Oxfam has supplied people in Bangladesh with clean drinking water, emergency toilets, water pumps and food rations. — Photo: *Pablo Tosco / Oxfam*

We fight poverty now – and beat it for good.

Oxfam saves lives in disasters. We get clean water running, help people earn a living, grow food and send children to school. We stand up for the rights of women everywhere. And we speak out against injustices that keep people poor. With your help we fight poverty now – and beat it for good.

See more of what we do

Cyclone Idai and Kenneth

Scores of people have been killed, several hundred more are still missing and almost a million have been left in need of aid.

Please give what you can

Yemen Crisis Appeal

The people of Yemen are being starved. Nearly half the children between six months and five years old are chronically malnourished.

You can help

"Extreme inequality is inhuman."

Oxfam International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, speaks out against inequality in Washinton D.C.

Join us – fight inequality

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

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

Headteacher Julie sees for herself

Julie Sarti is a headteacher who has supported Oxfam for the past 30 years. She visited our work in Zambia, to prove to her students that one person's actions really can make a big difference against poverty.

Why Julie believes one person can make a difference.

Waiting for his cry

Oxfam is supporting health centres in the Philippines with basic equipment like blood pressure monitors and foetal heart rate dopplers. Find out the impact that Oxfam's work has on mothers like Raina.

Read Raina's story

Women's work is beating poverty

All over the world, your support helps women to claim their rights, take control of their lives, earn a fair wage and help their children get an education. Here's the kind of difference you make every day.

Discover the difference you make

Contact us

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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.

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

Our promise to you when you support Oxfam

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.