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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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Rankin in Kenya
In this video, recorded when he was in drought-stricken Turkana to take photos for Oxfam, photographer Rankin tells how moved...
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Cash-for-work in Kenya: Building latrines at Dadaab camp
Our cash-for-work program in Dadaab is not only helping refugees earn vital income, but is also giving them a sense...
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A mother’s impotence in East Africa
In this moving piece by Irina Fuhrmann, women from the drought-stricken Kenyan village of Kanukurdio tell of their struggles to...
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Is famine in East Africa linked to climate change?
The question says it all: what role does climate change have in the current East African drought and famine? While...
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Giving women a voice in emergencies
In emergency situations, women have specific needs - but often don't get the chance to speak freely about them. In...
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“Your son is not sick. He just needs to eat”
Oxfam International's media officer, Louis Belanger, describes how the announcement of famine in parts of Somalia has affected aid workers...
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Video diary from Dadaab
Anna Ridout from Oxfam reports from Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya for CNN, taking us behind the scenes and...
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“A perfect storm” in Somalia: Mary Robinson in East Africa
Oxfam Global Ambassador Mary Robinson recently returned to Somalia, almost 20 years after her first trip to the country. In...
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Clean water for Dadaab’s most vulnerable
Oxfam is at Dadaab, supplying Somalian refugees on the camp's outskirts with desperately needed water. Check out our photo gallery...
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Famine in Somalia: what does it mean?
Famine in East Africa: what does it mean, exactly? When does a food crisis become a famine, and what are...
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Seventy tons of aid sets off for Ethiopia food crisis
On 17 July, a huge batch of life-saving aid was dispatched to drought-stricken Ethiopia from Oxfam's Bicester warehouse, including water,...
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“A better life will come”: bringing water to Hindeysa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit by the drought currently affecting East Africa. But for a small village...
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