3.5 million people are estimated to...
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Kathmandu was ever a disaster-in-waiting
Shaheen Chughtai (Oxfam's Deputy Head of Humanitarian Policy and Campaigns) is in Kathmandu. She shares her firsthand experiences The densely...
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One aid worker is courageously telling the world what life is really like in Yemen right now
Nuha is an aid worker in Yemen and speaking out the conflict now affecting millions of ordinary people in her...
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Term two featured school resource: fair trade
For many students, shopping is already tied to their lives. It’s what they do on the weekend, it forms part...
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