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CYCLONE IDAI APPEAL

We urgently need your help to reach people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe who have been affected by Cyclone Idai. Please give what you can today.

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Yemen Crisis Appeal

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

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Syria Appeal

Oxfam has reached over 1.5 million people already, but the scale of this emergency is huge and we still urgently need your help.

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Oxfam's Fashion Fighting Poverty

Shopping at Oxfam is saying no to fashion ending up in landfill, and yes to clothes having a longer lifespan.

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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.

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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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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.