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

May 1, 2018

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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May 2, 2018

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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Nur*, 18 stands outside the Oxfam toilet that was installed near where she and her family have set up a home high on a hill in Balukali Camp, Bangladesh

April 13, 2018

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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April 12, 2018

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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May 4, 2018

“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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March 9, 2018

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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Meg Quartermaine

December 8, 2017

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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September 28, 2017

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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September 27, 2017

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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July 31, 2017

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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August 15, 2017

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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July 31, 2017

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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