Tag: livelihoods
![Children in PNG , Simbu Province hold up onions that have provided their families with income and resources. Children hold onions outside their school building](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/onionsschoolkidspng1.jpg)
How onions are helping families to smile in Papua New Guinea
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Thanks to you, we’re empowering families in PNG to earn an income through onion farming – which means that their kids can go to school, eat nutritious food, and build proper housing! Read more »
![Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/OxfamAUS Kathmandu, Nepal: Durga (4th from L), founder and owner of a local weaving business with her employees. Together we're supporting thousands of women like Durga to set up their own businesses in Nepal.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RS91358_ATS_Nepal_768-lpr-1.jpg)
How you’re helping women artisans set up shop in Nepal
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Thanks to you, we’re able to support 2700 earthquake-affected men and women with the tools and training to set up their own businesses in Nepal. Read more »
![Help farming families in Ghana leave poverty behind with clean water and compost solutions.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/108159scr_1170x500.jpg)
Nurturing land and life in Ghana
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Poverty is a complex problem with many causes. But when you break it down, sometimes the best solutions are remarkably simple — like compost. Read more »
![Photo: Savann Ouerm/Oxfam America Oxfam is helping local rice farmers in Vietnam work smarter and grow more](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/OUS_51982__99A1536-scr.jpg)
Solutions that stick in Vietnam
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In northern Vietnam, the only thing sweeter than sticky rice… is more sticky rice. So Oxfam is helping local rice farmers work smarter and grow more. Read more »
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Notes from the field: Zimbabwe
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Oxfam’s Kate Bensen travelled to Zimbabwe to see first-hand how you’re helping us respond to the hunger crisis. She couldn’t believe how different it is to what she’d imagined. Read more »
![Florence and her husband, Masikati live in a simple house in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.
Photo: Abbie Trayler Smith/OxfamAUS](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/85798lpr_Florence_husband_Zimbabwe_1170x500.jpg)
Mobile money breaks the cash drought in Zimbabwe
At the height of the drought in Zimbabwe, our mobile cash transfers gave Florence and her family a rare glimpse of hope. We gave Florence a mobile phone so she could receive cash transfers via text to pay for basic food items. Read more »
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Women working together
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An Oxfam initiative in the north-west region of Vietnam is bringing women farmers together to make a huge difference in how they work, and also improving how they’re treated in the community. Read more »
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A mother’s marathon for water in Zimbabwe
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In Zimbabwe, mothers like Ida literally walk a marathon every day, to provide water for their children. The countless hours spent traipsing to collect water takes time that should be spent working or learning — this entrenches the cycle of poverty. Read more »
![For Subi*, becoming a member of the Oxfam-supported beekeping group has changed his life.
Photo: Phil Moore/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/97698scr_Tanzania_bee_Phil-MooreOxfam_1170x500.jpg)
A hive of activity in Tanzania’s refugee camps
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Oxafm is supporting a unique project in Tanzania, so that refugees can learn new skills to work their own way out of poverty… and it’s got people buzzing with excitement. Read more »
![Buchumi, Tailor, Tanzania. Photo: Amy Christian/Oxfam oxfam tailor tanzania](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/oxfam.jpg)
A Tailor in Tanzania
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Once, Buchumi was a primary school teacher. But when war broke out, he was forced to flee to a refugee camp in Tanzania. Here is life would change forever. Read more »