ACT FAST with Oxfam

This Thanksgiving, ACT FAST to beat hunger and poverty

As you rejoice in the bounty of food, family, and friends, you also have a very real opportunity to make a change: Pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam today and harness the power of numbers in your community. As the movement grows, we can help people grow more food, access clean water, start small businesses, or rebuild after disasters.

• We're getting closer to our goal! Help add 5,000 new people to the movement by November 30

Climate Change Wake Up Call

Surviving the climate crisis

Watch how poor communities in Louisiana, El Salvador, Ethiopia, and Vietnam are responding to climate change—and how you can help.

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Give by December 31

Give a tax-deductible gift by December 31

More than one billion people now face chronic hunger — and more could join their ranks if we don’t act now. With food prices, disasters, and economic pressures on the rise, 40 years of progress against extreme poverty is at risk. Oxfam is ready with immediate relief and innovative long-term programs that could save lives. To maintain our programs at full strength in 2010, we need to raise $2.2 million by December 31. You can help by giving a tax-deductible year-end donation.

• Donate now.

Voices of Afghans

Cost of war? Ask Afghans

"Half our people have been driven mad."

That's Azim Mohammad on the death and destruction 30 years of fighting has showered on Afghans. In a new report based on interviews with more than 700 people, Oxfam and its partners explore the human cost of chronic conflict and disorder in Afghanistan.

• Read the report
• Poverty, unemployment fuel conflict
• Slideshow: Lives interrupted