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🚨 A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC. Almost 1.3 million people, including at least half a million children, are now crammed into this small city in #Gaza. There can be no more “evacuations”. There is no safe place to go.  There must be a #CeasefireNOW 🚨

Summer has officially begun in Oxfam shops! 🌞 Oxfam shops are a hive of creativity and we can practically feel the sun on our faces just by looking at these displays. Here's our pick of some of our favourite seasonal shop windows and displays from across the Oxfam shop network... 📸 Sale, Hay-on-Wye, Bexhill on Sea, Welwyn, Walthamstow, Dalston and Bath George Street.

Do you know the biggest barrier to peacebuilding in South Sudan? It’s probably not what you think… On #LivingTogetherInPeaceDay, in this blog Sylvia Brown (Oxfam GB’s Peacebuilding and Conflict Senior Adviser) explores how investing in grassroots peacebuilding is helping to calm local conflicts and protect lives and livelihoods: https://lnkd.in/eSdD6hgG The support of the amazing #PostcodeLotteryPeople is helping make this work possible. Thank you to players of People's Postcode Lottery for your continued support as we work together with communities leading peacebuilding across the world. #Peacebuilding #Peace #PeoplesPostcodeLottery #ThankYou 📷 Sylvia Brown / Women leaders from Rumbek County in South Sudan discussing their peacebuilding work.

Looking for an easy way to donate to Oxfam, reduce waste and power positive change worldwide? Oxfam's Andy Ostcliffe was on Radio 4's You and Yours programme this week to discuss Oxfam and Marks and Spencer's post-back trial. Listen to the interview to find out more and don't forget to order your donation bag here: https://bit.ly/3w9Bbe0

🔴 The UK must act now, and end all arms sales to Israel and call for a #CeasefireNOW. Sign our letter: https://lnkd.in/dPqp7MTy Rafah in #Gaza, where 1.4 million women, men and children are sheltering, is under attack. A humanitarian catastrophe of an unfathomable scale is starting to unfold. People are facing bombardment, starvation and disease. There is nowhere safe to go. Political leaders say they’re ‘deeply concerned’ about this military offensive. Yet the UK is complicit through continuing to sell arms to Israel. Words without actions are meaningless. 

How can African women and girls make their voices heard in #climate action? Women across the continent, especially in rural and coastal areas, are paying a heavy price for the climate emergency, so why are they so often missing from key areas of influence such as climate research and national environment ministries? Ilse Kithembe sets out five ways to tackle Africa’s environmental gender gap, as Oxfam au Sénégal launches a new paper on boosting the role of communities in climate action. https://lnkd.in/e2iyXrVm Latest post on our Views and Voices blog for development professionals. Read the full paper, "Increasing Civil Society Ownership of National Climate Plans: Lessons drawn from Senegal’s NDC experience" https://lnkd.in/eTzcdH8K Fati N'zi-Hassane Mohamadou Fadel Diop

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ATTACK ON #Rafah, from 31 UK NGOs: “The failure of our leaders to back words with meaningful action is glaring. As the 1.4 million people in Rafah face attacks that our leaders know would be catastrophic, they must finally act to stop the slaughter". Full statement and signatories: https://lnkd.in/et2dfZzn

With the closing of border crossings virtually no aid is getting into Gaza. The Israeli Government has escalated its military offensive in Rafah. Our fears grow for the 1.4 million women, men and children trapped with nowhere safe to go. Meanwhile, the UK Government continues to fuel the Israeli military operation by selling arms. Words of concern by British political leaders are meaningless unless they are backed by action. The UK is complicit in this crisis. It must #StopSendingArms to Israel and pressure the Israeli Government to agree to a #CeasefireNOW. Sign the letter here: https://bit.ly/3TA6oyK

“I’ve wanted to run London for years and applied via the ballot for 21 years without success. I wanted to run for a charity that meant something to me and Oxfam was the perfect fit. I lived in Tanzania as child and subsequently served in Kenya with the Army, so had seen first-hand the work that Oxfam carries out within East Africa.” “I also wanted to honour my Sister who died in September, I had a photo of her dressed as a fairy, hence running as a big pink fairy! So far, I’ve raised just over £2200 and the money is still coming in.” - Matt Thank you to Matt and all our amazing London Marathon runners! If you want to sign up to run the London Marathon for Oxfam in 2025, click here: https://bit.ly/3WlVpMi

Meet JJ – London Marathon finisher, former festival volunteer and fundraising superstar! Find out about JJ's #LondonMarathon journey, and why he chose to run and support Oxfam and partners' work worldwide. Thank you to JJ and all our amazing London Marathon runners! If you want to sign up to run the London Marathon for Oxfam in 2025, click here: https://bit.ly/3WlVpMi