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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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Be part of the world’s greatest bank job
Imagine if a tiny tax on international banking transactions could help tackle poverty around the world.
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Volunteering with Oxfam in Cambodia
I’m Dustin (from Melbourne) and I’m in Cambodia, volunteering with Oxfam for 18 months through AusAID’s VIDA program.
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Cash for work scheme changing lives in Haiti
As well as providing, latrines, clean water, emergency shelter, other basic needs to people affected by the Haiti earthquake, Oxfam...
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We’re baaaaack! But worried that Australia is lagging behind
Last year we were overwhelmed by the pledges made to keep pressure on our government to act on climate change....
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Tackle poverty by holding your own Coffee Break
Making a difference to the lives of some of the world’s poorest communities is as easy as holding a Coffee...
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Keep the dream
In South Africa over 1.5 million children are orphaned as a result of HIV. Keep the Dream 196, is a...
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Get involved in National Close the Gap Day
Much progress has been made in the campaign to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, but...
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What do Haitians want?
Film students from Haiti's only film school ask Haitians about their priorities for the reconstruction of their country.
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Reading, writing and HIV
For Thandekile Chonco, the literacy class she attends in Qomokuphila village, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is not just about learning...
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Thank you! Your support has been tremendous
As a UN Climate Tracker you are part of a diverse global movement. A global movement that has inspired millions...
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Copenhagen is over: our future in crisis?
UN Climate Tracker Phil Ireland reports back on the Copenhagen climate talks, and what they failed to deliver for the...
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Shut out! But its not all bad.
I am currently writing to you from a warehouse somewhere outside the city of Copenhagen. Various NGOs have been scrambling...
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