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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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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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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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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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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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A life-changing, life-saving toilet
In Kenya's capital, Nairobi, almost two million people live in informal settlements or 'slums'. Water and sanitation facilities are completely...
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Our gender champions: a story of Sary and Polin
The Mekong river is a vital resource for poor and vulnerable people in the lower Mekong region, including essential water...
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Journey to Ambrym: delivering aid to Vanuatu
It was on Monday 23 March when the first Vanuatu ferry loaded its cargo of much-needed aid for some of...
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Cyclone Pam: the ‘perfect’ storm
Cyclone Pam is a tragic reminder that least developed countries – who have contributed almost nothing to the problem of...
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“We have had to use all of our savings to buy food”
"As our plane descended into Port Vila, I caught glimpses of the islands that make up Vanuatu between perfectly formed...
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“My only thought was that ‘this is the end’.”
Lisa was heavily pregnant when Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu. She and her husband decided to leave their home though and...
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