Oxfam blog

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

Climate activist, Joyce Koech, stands among recently planted mangroves as part of her pioneering restoration project in Mombasa, Kenya.

5 Sep 2024

From Passion to Action: A Journey in Activism
An image of someone holding a pile of clothes

26 Jul 2024

Get a £5 M&S voucher when you donate with Oxfam x M&S ‘Another Life’ scheme
A man looks serious holding a poker for a bread oven with his family in the background.

24 Apr 2024

Things you need to know about famine
Food parcels (with vegetables) being distributed in Southern Gaza Strip by Oxfam's local partner (Palestinian Agriculture Relief Committee - PARC) as part of the emergency response to the crisis in Gaza.

28 Mar 2024

Ramadan: The Generosity of the Muslim Community and the Impact of Zakat
Three people in green Oxfam vests look up at a rainwater harvesting tank rising above the dusty landscape.

26 Mar 2024

Progress is possible in Yemen
School climate justice banners hanging at the Glastonbury festival

1 Mar 2024

Win Glastonbury Tickets 2024

9 Feb 2024

Our digital accessibility journey update
Wassem in his 40s sits with a view of the water and mountains behind him.

31 Jan 2024

"Without any light at the end of the tunnel."
An aerial view of white tens for displaced people in Gaza.

11 Jan 2024

The world must act now to stop the people of Gaza being starved
Three people stand by a huge Christmas tree outside Number 10, Downing Street with signs saying that 139,000 people are calling for polluters to pay

1 Dec 2023

Over 139,000 people call on the Prime Minister to make polluters pay
A truck with hygiene kits on the back in the streets of the bombed Gaza Strip

23 Nov 2023

Gaza babies are dying of preventable causes
Pavel Martiarena, climate activist

20 Nov 2023

Climate equality: A planet for the 99%