Do you know how to wash your hands?

Oxfam has been providing safe clean water and helping prevent disease around the world since the 1960s.

Let's fight poverty now – and beat it for good

Oxfam saves lives in disasters. We get clean water running, help people earn a living, grow food and send children to school.

What we do

Our economy is leaving millions of women and girls behind

Our economy is leaving millions of people - especially women and girls - behind. It's time for change.

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This is a climate emergency. You can help.

Climate change is affecting millions of the world's poorest people, the people have done the least to cause it.

Your donation could save lives

Delivering Lifesaver Cubes

After devastating #CycloneIdai, Oxfam's team deliver water purification cubes - by motorbike and canoe - to remote villages in Mozambique.

Watch the delivery

Saving lives in the DRC

Oxfam's longest ever water pipeline is being Built in the DRC. It will provide safe water to some of the most remote places.

Delivering safe water

You bought Grace a bike

"With this bike I'm often the first at school. My aim is to disprove those who discourage girls from learning."

Grace cycles to school

Contact us

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Keeping people safe

Oxfam is committed to keeping our staff, volunteers and the people we work with, safe. From constantly improving safeguarding policies, to installing solar lights that make refugee camps more secure, keeping

people safe is a vital part of our work worldwide. We've made significant changes to better protect the people we serve, but there is still more to do. We're working hard to make our organisation safe and secure for everyone. To find out more, read our safeguarding policies and 10-point action plan to tackle abuse, or get in touch. We also have a whistleblowing hotline.

How we're keeping people safe

For every £1 Oxfam spends*

84p

is spent fighting poverty
9p

is spent on vital support costs
7p

goes towards raising the next £1

Our promise to you when you support Oxfam

*excluding the costs of running our high street and online shops

Together we are changing and saving lives

From protecting families forced to flee their homes, to making sure children get a chance at a future without poverty - we rely on brilliant supporters to make sure our dedicated teams can be where they're needed most.