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

A shot from above of two people peeling madarin oranges above a basket and bread.

18 Mar 2025

The importance of writing a will in Islam: Reflecting on faith and the future

A young women handling boxes of donated items

27 Mar 2023

Türkiye (Turkey) Syria Earthquake: The aftermath

Mother and child stood by window. Image: Kieran Doherty / Oxfam

23 Feb 2023

Ukraine one year on: Community led recovery in pictures

Civil defence workers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings

9 Feb 2023

Turkey-Syria: How can I help?

Fawzia in Abyan, Yemen, with one of the goats that her Oxfam cash grant allowed her to purchase.

21 Nov 2022

Donate to the Christmas appeal

Sowda is wearing brown and organge hijab with blue dress and sandals and sits on a bench outside in Wajir facing a door.

4 Jul 2022

Hope and determination in the face of drought

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

Nurjahan stands in floodwater with a bundle of sticks on her back and mud on her hands and smiles

17 Dec 2019

Circling cyclones, tigers and salt water: fears of a community on the frontline of the climate crisis