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Oxfam GB - leading UK charity fighting global poverty

Jameela Ahmed's children sitting in the room they live in.
Photo: Gabreez/Oxfam

THE PEOPLE OF YEMEN ARE NOT STARVING.
THEY ARE BEING STARVED.

Continuing conflict, airstrikes and restrictions on imports have left 14 million people facing famine in Yemen. Over three years of violence has pushed the country to the brink of famine.

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Keeping people safe

Keeping people safe

From constantly improving safeguarding policies, to installing solar lights that make refugee camps more secure, keeping people safe is a vital part of our work worldwide. And last year, we made some big changes to better protect the people we serve.

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Yemen Crisis Appeal

Yemen is on the brink of famine.

Millions of people are in extreme hunger across the country and the wider humanitarian situation continues to worsen.

Oxfam is working in the worst affected areas in Yemen. We're helping so that families can feed themselves over the coming weeks. We're supplying clean, safe water for drinking and washing.

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Free chocolate goat

Hide a Goat gift in someone's stocking and get a FREE chocolate one!

With Oxfam Unwrapped, you really can give a gift that lasts. Because when you surprise your loved one with a goat, a chicken or even a pineapple, you'll help people around the world beat poverty - for good.

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Battling hunger in DRC

Oxfam supporters are getting life-saving supplies to people in dire need in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We are reaching more than 400,000 people in the DRC, providing them with clean water, sanitation, and seeds for crops. See how you are helping

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Protecting the people we work with

Oxfam is committed to keeping our staff, volunteers and the people we work with, safe. From constantly improving safeguarding policies, to installing solar lights that make refugee camps more secure, keeping people safe is a vital part of our work worldwide. And last year, we made some big changes to better protect the people we serve. To find out more, read our safeguarding policies and 10-point action plan to tackle abuse, or get in touch. 

In focus

Fighting hunger in South Sudan

Oxfam supporters are helping Gabrial save lives in South Sudan. He keeps hope afloat and helps hungry families stranded on remote islands in the swamps of South Sudan.

Meet Gabrial and his canoe colleagues

Getting clean water running in Yemen

"I wish I could go back to my house and go to school. But I can't because we were forced to move." 11 year-old Mujahed is one of 2.8 million people we're helping in Yemen. Water, sanitation, and food vouchers are saving lives.

Millions of people are hungry

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Innovation: you make it happen

We've been innovating to beat poverty for over 70 years and, as Oxfam public health engineer Abdus Sobhan explains, that means constantly searching for new ideas that work well now and stand the test of time.

Buckets, and even pee-power

For every £1 you give to Oxfam

  • 83p

    is spent fighting poverty

  • 10p

    is spent on vital support costs

  • 7p

    goes towards raising the next £1

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Together we are changing and saving lives

From protecting families forced to flee their homes, to making sure children get a chance at a future without poverty - we rely on brilliant supporters to make sure our dedicated teams can be where they're needed most.

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See items leaving our warehouses around the world to help the poorest communities.

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