Oxfam blog

Stories about beating poverty with Oxfam, including ways to help by shopping second hand, campaigning, fundraising and more.

A portrait of Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah wearing a black Oxfam vest.

7 May 2021

Putting things right: the road to exposing and tackling abuse
An Oxfam shop window with the words 'We're back' in white paper letters on it

28 Apr 2021

We’re back! Stories from Oxfam shops’ re-opening
Two badges, one says 'stand up for what you're standing on' and the other says 'no planet b'

21 Apr 2021

Young people taking climate action
The trans flag with horizontal stripes in three colours - baby blue (boys) baby pink (girls) and white for those who are transitioning, intersex or consider themselves as having an unidentified gender

31 Mar 2021

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! + Resources for Your Inclusive Journey
A portrait of 27 year-old Jilan wearing a dark headscarf.

10 Mar 2021

How will coronavirus end? 4 reasons we need a People’s Vaccine
A school girl in Tajikistan is doing some algebra in her class.

3 Mar 2021

5 ideas for learning about the world through maths
Mariam, a woman aged 44, is fixing the water tank on the rooftop of her house in the town of Zarqa in Jordan.

22 Feb 2021

5 things you should know about equality for women and girls
A pebble painted with a rainbow and the word 'Kind'.

22 Feb 2021

Coronavirus global responses: supporting each other
A picture of Bibi Dablo feeding chickens

3 Feb 2021

The people being left behind in the climate emergency
5 things you need to know about global hunger is written over a picture of a woman in a patterned dress

17 Dec 2020

5 things you need to know about Covid-19 and world hunger
Iffat, Senior Innovation Office talks to the Oxfam team about community consultation tools for WASH infrastructure.

24 Nov 2020

5 ways Oxfam is changing
Clothes in a wardrobe and open drawers

13 Aug 2020

4 great reasons to donate clothes instead of binning them