The power of people against poverty
According to some estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor. Oxfam helps women and girls overcome gender discrimination, realize their potential, and assume leadership roles in their communities.
Immersive storyFor Pham Thi Hau, a street vendor in Hanoi, work goes well beyond selling brooms. She helps migrant workers learn about their rights, social and health benefits that are their due, gender equity, and how to raise their voices to help others.
Immersive storyIn Mozambique, Oxfam and its partners are strengthening laws that protect the basic rights of women.
StoryIn Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee resettlement camp, one woman is helping others make money—and heal—through a jewelry-making group.
Immersive storyAll year long, we reach out to you with news about some of the world’s poorest people and the challenges they confront, whether triggered by disaster or entrenched in the social injustices of day-to-day life. And all year long you respond with compassion for those people and support for the Oxfam programs that help them help themselves. Here are stories about how your generosity is making a difference in countless lives.
StoryIn drought-stricken northern Kenya, Oxfam is working with local water companies to distribute clean drinking water through electronic water meters.
StoryIn Zimbabwe, testing new approaches to growing food turns a struggling farmer into a leader.