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Portrait of Kimberly in front of a pink colourful wall mural.

Canberra, Australia: Kimberley is pictured at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House during the 2022 Straight Talk National Summit. Photo: Jillian Mundy/Oxfam.

A group of four women in grey shirts, holding hands and looking accomplished as they cross the finish line of a Trailwalker event

A Trailwalker 2022 team happily crosses the finish line. Photo credit: Aimee Hann/Oxfam Australia

Portrait of a smiling woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is wearing a blue head scarf and dress and standing outside in front of a wall with a red figure mural.

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Portrait of Parvin*, who has worked in the textile industry for eighteen years. *Name changed to protect identity. Photo: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan/OxfamAUS.

A man is standing on rocks beside a house looking out onto the sea.

Manawai Bay, East Are'are, Malaita Province: Derick's community is one of the most affected coastal villages from the sea level rise along East Are'are in Malaita Province. Photo: Ivan Utahenua/Oxfam.

A person is standing facing away from the camera in a room full of people. They are wearing a t-shirt that says "Straight Talk" inside an Australian map.

Canberra, Australia: 2022 Straight Talk National Summit has started! Photo: Jillian Mundy/Oxfam.

A woman is showing off the back of her green vest that reads "Volunteer". She is standing outdoors at the Melbourne Trailwalker 2022 event.

Melbourne Trailwalker 2022. Participants are full of energy as they get ready for the walk ahead! Photo: Sam Biddle/OxfamAUS.

Australia: Cliff Collinson. Photo supplied.

Two fruit trees in the foreground with a large agricultural area in the background.

Gleno, Ermera, Timor-Leste: Scenes around Gleno, a city regarded for its agricultural industry. Photo: Keith Parsons/Oxfam.

Four people are sitting on a log outside in a forest. Two of them are wearing Oxfam Australia green T-shirts.

Vanuatu: Oxfam staff Maurice and Sandra talk with beneficiaries Johnson Talam and Mere Johnson, joined by Rosie and son. Photo: Arlene Bax.

A family is sitting on a single chair outside of their home on Loreto Island, Malaita province. They have two young children and one is holding a thumbs up gesture.

Loreto Island, Malaita province, Solomon Islands: Miriam and her husband, Stephen, are facing the threat of rising sea levels near their home. Photo: Collin Leafasia/Oxfam.

A closeup of a smiling man. He is holding up a bunch of green bananas.

Hera, Timor-Leste: Domingas Pereira, Group Coordinator with Youth Empowerment for Future (YEFF) pictured at their farm. Photo: Keith Parsons/Oxfam.

Global reach

Vanuatu: Oxfam staff Maurice and Sandra talk with beneficiaries Johnson Talam and Mere Johnson, joined by Rosie and son. Photo: Arlene Bax.

Group of 7 people are sitting around a circle in a forest.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara: Mama Nora has joined the women's community in her village and learnt bookkeeping, how to run a business, and how to have a snack business. Photo: M. Nugie and Andito Wasi/Oxfam.

Woman wearing a red headscarf is wearing a mask and holding a baby.

Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Nur wears a mask inside her house to protect her child from COVID-19. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara: Yesi was a perpetrator of violence until he joined Engagement with Men. He is now an advocate for gender equality and female empowerment. Photo: M. Nugie and Andito Wasi/Oxfam.

Explore our impact

Portrait of Sabrina in Vanuatu. She is leaning over a window at the store where she works.

Tanna, Vanuatu: Sandrina works at Bill Lapsen store, one of Lenekels unblocked cash vendors. Photo: Oxfam in Vanuatu/Arlene Bax.

Gender justice

A group of twelve women in Indonesia ranging in age are standing outside in a field surrounded by trees. They are all wearing colourful traditional woven fabrics around their waist as well as wearing woven scarves. They are smiling.

Indonesia: Adriana is a farmer and weaver. Through mentoring with the consortium, she and other women started a weaving group in their village, where they sell their items at a fair price. Photo: M. Nugie and Andito Wasi/Oxfam.

A man is in the foreground in front of a house in Indonesia. He is sweeping the ground. In the background there is a woman wearing a headscarf and combing the hair of a young girl who is eating a piece of fruit.

East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: Indrawati, joined Oxfam local partner Gema Alam and learnt about her rights and gender equality. She shared all the things she learnt with her husband, who started taking on more domestic duties - enabling her to pursue her dreams of higher education. Photo: M. Nugie and Andito Wasi/Oxfam.

In the foreground, Adriana a farmer and weaver is sitting and smiling. In the background a group of women are gathered sitting and weaving. There are colourful woven fabrics hanging around them.

Indonesia: Adriana is a farmer and weaver. Photo: M. Nugie and Andito Wasi/Oxfam.

Indonesia: Mama weaves cloth (tenun), which she sells through her business. Photo: Supplied.

Economic justice

A group of Solomon Island residents smiling behind planter boxes of new green plants.

Green Creek, Honiara, Solomon Islands: John and family during a visit by Live & Learn Humanitarian Officer Alison Talogwari. The visit was part of agricultural and livelihood training conducted by Oxfam partners Live & Learn and Kastom Garden Association (KGA) outside Honiara as part of Oxfam's Australian Humanitarian Program (AHP) response to COVID-19. Photo: Ernest Ta'asi/Oxfam

Portrait of Gudi, she is sitting and smiling wearing a bright red headscarf and dress.

Badin District, Pakistan: Gudi (in red) participated in the Building Resilient Communities Program to prepare and adapt to changing climatic conditions. Photo: Khaula Jamil/Oxfam.

Four women are outside near a shore. Two of them are in the foreground facing away from the camera while two are in the background facing the camera and guiding the group.

Koh Han, Stung Treng, Cambodia: Chantha guides MVi staff and production crews along the Mekong with Sai campaign. Photo: Bandiddh Prum/Oxfam.

First Peoples' justice

Canberra, Australia: Kimberley is pictured at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House during the 2022 Straight Talk National Summit. Photo: Jillian Mundy/Oxfam.

A person is standing facing away from the camera wearing a cream coloured tote bag with an illustrated image with the words "Straight Talk" written above. They are inside of a gallery space surrounded by people and images of plant life and illustrations projected on screens

Canberra, Australia: 2022 Straight Talk National Summit visit to National Museum of Australia's Connection - Songlines from Australia's First Peoples in a spectacular immersive digital experience. Photo: Jillian Mundy/Oxfam.

Portrait of Wally, a Walbunja man. He is standing outside wearing a red bandana around his head and a colourful blue shirt with a turtle image.

New South Wales, Australia: Wally, a Walbunja man and an applicant of the South Coast native title claim, shares his story about the impacts of fisheries regulations on his community. Photo: Aimee Han/Oxfam.

Climate justice

Loreto Island, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands: An aerial view from a drone of Loreto Island, off the coast of Malaita, which is under threat from rising sea levels. Photo: Collin Leafasia/Oxfam.

Portrait of Grace a 19 year old student standing in a flooded street outside neat a church in Lilisiana, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands.

Lilisiana, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands: Grace (19), a student at the local high school, walks through water left in the town square after a high tide. Photo: Collin Leafasia/Oxfam.

Indonesia: Marifa is a farmer who plants corn, rice, coffee, candlenut and more. Photo: Kyo Umareta/Oxfam

Portrait of Syaeun. She is wearing a red headscarf in Sembalun, East Lombok district, Indonesia.

Sembalun, East Lombok district, Indonesia: Syaeun, a member of a womens' enterprise group, is learning new ways to respond to disasters and earn an income. Photo: Kyo Umareta/Oxfam.

Saving lives

Five Oxfam staff in India are outside surrounding cardboard boxed with PPE inside.

India: Oxfam staff distribute PPE kits, safety kits and oxygen concentrators to the District Medical Health & Family Welfare Department in response to COVID-19. Photo: Ikbal Singh/Oxfam India.

A collection of colourful, tin roof houses and palm trees in a valley sitting beside a dry river bed

Dili, Timor-Leste: Houses alongside the Comoro river in Dili. Oxfam and our partner Ra'es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO), with the support of the Australian and New Zealand governments are rebuilding homes for people living with a disability following Cyclone Seroja (April 2021) which brought intense rain, flooding and landslides to Dili and surrounds. Photo: Keith Parsons/Oxfam

Men are unloading boxes that read "Ocean" from a truck. One is wearing a high visibility Oxfam vest.

Ethiopia: Oxfam is providing WASH non-food items like soap, jerry cans, dignity kits, and food items including wheat flour, edible oil, lentils and salt as well as cash to displaced people in Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia.
Photo: Dagmawi Tadesse/Oxfam

Portrait of Swlamawit. She is in Uwwa district, Northern Ethiopia pictured in front of a wall. She is wearing a red headscarf and an Oxfam vest.

Uwwa district, northern Ethiopia: Selamawit* is volunteering with Oxfam to help support her community. *Name changed to protect identity. Photo: Serawit Atnafu/Oxfam.

Innovation

In Seadise Paama, Sefa, Vanuatu, Sabrina is sitting at a table outside with other young women. She is holding up a phone and a bank card. A woman to her left is writing something on a note pad.

Seaside Paama, Shefa, Vanuatu: Vanessa (Save the Children) explains the balance and payment system to a new beneficiary at Seaside. UnBlocked Cash transfer program registration site. Photo: Arlene Bax.

A middle-aged woman in Vanuatu wearing a bright turquoise dress is smiling at the camera in her colourful shop.

Vanuatu: Ananeth used the e-card to purchase tools and supplies to repair the damage to her home, following TC Harold. Photo: Arlene Bax/Oxfam Australia

In Tanna, Vanuatu a group of eleven Oxfam staff are standing outside and smiling. They are wearing feathers in their hair as well as lime green t-shirts that read "Unblocked Cash". There is a volcano and mountain range in the background.

Tanna, Vanuatu: Oxfam staff ahead of the UnBlocked Cash transfer program roll out in Tanna Vanuatu. Photo: Oxfam in Vanuatu/Arlene Bax.

Portrait of two men standing outside. One is holding a phone while the other, wearing a lime green Oxfam t-shirt is as well. Yasur volcano is in the background.

Tanna, Vanuatu: Transport vendor Joshua at Yasur volcano. UnBlocked Cash transfer program roll out in Tanna Vanuatu. Photo: Oxfam in Vanuatu/Arlene Bax.

The money

Hera, Timor-Leste: Domingas Pereira, Group Coordinator with Youth Empowerment for Future (YEFF) pictured at their farm. Photo: Keith Parsons/Oxfam.

How to help

Loreto Island, Malaita province, Solomon Islands: Miriam and her husband, Stephen, are facing the threat of rising sea levels near their home. Photo: Collin Leafasia/Oxfam.

A group of four women standing infront of a green finish line and smiling at the camera at an outdoor Trailwalker event

Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Trailwalker 2022. People approaching and crossing the finish line in Heidelberg. Photo: Aimee Hann/Oxfam Australia