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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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Pakistan 6 months on: The knitters of Aman Kot
Besides rural villages the floods devastated the lives and livelihoods of people living in urban areas like Aman Kot near...
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Pakistan flood crisis far from over
Oxfam spokesman in Pakistan, Amil Khan spoke recently with Santilla Chingaipe from SBS, warning that the crisis in flood-affected Pakistan...
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Thanks to prevention, fear of cholera is dissipating in Haiti
Since the first cases of cholera appeared in Haiti in October 2010, Oxfam has taken action to prevent it's spread....
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Rebuilding Haiti: Latrines change lives
Follow the flies. That was the idea behind a simple but eye-opening public health lesson Oxfam brought to the people...
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Haiti: after the quake – preventing disease
Oxfam is working in earthquake-affected areas of Haiti to provide clean water and sanitation as a means to prevent serious...
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Queensland floods aftermath: picking up the pieces
Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the Queensland floods. We've learned from our overseas humanitarian work that...
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Haiti one year on: creating jobs to help rebuild lives
A year after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010, 80% of Haitians still lack any formal...
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New hygiene habits in Haiti offer a glimmer of hope
Promoting health and hygiene is a major challenge in Haiti. In addition to barriers such as inadequate sanitary conditions and...
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Clean water in Haiti: cholera update
Our water engineers and program staff in Haiti are teaching people how to purify their water supplies to stop the...
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Rebuilding communities in Haiti: video update
Carrefour Feuilles, in Port-au-Prince, was one of the neighbourhoods hardest hit by the earthquake. In this video, Oxfam International media...
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Haiti cholera outbreak – video update
Julie Schindall, Oxfam's media officer in Haiti, discusses our public health work in response to the Cholera outbreak in Haiti.
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Pakistan floods: Zarina and Janat
In Dadu in Pakistan, Oxfam and local partners are providing water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, to thousands of people living...
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