Stories of hope
Every day, Oxfam is helping thousands of communities around the world work their own way out of poverty. Here are just a few of the people who we have reached — telling their stories, in their own words.
Koruna is the only female honey farmer in Bangladesh and collects honey with her team in Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
The Rainbow Pride Foundation is an Oxfam Partner working to empower the LGBTQIA+ community in Fiji by building a better financial future through community initiatives.
Anna Leonova, Executive Director of Gay Alliance Ukraine on mobilising the LGBT community, strengthening the capacity of this community in advocacy, human rights and improving life in Ukraine.
Magdelene and her community are laying the foundations for a better future in Sierra Leone.
Abdia is a farmer in Isiolo County in Kenya. She lives in one of more than 1,000 homes whose residents Oxfam partners have worked with in the area to get clean water running.
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Somali communities are responding to drought and conflicts. Working with Oxfam to restore and build water systems.
Nyathak keeps the generators that run water systems going.
Conflict causes and worsens inequality. It damages infrastructure, limits resources, and breaks communities apart. And it hits the world’s most marginalised people the hardest.
Fatuma Adagere Mohamed is a trained health extension worker in Guhom, in southern Afar region.
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