Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025. It has caused massive devastation and impacted countless lives. Oxfam Australia is working alongside member charities through the Emergency Action Alliance to help support urgent relief efforts.
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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.
“We have to work together in term of conservation, because it will provide the long-term benefits for next generations.”
Meet Siphon
“I knew that our next step forward was going to be to digitise our knowledge, just because of technology — that’s the way that it’s going.”
Meet Obby![Bangladesh: Munni is a tea garden worker and earns just 170 Taka [AU$2.30] per day. She has to take out loans in order to buy groceries and then struggles to pay these loans back. Munni attended training run by Oxfam partner organisation, Breaking the Silence, and says she has gained courage through this training. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Munni-crop.png "Bangladesh: Munni is a tea garden worker and earns just 170 Taka [AU$2.30] per day. She has to take out loans in order to buy groceries and then struggles to pay these loans back. Munni attended training run by Oxfam partner organisation, Breaking the Silence, and says she has gained courage through this training. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam")
“When meetings started here, I attended those and gradually gained courage.”
Meet Munni
“When I became involved with the VPride … it also helped to build up my confidence.”
Meet Yannick
“I’m working with Oxfam on a project that supports women in rural areas to respond and adapt to natural disasters.”
Meet Magda
“There were many classes such as on gender, fishery law, negotiation skills and training on fish ecology … I think that is good for the community.”
Meet Chhorvy
“Being able to collaborate with the women all over the Kimberley and having women come from interstate as well, I think that’s just important — women coming together.”
Meet Katina
