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  Gina Cummings, Oxfam · [email protected]
October 14, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Volunteer to Protect the Vote!

                                We're so inspired by you—active citizens—and civil society organizations across the globe, and especially right now in the United States during this critical election. The COVID-19 pandemic has put an unprecedented threat on the integri…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 1:39 PM

[Bangladesh] How you help bring relief to a hunger-stricken country.

[Bangladesh] How you help bring relief to a hunger-stricken country. Local food banks are the antidote to the pandemic crisis. | Creating a safety net – one handful of rice at a time. Shapna Begum (right) waits for rice to be weighed at …
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam America · [email protected]
October 7, 2020 at 8:52 PM

Are you and your friends #VotePlanReady?

                                This is a pivotal moment in our history. November 3rd is less than a month away and already three million people have voted in the 2020 presidential election. If you have yet to cast your ballot, now’s the time to lock in your voting p…
  Andrea Perera, Oxfam · [email protected]
October 5, 2020 at 1:48 PM

We want to hear what you think!

              Dear Friend, Thanks so much for being part of the Oxfam community – especially in this time of crisis. Because of your voice and your support, we're making great strides in the global fight against poverty and injustice. Today we're sharing a short survey with y…
  Oxfam America · [email protected]
September 27, 2020 at 1:18 PM

News for a better world and how to help (September Newsletter)

News for a better world and how to help (September Newsletter) Best and worst states to work | Beirut blast update | Pandemic profiteering | People’s vaccine | Yemen | September Newsletter Donate now   Your impact will be DOUBLED in …
  Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam · [email protected]
September 23, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Forced hysterectomies. What's next, friend?

            Chad Wolf just finished his Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Since President Trump unlawfully named him Acting DHS Secretary, Wolf has led a racist and inhumane agenda that has hurt millions of immigrant children…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
September 19, 2020 at 10:41 PM

LAST CHANCE: Help families on the brink of starvation before MIDNIGHT

LAST CHANCE: Help families on the brink of starvation before MIDNIGHT Support needed from the Oxfam community to save lives. | I wanted to make sure you saw this, friend. Around the world, we're seeing a dramatic rise in families pushed to the verge of malnutriti…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
September 18, 2020 at 4:33 PM

[Critical Update] 121 million people at risk of starvation

[Critical Update] 121 million people at risk of starvation Your gift can be the difference for families living in poverty. | HUNGER CRISIS: HOW YOU CAN HELP Bone Kortie - Photo Credit: Bettie Kemah Johnson-Mbayo / Oxfam   Bone…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
September 18, 2020 at 10:37 AM

24 HOUR CHALLENGE: Help people confronting a new hunger crisis

24 HOUR CHALLENGE: Help people confronting a new hunger crisis Your help urgently needed. | Friend – Today, a child in the Somali region of Ethiopia is feeling the pains of hunger, and unsure of when they'll next have a meal. Their parents are fa…
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam America Action Fund · [email protected]
September 16, 2020 at 5:04 PM

URGENT: Tell your Senators to protect people during this pandemic

            Time is running out to get Congress to take action to fight hunger, protect workers, and ensure a fair election. Congress must pass a COVID-19 relief bill before Election Day. The most vulnerable people in the world need your help. COVID-19 continues to devastate li…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
September 15, 2020 at 2:15 PM

The "Hunger Virus" – what it is, and how you're helping

The "Hunger Virus" – what it is, and how you're helping Food insecurity is the latest symptom of COVID-19. | "COVID-19 is the last straw for millions of people" Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam   Friend – On top of illness, people a…
  Impact Circle · [email protected]
August 10, 2020 at 8:21 PM

Horror storytelling as activism: virtual film event this Wednesday

Horror storytelling as activism: virtual film event this Wednesday Join Oxfam and panelists to discuss acclaimed magical realism film LA LLORONA Dear Friend – I wanted to make sure you saw the below …
  Impact Circle · [email protected]
August 8, 2020 at 1:40 PM

Movie night at home with Oxfam and partners

Movie night at home with Oxfam and partners Join us next week for LA LLORONA, a virtual film screening and panel discussion     Friend – Oxfam is honored to partner with filmmakers who are devoted t…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
August 7, 2020 at 8:24 PM

[Beirut update] your support urgently needed

    Since we reached out yesterday, hundreds of Oxfam supporters have contributed to our Lebanon Emergency appeal. We're following up because with each passing hour we're learning of more lives lost and damage – and hope we can count on your support to respond.               …
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
August 6, 2020 at 9:27 PM

DEVELOPING: Support needed in Beirut after devastating blast

Your support urgently needed.             EMERGENCY: HELP NEEDED AFTER BEIRUT BLAST       DEVELOPING... on Tuesday, explosions in the Port of Beirut killed more than 100 people, injured thousands, and forced over 300,000 people from their homes. One Oxfam colleague …
  Oxfam America · [email protected]
July 31, 2020 at 2:25 PM

COVID-19 Fuels Hunger in an Already Hungry World (July Newsletter)

COVID-19 Fuels Hunger in an Already Hungry World (July Newsletter) July Newsletter Donate now   How you can fight the hunger virus         Donate now         A new Oxfam report shows that by the end of the year, 12,000 people p…
  Fundraising Deadline Extension (Oxfam) · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Dire conditions in Yemen - help now

It's not too late to help.       FUNDRAISING DEADLINE EXTENDED Our deadline was midnight last night to help push for change against the root causes of violence in Yemen that are making the COVID-19 pandemic worse. We were heartened that the Oxfam community stood up to support Yemeni familie…
  Ken Mallette, Oxfam · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 10:17 PM

MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Why is the COVID-19 death rate 5x higher in this country? How to help:

Don't miss this chance to help.   6 hours left to raise $10,000 before midnight. I wanted to make sure you saw the message below from Gina – families in Yemen already suffering from five years of violence are now struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a crisis on top of a crisis, a…
  2X Match (Oxfam) · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 5:07 PM

Making sure you saw this - devastating conditions in Yemen

Give now while your donation will go twice as far.                     Right now, the people of Yemen are facing unimaginable violence. Every hour for the last five years, more than 90 people have had to flee their homes, and more than 100 have gone hungry. And n…
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam America Action Fund · [email protected]
July 29, 2020 at 10:08 AM

"One more layer of misery" in Yemen - today, your help MATCHED 2X

For 24 hours, your donation will be MATCHED.                     Right now, the people of Yemen are facing unimaginable violence. Every hour for the last five years, more than 90 people have had to flee their homes, and more than 100 have gone hungry. And now COV…
  Impact Circle · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 6:53 PM

Virtual Event Tomorrow: Local Leadership & Decolonizing Recovery from COVID-19

Virtual Event Tomorrow: Local Leadership & Decolonizing Recovery from COVID-19 How Oxfam's local partner model is changing the system of humanitarian response in the pandemic Friend – Don't miss this next installment of our COVID-19 Conv…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
July 24, 2020 at 1:51 PM

How you keep hope alive in Yemen

COVID-19 decreases food access for local communities - you can help.                 "The most urgent thing right now is food"   Hakeem Asser stands near his tent in the settlement for displaced families, where he lives and also works with Oxfam to promote…
  Impact Circle · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 11:22 PM

Decolonizing Recovery from COVID-19: Oxfam Virtual Event

Decolonizing Recovery from COVID-19: Oxfam Virtual Event How Oxfam's local partner model is changing the system of humanitarian response in the pandemic Hi friend, Today, our country is at an inflec…
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam America Action Fund · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 3:37 PM

URGENT: Tell your Senators to protect the most vulnerable

            As the numbers of infections and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to grow, the most vulnerable people in the United States and around the world are bearing the brunt of our economic and health crisis. Congress must act boldly to help those most impacted by t…
  Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam America Action Fund · [email protected]
July 16, 2020 at 8:49 PM

We can get weapons of war off our streets

            With your support, Oxfam has successfully campaigned to limit the unchecked flow of weapons that fuel human rights violations around the world. Together, we achieved the historic Arms Trade Treaty, which set new standards to help keep people safe in the countries wher…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 2:10 PM

[Breaking] New data shows COVID-19 related hunger could kill thousands every day. How you can help:

It's extremely urgent that we work to fight this new, global, wave of hunger.               THE HUNGER VIRUS: COVID-19 IS FUELING HUNGER   Photo Credit: Fabeha Monir / Oxfam This is an urgent call for help. A new Oxfam report shows that COVID-19 is impacting mor…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
July 13, 2020 at 2:01 PM

How you're helping families survive cyclones, the coronavirus, and inequality in Bangladesh

Local humanitarian responders save lives in emergencies.               "I believe in the future of Bangladesh."   Renuka Rani makes use of soap and water provided by Oxfam and Shushilan at a water distribution point. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam As changes in the cl…
  Oxfam America · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 2:48 PM

COVID-19 Could Leave 40 Million People Hungry (June Newsletter)

COVID-19 Could Leave 40 Million People Hungry (June Newsletter) June Newsletter Donate now   Coronavirus: Ongoing Crisis for People in Poverty         Donate now         COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, impacting …
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 1:11 PM

[Coronavirus Update] Soap + clean water needed to save lives

              COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE: IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION NEEDED       As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates within the poorest countries, billions of people do not have access to clean water, and millions more do not have adequate healthcare …
  Oxfam · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 1:47 PM

[Bangladesh] How refugees are designing lifesaving sanitation solutions

Creating effective handwashing facilities means embracing community input.               Refugee women are hygiene superheroes     A woman in a refugee camp in Bangladesh washes her hands using a prototype for the handwashing station. "... [T]he community is part o…
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Supermarkets are failing workers ➠ act now!

            Today I'm writing to let you know that we just delivered petitions signed by more than 50,000 people across the country to some of the biggest US grocery stores: Albertson's, Costco, Kroger, Walmart, and Whole Foods. Together, we are calling on them to take concret…
  Ken Mallette, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 10:08 PM

making sure you saw this (world refugee day match)

It's not too late.     I wanted to make sure you saw this message. Across the globe, we're seeing the highest number of refugees in a lifetime, and now many are facing dire circumstances – living in crowded camps and unable to practice social distancing during COVID-19. Oxfam is on the g…
  Match Alert (Oxfam) · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 4:12 PM

12 HOURS REMAINING ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY: Oxfam will MATCH your gift

Support needed from the Oxfam community to save lives             MATCH: DONATE NOW Every two seconds, a person is forced to leave their home in search of a better life due to hardships like conflict, violence, and persecution. And right now, many refugees are facing a new da…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 11:31 AM

(2x match) Stand up for refugees worldwide with Oxfam

Give on World Refugee Day to stand up for refugees               MATCH: DONATE NOW Every two seconds, a person is forced to leave their home in search of a better life due to hardships like conflict, violence, and persecution. And right now, many refugees are facing a new d…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 19, 2020 at 1:30 PM

🎉World Refugee Day: Your gift can go 2x as far with Oxfam

Tomorrow is World Refugee Day - will you join us and refugees around the world?               WORLD REFUGEE DAY: DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT     Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam   Rohingya refugees like Nur, pictured above with her daughter, urgently need your help. In crowded …
  Oxfam · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 1:48 PM

[Burkina Faso] Is good hygiene possible without clean water?

Working miracles in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.               "Without water, there is no hygiene."     Huguette Yago is a water and sanitation engineer for AGED, an Oxfam partner. She carries out hygiene awareness sessions with internally displaced people…
  Sarah Kupovykh, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 9:29 PM

World Refugee Day - Live Conversation with Oxfam 6/18

COVID-19's Impact on Refugees and Migrants           ./ Oxfam's COVID-19 Conversation Series: World Refugee DayLIVE: Thursday, June 18, 2020 from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. ET Friend– In honor of upcoming World Refugee Day, join us to discuss the impact your support makes for refugees a…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Oxfam Condemns Violence Against Protesters in the US

              The freedom to assemble and protest is a cornerstone of our American democracy and fundamental to who we are as Americans. The streets of our cities are not war zones, and people on those streets are not combatants. Oxfam strongly believes in the power of people …
  Oxfam · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 1:19 PM

[Philippines] How you're helping communities stay safe during COVID-19

When washing hands isn't easy               Trust, rights, and protecting lives     New hand-washing station in Barangay Bolusao, Lawaan, Philippines. Jason Torillo/PRRM The coronavirus has a way of slipping into the fissures of our world and illuminating them for…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 1:57 PM

COVID-19 Threatens to Push Half a Billion into Poverty - Help Now (May Newsletter)

OxFam America           May Newsletter         COVID-19: How to Help         Around the world, the impacts of COVID-19 are just beginning. In addition to the health risks, COVID-19 threatens to push half a billion people into poverty, as families fee…
  Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 26, 2020 at 1:58 PM

URGENT: Act now to help immigrants and asylum seekers at risk of COVID-19

              Right now, nearly 30,000 immigrants and asylum seekers across the US are being held in immigration detention facilities where social distancing is impossible and access to basic hygiene items is severely limited. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, these …
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 8:48 PM

BREAKING: "Crisis on top of crisis" as historic cyclone and COVID-19 reach world's largest refugee camp.

Your support urgently needed.             EMERGENCY: SUPER CYCLONE AMPHAN HITS INDIA AND BANGLADESH     DEVELOPING...on Wednesday, the strongest cyclone ever recorded over the Bay of Bengal made landfall in India and Bangladesh, impacting millions of people in vulner…
  Sarah Kupovykh, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Oxfam Virtual Chat: Food chains impacted by COVID-19

Securing Food Chains During a Pandemic - Register to join >>           ./ Oxfam's COVID-19 Conversation Series Farm to Table: Securing Food Chains During a Pandemic LIVE: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. ET Friend– With COVID-19 disrupting production and access …
  Gina Cummings, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 18, 2020 at 3:52 PM

URGENT: Demand Big Pharma put people before profits

              The COVID-19 pandemic has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and could push billions of people into hunger and poverty in the US and across the globe. Safe and effective treatments and vaccines offer a way out of this nightmare, and many scientists are wor…
  Abby Maxman, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 15, 2020 at 3:14 PM

US workers vulnerable - your help urgently needed

COVID-19 is exacerbating poverty in the US - help now.             This is an urgent call for help. Hard working men and women – even here in the US – are being forced to choose between going to work, and risking their lives at their workplaces, or losing their jobs. These vulnerab…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
May 13, 2020 at 2:32 PM

[North Carolina] Helping essential workers claim their rights during COVID-19

How you're supporting farmers speaking out against abuses in Whole Foods' supply chain.               Essential workers speak out against abuses     Ramón, left, and Pedro, work for a farm in North Carolina that supplies produce to Whole Foods. They are seeki…
  Oxfam · [email protected]
May 9, 2020 at 1:20 PM

Just $20 can mean 100 bars of soap

OxfamThis Mother's Day, show your love by gifting emergency supplies for families in need. As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the US and around the world, Oxfam is on the ground responding. Every day, we're working with longstanding partners to slow the spread of the disease …
  Oxfam (Gifts STILL Matched) · [email protected]
May 6, 2020 at 1:39 PM

Fight COVID-19. Help families living in poverty. Double your impact today.

#GivingTuesdayNow is over, but your gift can still be matched     When #GivingTuesdayNow started, a group of donors put together a $500,000 pool to match every contribution. #GivingTuesdayNow is over, but since this moment is so important for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and all people liv…
  Ken Mallette, Oxfam · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 11:44 PM

You still have the power to help families affected by COVID-19. Today.

Time is running out to make your matched #GivingTuesdayNow gift.               I wanted to make sure you saw this before it's too late: time is running out to make your matched gift on #GivingTuesdayNow. We haven't hit our $500,000 goal – we're looking for people like you…
  Match Alert (Oxfam) · [email protected]
May 5, 2020 at 3:42 PM

COVID-19: Today, your help goes twice as far

It's #GivingTuesdayNow, and we're matching gifts!             #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW MATCH MATCH: DONATE NOW Today is #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of unity and giving in response to COVID-19, and we're reaching out because there's an especially urgent reason to participate. Righ…