Video archive
Video archive: 2008
Climate change: the frontline
Bangladesh is on the frontline of climate change. Local communities are demanding that the world sits up and takes notice of their plight. Caroline Gluck reports.
Gaza: running on empty
Even before the start of the Israeli military offensive in December 2008, civilians were already struggling under a crippling 18-month blockade.
Oxfam supplies water to Gaza's poorest
The Israeli blockade of Gaza since July 2007 has restricted the supply of clean water. Oxfam has provided water tanks to 3,000 of Gaza’s poorest families to help them cope with severe shortages.
Video archive: 2007
Aid money doing good
In 2007, Bill Nighy visited Tanzania and saw how aid money and the generosity of Oxfam’s supporters is doing wonderful things.
The grandfather of charity shops
There are over 700 Oxfam shop outlets across the UK, staffed by more than 20,000 volunteers, who help raise around £20 million annual profit. Joe Mitty, the very first shop manager, explains how it all came about. Joe sadly died in 2008 aged 88.
Bolly good show!
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan drops into an Oxfam shop to pick up a bargain, serve some customers, and donate an item or two of his own clothing.
Rubbish presents - the outtakes
In 2007, comedians and celebrities helped us make a video about 'the horror of rubbish presents', to promote the Oxfam Unwrapped gift catalogue. Here are the (even funnier) bits that never made the final cut.
Video archive: 2006
Who really gets your goat?
Ever wondered what happened to the goat you bought or received from the Oxfam Unwrapped catalogue? Eleanor Paish went to Rwanda to find out.
Living to tell the tale
Seriously injured in the London bombings of 2005, Susan Harrison owes her life to the British NHS. This is the story of her trip with Oxfam to Georgia, whose poor people struggle to get even the most basic health care. It's an experience shared by too many poor countries and one that Oxfam is working hard to change.
