For every £1 Oxfam spends
81%
is spent fighting poverty
12%
is spent on vital support costs
7%
goes towards raising the next £1
![Joevetah (in red shirt) and Daniella (red headgear) harvesting cassava on FEMINET's 14 acre farm in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. Nana Kofi Acquah / Oxfam](https://staticassets.oxfam.org.uk/oxfamgb-production/images/JoevetahTALL.fc376100.fill-800x500.png)
81% goes towards helping communities overcome poverty
Your gift can help families learn eco-friendly farming skills, get access to emergency food or help support small businesses suffering losses to get grants and keep people in work.
Oxfam in action![Sana wears a white hijab and Oxfam vest as she talks with a person in Rural Aleppo.](https://staticassets.oxfam.org.uk/oxfamgb-production/images/OGB_118662_Sana_WHD_2019.048fa664.fill-800x500.jpg)
12% goes toward vital support costs
Just 11p in every £1 is used to keep Oxfam alive; paying our staff and our running costs.
![Clara working in Oxfam Shop at Glastonbury Festival 2019.](https://staticassets.oxfam.org.uk/oxfamgb-production/images/OGB_117883_Oxfam_shop_-_Glastonbur.2e16d0ba.fill-800x500.jpg)
7% goes towards fundraising
For every £1 we spend, 10p is invested on generating future income, helping us to fund even more vital work.