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The difference you make

Photo: Cedric Nunn/OxfamAUS
Photo: Cedric Nunn/OxfamAUS

How your support helps Oxfam

Whether you’re taking part in Oxfam Trailwalker or donating to a team, you’re making a significant difference to the lives of others.

Oxfam Trailwalker in Australia has raised more than $42 million since 1999. With the support of our Trailwalker teams, Oxfam has the funds to carry out our vital work and enable the people we help to bring about positive change in their lives.

Your support helps us to provide orphans in South Africa, like nine-year-old Thobile, with a healthy start.

Thobile’s Story

Without food or an income, orphans in South Africa are struggling to survive, let alone go to school.

Nine-year-old Thobile lives with her grandmother in the Hluhluwe province in South Africa. With little money, they struggle to buy food and she often goes to school hungry. Thobile’s school principal, Thandi Masuku, knows this all too well. “It is very difficult for people [here] to get food,” Thandi says. “Sometimes they may have gone the whole weekend without eating anything. And it is difficult for them to cope in their lessons.”

Without an education, children may never learn to read and write. More importantly, they may never learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty. Oxfam Australia is working with the community so children can get the education they deserve. We’re providing:

  • Nutritious food for vulnerable children, ensuring they’re fed seven days a week
  • Food gardens so children can learn how to plant and grow food
  • A toilet and water tanks so the school has access to safe water
  • School fees for orphans, to ensure education is for all

Find out more about Oxfam’s work and the difference you are making.

Oxfam is a fantastic organisation, doing amazing things around the world, and we were immensely proud that we were able to be a part of this worthy cause. It has certainly changed my life, and it is something I will always remember.
— Andrew Needham, Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney 2010 participant