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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.

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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May 9, 2017

A mother’s marathon for water in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, mothers like Ida literally walk a marathon every day, to provide water for their children. The countless hours...

Children play in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons, in Amran governorate, Yemen. Among the 2 million IDPs in Yemen, 55% are children. Many are suffering from severe malnutrition. Photo: Oxfam.

April 24, 2017

Yemen on the brink: conflict is pushing millions towards famine

More than two years of brutal conflict in Yemen have forced millions of families to leave their homes, and pushed...

March 31, 2017

“I am worried about my children. What will they eat?”

For more than 16 months, Ethiopia has been in drought. Water reserves are running out, crops are burnt and dying,...

Photo: Loreto Normanhurst Aboriginal Studies Instagram @abstudies2017

April 18, 2017

Australian students use Instagram to Close the Gap

“It is our responsibility as members of today’s generation to improve the way of life for the next generation.” While...

March 31, 2017

Tackling poverty by changing minds, systems and lives

How you are joining forces with people who share the belief that no-one should live in poverty, to empower communities...

March 24, 2017

How we’re scraping by through the Yemen war

With the international media focused on the war in Syria, the Yemeni crisis is largely forgotten. The country is under...

March 20, 2017

How canoes are saving lives in South Sudan

A unique Oxfam run canoeing program in South Sudan is assisting communities to seek refuge rapidly in an emergency, and...

For Subi*, becoming a member of the Oxfam-supported beekeping group has changed his life.
Photo: Phil Moore/Oxfam

March 17, 2017

A hive of activity in Tanzania’s refugee camps

Oxafm is supporting a unique project in Tanzania, so that refugees can learn new skills to work their own way...

March 16, 2017

“We need to have a say in what happens to our kids”

Born and bred in Alice Springs, Donna began her leadership journey at the age of 17, motivated to address the...

Cormach Evans has been training hard for an upcoming sporting fundraisier, to help combat the health issues faced by Indigenous men in his community.Photo: Ky White Photos

March 16, 2017

Paddling for men’s Indigenous health

After tackling his own mental health issues, Cormach Evans is now determined to improve the health and wellbeing of other...

Aline*, a refugee, sits with her youngest daughter, Gloriose* (2 years 7 months), outside her tent in the Nyarugusu refugee camp.
Photo: Phil Moore/Oxfam

March 9, 2017

Bakery group turns mums into breadwinners in Tanzania

Subsistence handouts can only go so far in a place like Nyarugusu camp. So Oxfam is instead focused on practical...

National Close the Gap participants hold a banner in support of Indigenous health equality

March 9, 2017

10 shameful facts that will make you want to Close the Gap

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are faced with disproportionate rates of preventable disease, injury and mental health challenges. It's...