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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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Bakery group turns mums into breadwinners in Tanzania
Subsistence handouts can only go so far in a place like Nyarugusu camp. So Oxfam is instead focused on practical...
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A Tailor in Tanzania
Once, Buchumi was a primary school teacher. But when war broke out, he was forced to flee to a refugee...
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Through a Mother’s Eyes: Life in Nduta Refugee Camp
The Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania is home to more than 55,000 personal stories of survival and hope. Godebrite's remarkable...
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172 billion reasons to close tax loopholes and end tax havens
Oxfam estimates that tax dodging by Australian multinational corporations will deprive PNG of around $4 million in health and sanitation-related...
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Budget 2016: Do you know what’s missing?
Budget 2016, it had it all: “the economy”, bracket creep, innovation, nimbleness, agility, debt and deficit. Surely that’s everything, right?...
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The results are in: Oxfam in 2015
What have we accomplished in 2015? Watch our short year in review video and hear from Chief Executive of Oxfam...
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The remarkable case of the disappearing aid budget
Australian aid provides much needed relief in times of disaster and helps communities prepare for and reduce the impacts of...
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A new Einstein could be living in Cambodia
Last month, we held a competition to find out how important secondary students thought Australian aid is in building a...
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Could the future of Timor-Leste be decided in New York?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit will be held in New York next month and has the potential to change...
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Australia: Show us the money to help end poverty in Addis Ababa
Helping to end poverty and inequality, and supporting communities to tackle climate change – they’re the biggest challenges facing the...
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Another Unfair Budget for Australian Aid
Our fears have been confirmed. The Government has made the worst cuts to aid in our nation’s history, showing that...
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10 unique ways people are taking on climate change — and 3 things you can do to help
From droughts in Australia to cyclones in Vanuatu, we’re all feeling the effects of climate change. But droughts, floods, storms,...
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