At any given time, we are responding to over 30 emergency situations. We provide life-saving essentials in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster and to people affected by conflict, as well as long-term development support. You can help.
We work in more than 90 countries, with programs in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, across Asia and in parts of Eastern Europe.
We help people caught up in natural disasters and conflicts across the world with clean water, food, sanitation and protection. At any given time, we are responding to over 30 emergency situations, giving life-saving support to those most in need.
Millions of people are being forced from their homes, risking everything to escape conflict, disaster, poverty or hunger. From those fleeing the war in Syria or climate change-induced droughts, to those stranded in inadequate conditions in Europe, you can help us give life-saving support to refugees in the countries where they need it most.
The crisis in Syria continues to cause tremendous human suffering to people both inside and outside the country. The conflict is driving the largest refugee crisis in the world. Nearly 12 million people – 2 in 3 Syrians – are still dependent on humanitarian aid. They need your help.
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Looking at the future: a father holds his daughter as he stands on a site from which local residents have recently been evicted to make way for new developments, close to luxury apartments in North Jakarta, Indonesia. In the past two decades, the gap between the richest and the rest in Indonesia has grown faster than in any other country in South-East Asia. Tiara Audina/Oxfam
The economic decisions that all governments make about how to raise and spend money have a direct impact on the lives of every citizen. When progressive governments allocate larger proportions of their domestic budget to funding essential public and social services or put in place high-quality aid provision for countries in need, this results in a decrease in poverty and inequality.
Our goal is to persuade governments to invest more, and better quality, funding in the fight against poverty and inequality, in the countries where we work and globally. This means holding governments to account for how they choose to spend money. We work alongside partners and allies to empower citizens, and especially women, building their capacity and confidence, so that they have what they need hold governments, donors and private sector organizations to account for how revenue is raised and spent.
By 2019, we want more women and men, girls and boys to exercise their right to universal quality health and education services, and to participate in strengthening the economic, social and democratic fabric of their societies. From involving citizens in the budget process to creating space for the voices of developing countries in global bodies and processes, Oxfam wants to see an economy that works for everyone not just for few.
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