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Impact stories

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.

More than honey

30 Jun 2020
  • Women's rights
  • Business and poverty

Birhan's story

30 Jun 2020
  • Climate change
  • Women's rights
  • Business and poverty

Starting a business in the wake of a cyclone

30 Jun 2020
  • Climate change
  • Emergency response

Getting fresh water running

30 Jun 2020
  • Water

Starting a new life, building a new business

30 Jun 2020
  • Business and poverty
  • Women's rights

Handwashing works

22 Jul 2020
  • Health
  • Water
  • Emergency response

Protecting refugees from coronavirus

24 Jul 2020
  • Emergency response
  • Health

A regular water supply in Lebanon

5 Aug 2020
  • Water
  • Emergency response

Generation Next

8 Oct 2020
  • Health
  • Coronavirus response

How one community helped each other put food on the table

16 Nov 2020
  • Food
  • Coronavirus response
  • Climate change

Shatha in Gaza and the impact of the pandemic on women

11 Mar 2021
  • Coronavirus response
Oxfam installed a solar powered water pump in Akisneem's village in Ghana that allows women to farm vegetables during the dry season.

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