I know 2020 has probably been a very difficult year for you. COVID-19 has changed life - for all of us - in ways we could never have anticipated.

But I wanted to share Abby's message below with you, because for many people, this year has been nothing short of a devastating emergency. As you've probably seen in your own life, the thing about COVID-19 is that it isn't about just health. It isn't just one emergency - it's a hunger crisis, on top of mass unemployment, on top of longstanding inequality.

Millions of families are at risk of falling into starvation and long-term poverty. At Oxfam, we're responding to COVID-19 directly in the US and around the world, and working to make sure people are able to survive this crisis, but we urgently need more support to do so. That's why this moment matters so much, why we're doubling the impact of all gifts up to $500,000 made between now and our midnight fundraising deadline on 12/31, and why, if you are in a position to do so, I'm asking you to make your gift today, when it can go twice as far.

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From: Abby Maxman, Oxfam
Date: December 26, 2020
Subject: 121 million people are counting on you. Including Piyara.

2020 has been...a disaster, especially, painfully, heartbreakingly for families living in poverty.

Piyara, who lives with her daughter in their house in Bangladesh, is someone who knows disaster all too well. She is a survivor of the devastating Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful cyclone in her community's history.

Even before Cyclone Amphan hit, life in her village was hard. But this year, the cyclone was an additional crisis: families were forced to evacuate and move into crowded shelters, increasing their risk of contracting COVID-19. The cyclone destroyed the crops people depended on for survival in the region, and workers like Piyara's husband lost their jobs while in lockdown for the pandemic.

I wish Piyara's story was unusual. It just isn't. For her, and millions like her, COVID-19 isn't just a public health crisis: it's the final straw before falling into the kind of long-term poverty that it's nearly impossible to climb out of.

That's why we have a special announcement: when you make a gift between now and our midnight fundraising deadline on 12/31, your gift can be DOUBLED up to $500,000. Your support is urgently needed by midnight on 12/31 to combat the devastating impact the virus has had on far too many people. Please, join us. Do what you can for families living in poverty by donating today - remember, right now, your gift can be doubled >>

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