Oxfam blog

Stories, opinions and updates from across Oxfam’s work written by staff, partner organisations and guest authors. Explore reflections on global justice and inequality, insight from campaigns and communities, and ideas on how people can take action for change.

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
The words 'now is not the time to remain silent' on a white background

5 Jun 2020

Dear silent ally
The words 'we stand in full solidarity with the Black community because enough is enough' on a black background.

3 Jun 2020

Tools to begin your journey towards anti-racism
A close-up of rainbow-coloured homemade soap

15 May 2020

How to make soap - 6 easy steps
Nav sitting on a wall with his bright blue hand-cranked washing machine next to him, which looks like a blue tombola

24 Jan 2020

Lightening the load: How Bath Uni engineer Nav made poverty-busting washing machines for under $30
Nurjahan stands in floodwater with a bundle of sticks on her back and mud on her hands and smiles

17 Dec 2019

Circling cyclones, tigers and salt water: fears of a community on the frontline of the climate crisis
A picture of Greta Thunberg wearing her trademark plaits in a conference centre.

28 Aug 2019

New Shocking Facts about the Impact of Fast Fashion on our Climate
Cement and steel water tanks on top of a dry muddy hill in Uran, Marsabit County, Kenya.

14 May 2017

Understanding drought, water scarcity and the human impact