Success stories

Many 17-year-olds look forward to the moment when they can legally vote but not many plan to stand for election the same year.

New Blockchain technology has the potential to deliver emergency cash transfers in a faster, cheaper and more transparent fashion than ever before.

Best&Less have made a strong commitment to pay living wages throughout their supply chains. 

After years of campaigning from Oxfam supporters, Factory X commit to pay a living wage

Celebrating two years of tackling poverty in the fashion industry

From clever and hopeful, to the funny and angry, our favourite signs from the #ClimateStrike

Before joining an Oxfam-supported savings group, Francisco struggled to put food on the table for his family. Now, he knows how to manage money and chase his dreams — and his fortunes have turned around.

Best&Less have published 100% of their Tier 1 supplier lists, bringing their factories out of hiding and ensuring their supply chain is transparent. 

Thanks to you, we’re empowering families in PNG to earn an income through onion farming – which means that their kids can go to school, eat nutritious food, and build proper housing!

Country Road Group and David Jones made a big step forward on factory safety by joining the important Bangladesh Fire & Building Safety Accord. 

Melbourne-based fashion label ELK have made a real commitment to ensuring workers in their supply chain are paid a living wage.  

Thanks to you, we’re able to support 2700 earthquake-affected men and women with the tools and training to set up their own businesses in Nepal.

Cotton On has just announced they are strengthening their commitment to a living wage! Congratulations, Cotton On.

City Chic was the first Australian brand to make a real commitment to a living wage. 

Thanks to you, Oxfam teams are on the ground in Bangladesh, working to improve living conditions for the many Rohingya families seeking refuge in makeshift camps there.

Thanks to you, we’ve reached 22.3 million people in the past year with life-saving emergency aid or life-changing solutions to help tackle poverty. These are just some of their many stories.

Thanks to Oxfam supporters, Miriam’s community in rural Zambia has clean, safe, water every single day.

When people needed help in 2018, you gave them hope.

Lives were lost, homes reduced to rubble, and livelihoods shattered — but Muna survived. And amid the chaos, she welcomed her second son into the world.

How one local woman is mobilising villages to show their love for the free-flowing river, and defying those who wish to exploit it.

We know that education gives young people a path out of poverty. But the pathway to education is, quite literally, long and bumpy in Southern Malawi. So we’re breaking the cycle of poverty with… well, with cycles.

In northern Vietnam, the only thing sweeter than sticky rice… is more sticky rice. So Oxfam is helping local rice farmers work smarter and grow more.

Dirty water, poor sanitation and unsafe hygiene practices have made life incredibly hard for generations of women like Nola. But we are committed to improving access to clean water and hygienic sanitation facilities for families in Papua New Guinea — and around the world.

Tuzamurane pineapple farming cooperative has paved a pathway for Rwandan women to escape the cycle of poverty. With support from the co-op, female farmers can now send their children to school, pay for food and health care, buy land and invest in other small businesses.