FUNDRAISING FOR AN EQUAL FUTURE

In many ways today’s world is more advanced than ever. But it’s also more in trouble. Since 2020, 5 billionaires have doubled their wealth while 5 billion people are poorer. Climate breakdown is wrecking lives while corporations and governments still drill and destroy. Systematic greed and discrimination are preventing millions of people from escaping hunger, conflict and disaster. These aren’t abstract theories. Every day these global inequalities force many of us to make impossible choices. Between feeding ourselves and feeding our children. Between drinking dirty water that could kill and going thirsty. Between making a living or getting an education. Between dangerous working conditions and no work at all. These choices aren’t just impossible. They’re unfair, unsafe and unjust. And the truth is they don’t have to exist.

With every donation you’re joining forces with people confronting the causes and consequences of poverty and building the radically fairer world you both want to live in.

Experience shows us that when people unite - sharing beliefs, respect, expertise and resources – lasting change isn’t just possible, it’s unstoppable. That’s why Oxfam offers you a different kind of charity: a unique community-led approach that connects vital humanitarian relief work, long-term anti-poverty projects and campaigning for change that lasts. Because this connected approach is the best way to end the injustice of poverty.

With every donation you’re joining local aid workers delivering emergency responses that blend the cutting-edge with the tried and tested. You’re joining communities developing fairer solutions to poverty, from ensuring every girl can get an education, to spreading new techniques for growing food in the climate crisis. And across it all, you’re joining inspirational activists and experts pushing to end the unjust policies and practices that put people in harm’s way in the first place.

Every donation is a powerful way to uphold your belief in humanity and justice. You’re joining a global community that believes in the equal value of every human and everyone’s right to live a life of dignity, fairness and safety.

It’s a different kind of charity for a safer, fairer world.
A world that one day won’t need your donations.
A world that works for everyone.

“My biggest concern is to lose a child. Everything is nothing, nothing, nothing.”

Duaa wants this war to end. She wants to protect her daughters and give them the food they urgently need. You can join her calls for peace and relief. 

Thousands of families in northern Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition. Families like Duaa’s are suffering the terrifying daily consequences of this humanitarian crisis:  

“My biggest concern is to lose a child because there is no food. I look at photos of my daughters before the war. Their smiles are totally different. Their weight also is very different. Maram has lost 11 pounds and Meera lost 6 pounds.”

Essentials like vegetables, fruit and medicine are all unavailable. The threat of famine is real and vulnerable groups – especially children – are among those suffering the most.

“Everything is nothing, nothing, nothing. Fruit and vegetables have disappeared. They’re not available or we cannot afford them because of high prices.”

Despite huge obstacles, relief can and is reaching people. Thanks to the sheer bravery and expertise of local Palestinian humanitarian experts – who are themselves caught up in the crisis - clean drinking water, washing and toilet facilities and emergency food are still making it through to thousands of people.

“When the children saw the food parcel they were happy. Things they had not seen for months! The Oxfam bathrooms have relieved a lot of [worry]. They are clean and also much closer to us. When I want to go to the bathroom at night, I don’t feel afraid anymore.”

When war is the cause of suffering, the only real solution is peace. So with every donation you’re also backing vital campaigning work demanding an end to the conflict. And you’ll be continuing to ensure people have access to clean drinking water and toilet facilities today.

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“ It’s really exciting every time we come across someone like you who wants to make a safer, fairer world. Because not everyone does. In a time when it seems like there’s so much division and unfairness, the world really needs people like you. And that’s exactly why I’m out here today. 

We’re looking for like-minded people who believe we have to do charity differently. By differently I mean tackling the causes of poverty as much as the consequences. It’s not enough to do either on it’s own. And that’s what Oxfam is all about.  For example, as well as supporting vital life-saving work on the ground in disaster zones like Yemen and Gaza today, every donation also helps tackle the bigger issues that actually put people at risk of poverty and suffering in the first place.

So whether it’s the climate crisis, or racial discrimination, or the inhumane practices of some big businesses, every donation is helping challenge these injustices and create a world where everyone can live a life of dignity, safety and fairness. So you see you’re exactly the kind of person we’re looking for—someone who shares our values and is willing to take action to turn those values into reality...”