Nahla Abdo, a 25-year-old mobile technician, holds her phone and mobile maintenance guidebook in Al-Ma’afer district, Taiz governorate. Photo credit: Gabreez/Oxfam
I started attending intensive training sessions... Now, I proudly stand as the only female technician in my village, fixing phones and breaking barriers, so that my family and I can have a better future.”
Nahla Abdo, Yemen
Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25
Last year, Oxfam and partners supported 9.21* million people to fight poverty and build a radically better world.
Oxfam in 2024/25
People reached through our humanitarian work.
Of the people we worked with were women and girls.
Partner organisations worked with.
“Amid all the change, one thing has remained constant – our values. We continue to be guided by compassion, equality and a belief in the power of people to create lasting change. While the challenges are real, so too is our hope. That hope lives in the courage of our colleagues, in the strength of the communities we work alongside, and in the support of everyone who believes, as we do, in a fairer and more equal world for all.”
Halima Begum, CEO, Oxfam GB
Nyathak's story
Nyathak Chuol, refugee mother of six and self-trained engineer at a camp in Western Ethiopia oversees a solar-powered water point, a lifeline for thousands of refugees. Image: Petterik Wiggers/Oxfam
When the community faces a problem, they will look for me and inform me that the pipe is not working. I will go and fix it.”
Nyathak, who hopes she can be reunited with her other family members displaced by war.