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Cash for work scheme changing lives in Haiti

As well as providing, latrines, clean water, emergency shelter, other basic needs to people affected by the Haiti earthquake, Oxfam is also helping them to earn vital income through our cash-for-work scheme.

Oxfam’s cash-for-work scheme is paying people to clean up the camps – this allows people to purchase food from markets which have now re-opened. It also gives them a crucial sense of purpose as most people have no jobs and nothing to do. Our experience has shown us that people prefer money to goods or food, that way they have the power to buy the provisions they need.

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Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam

What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?

For over 15 months, the people of Gaza have endured a relentless war that has killed almost 50,000 people, left tens of thousands injured or missing, and displaced 90% of...

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Bangladesh: Jannat with her family. Jannat lives in Nayapara, in the Cox's Bazar area which hosts over 1.7 million Rohingya refugees. Her community was severely impacted by water scarcity until Oxfam partner organisation NGO Forum installed a Mini Piped Water Distribution Network, enabling community members to access safe, clean water whenever they need. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam

What is the Rohingya crisis?

Who are the Rohingya people? The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group from Myanmar, where they have faced decades of persecution and have been denied citizenship. Since the late...

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Lebanon: Oxfam working collaboratively to address the needs of displaced people in North Lebanon. Photo: Rima Nabouls/Oxfam

Middle East Crisis: the latest

It has been over a year since the conflict in Gaza escalated — a year of families living without their homes, their loved ones or the basic supplies they need to...

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