Category: Aid & development
Aid is one of Australia’s most important contributions to ending extreme poverty and inequality around the world.
50 days on from the Turkiye-Syria Earthquake: Oxfam’s response
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On February 6, a powerful earthquake hit southern Turkiye and northern Syria, causing widespread destruction and leaving many families struggling to recover. Oxfam KEDV has been working with women’s cooperatives in some of the worst impacted provinces in Turkiye to help provide support to survivors. The impact of the Turkiye-Syria Earthquake As of 13 March […] Read more »
The Partner-led response: How Oxfam is supporting Ukrainian refugees in Romania through local communities
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Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in 2022, more than six million refugees have been recorded across Europe. In response, Oxfam partnered with local community organisations, working alongside them to operate faster and more effectively as the crisis unfolded. Through partnering with FFCR (Romanian Federation for Community Foundations), comprising of 12 community foundations and […] Read more »
4 years without rain, but not without hope: life in drought-affected Wajir, Kenya.
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A swirling sandstorm. As the dust rises it reveals a vast land that has is bare and dry. It would be picturesque only if the people in the land of Wajir, Kenya were not experiencing the longest hard-hitting drought in the region so far. “The thing I miss the most is the bells ringing as […] Read more »
Yemen: Cash transfers in Aslam district supporting drought-hit families
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Find out how Oxfam is helping families affected by the drought in Yemen through cash transfer payments. Read more »
Bangladesh: A new start for Nooreja
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Meet Nooreja Begum, a self-employed businesswoman who is single-handedly supporting her two sons and her mother with the money she earns selling sweets from her ‘mobile sweet shop’. Thanks to supporters like you, Nooreja, from the district of Jamalpur in Bangladesh, has been able to build a thriving business. She took part in a skills […] Read more »
The hunger virus multiplies: Deadly recipe of conflict, Covid-19 and climate accelerate world hunger
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A year and a half since the pandemic began, deaths from hunger are outpacing
the virus. Ongoing conflict, combined with the economic disruptions of the
pandemic and an escalating climate crisis, has deepened poverty and
catastrophic food insecurity in the world’s hunger hotspots and established
strongholds in new epicentres of hunger. Read more »
Accountable Governance for Resilient Development
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Oxfam Australia’s vision is a just and sustainable world without poverty. This requires transforming the systems and power structures that create inequality and injustice. Read more »
Australia must contribute its fair share to the UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan
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In fragile states, war zones and in poor countries, the human and economic costs of COVID-19 threaten to kill millions and push billions more into poverty. Read more »
Australia is learning firsthand what our neighbours have suffered for years
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The bushfires have shown us what climate change looks like. A reality millions are facing today all over the world. We reflect on the crisis and what we can do today. Read more »
Turning your emergency donation into instant aid with Blockchain
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New Blockchain technology has the potential to deliver emergency cash transfers in a faster, cheaper and more transparent fashion than ever before. Read more »