Handwashing Station

[Photo credit: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam]

OXFAM GB

Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn’t inevitable. Since Oxfam first started in 1942, we have challenged the underlying causes of poverty, while supporting people to cope when disaster strikes. Every day, Oxfam is helping thousands of communities around the world work their own way out of poverty.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam has responded in 62 countries providing public health awareness, safe water and sanitation, food and cash vouchers where needed, all key to disease prevention and have been areas of our core work for decades. We have longstanding operational experience in responding to public health emergencies and our expertise is informed by lessons from past epidemics like cholera, Zika and Ebola.

For each £15 Oxfam receive, we could help more women to understand their rights, challenge discrimination and take up leadership roles within their local communities

For each £35, we could ensure families have access to emergency food supplies

£45 could provide one of our new handwashing stations to enable frequent handwashing and disease prevention

With your support, communities can come together to help each other. We couldn’t do the live-saving work we do without you. Whether it is tackling the impact of conflict, Covid-19, the climate crisis or emergencies, Oxfam is there to help communities thrive, not just survive.

Please visit our official fundraising page for The Oxfam Winter Community Challenge here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/OxfamCommunityWinterChallenge

OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER

Join us on a 20,000-kilometre mapped virtual fitness challenge during the months of February, March and April. Log your own exercise sessions and watch as our team makes its way towards Bangladesh! Your participation will help support Oxfam, whilst providing a new year boost to your physical and mental health in these challenging times.

This virtual trek has been created by volunteers from the St Albans Oxfam Group, who offer it to all Oxfam supporters as a positive activity for us to do together.
Starting at our Oxfam shop in St Albans and finishing in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh this will be an epic mapped virtual mission that will give you an insight into numerous Oxfam supported projects en route. None of us can do this alone, so we appeal to you and your friends to join our Super Team today to ensure that together we make this happen.

The beauty of doing the challenge virtually is that you can take part at your own pace and in your own space. Your participation can be designed to fit around your work and home commitments. Please stay safe and always exercise in accordance with Government COVID-19 guidelines.

You can record your walk, run or cycling distance (or convert other fitness activities into distance using our Activity Conversion Chart) and add this to the Mission Page manually. But if you use a fitness app – e.g. Strava, Fitbit, Garmin or Apple Watch – you can sync this with the mapping platform for automated uploads. An Activity Conversion Chart plus step-by-step guidance on posting activity is provided upon registration.

We’re aiming to raise £3,000 from The Oxfam Community Winter Challenge so please sign up today and help us support the growing number of projects around the world in great need of our support.

Handwashing Station

[Photo credit: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam]

OXFAM GB

Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn’t inevitable. Since Oxfam first started in 1942, we have challenged the underlying causes of poverty, while supporting people to cope when disaster strikes. Every day, Oxfam is helping thousands of communities around the world work their own way out of poverty.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam has responded in 62 countries providing public health awareness, safe water and sanitation, food and cash vouchers where needed, all key to disease prevention and have been areas of our core work for decades. We have longstanding operational experience in responding to public health emergencies and our expertise is informed by lessons from past epidemics like cholera, Zika and Ebola.

For each £15 Oxfam receive, we could help more women to understand their rights, challenge discrimination and take up leadership roles within their local communities

For each £35, we could ensure families have access to emergency food supplies

£45 could provide one of our new handwashing stations to enable frequent handwashing and disease prevention

With your support, communities can come together to help each other. We couldn’t do the live-saving work we do without you. Whether it is tackling the impact of conflict, Covid-19, the climate crisis or emergencies, Oxfam is there to help communities thrive, not just survive.

Please visit our official fundraising page for The Oxfam Winter Community Challenge here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/OxfamCommunityWinterChallenge

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions