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Mosammat Rabeya Begum in Bangladesh

“With rice saved up we don't need to ask for help from other people.”
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“My Mum said to me, if we all help somebody and they help someone else it spreads”
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“I'm very happy inside, I'm satisfied.”
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“In Syria we had free healthcare and running water.”
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84%

is spent fighting poverty

9%

is spent on vital support costs

7%

goes towards raising the next £1

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Mosammat is president of a community food bank in Bangladesh, supported by an Oxfam local partner. Photo: Saikat Mojumder / Oxfam

Mosammat

£25 could help families facing hunger to get emergency food

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I don’t want to see the next generation suffering from floods, hunger, or lack of education.

Mosammat, food bank president, Bangladesh