Oxfam blog

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

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
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