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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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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 survive.
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Nine months pregnant, Kiran carries heavy loads of water to survive
Kiran, who is nine months pregnant, just wants her children to grow up healthy and strong. But she has no...
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The struggle for clean water — dispatch from Far West Nepal
Oxfam's Kate Bensen reports from the field in Far West Nepal, where nearly 3 in 4 people survive on dirty,...
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Foreign aid: Australia must match the generosity of those we’re helping
Australia needs a generous and stable aid program that leaves no one behind, bolsters the capacity and responsibility of countries...
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Living, loving, laughing proof of human resilience
With five grandchildren in her care, Zivei survived the worst of Zimbabwe’s drought with her spirit and humour intact.
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“We only need water”
The water crisis in Nepal is so acute that in Darchula, a group of women came together to advocate for...
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Working with our First Peoples – a history
In this edited extract from the book Practical Visionaries, Susan Blackburn explains how Oxfam’s predecessor, Community Aid Abroad (CAA), began...
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Bearing witness on Manus Island
Oxfam Australia's Humanitarian Lead, Meg Quartermaine, traveled to Manus Island as part of an Australian delegation of INGOs to explore...
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A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya families are living in makeshift camps, without shelter and clean water. If they're lucky, they...
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We’d like to dedicate this one to you
Last week, thanks to your support, Oxfam Australia was presented with ‘Best Social Innovation’ at the 2017 Australian Financial Review’s...
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Meet the women in Ghana who are turning honey into money
Augustina, a mother of three, is defying tradition and gender inequality in rural Ghana, with her own thriving honey business.
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Helping Ghana’s poorest women turn money into honey
Augustina’s life was soured by hunger and uncertainty, until she was empowered, with the help of Oxfam, to start her...
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In rural Ghana, the greatest burden is carried by women
In rural Ghana, the pangs of the Hungry Season are felt in all corners of the community. But the greatest...
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