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Young people in Vanuatu are getting a second chance at education. Photo: Jane Ussher/Oxfam
Young people in Vanuatu
are getting a second chance
at education.

You have a vital role to play in fighting poverty and ending hunger and Oxfam +me is the best way for you to take action:

Because of you, families will be able to grow more food and access clean, safe water. They’ll be able to send their children to school and they’ll live in safer communities.

Sylvia's story

Oxfam is installing a water tank so Sylvia will no longer have to walk down a steep valley to collect water for her family. Photo: Tom Greenwood/Oxfam
Oxfam is installing a water
tank so Sylvia no longer has
to walk down steep tracks to
collect water for her family.
Donsiro village, Bougainville

Sylvia Miorira lives in Donsiro village, in Central Bougainville. Like 80% of her country, she does not have access to clean water. She walks for many hours each week down steep tracks, and then home again with a 30-litre jerry can of water strapped to her back. The journey is backbreaking and dangerous. “It’s very slippery when it rains,” she tells us.

And even with the water home safely, it’s not always clean. Her four-year old son, Georgefree, is often sick with life-threatening, water-borne diseases like diarrhoea.

With support from people like you, we can keep children like Georgefree safe. Oxfam is installing water tanks and tap stands in Sylvia’s village, and most importantly, building toilets to stop the spread of disease.

The difference you’ll make 

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Want to know more? Take a look at the video opposite and listen to Oxfam's Programme Manager Michael Riach explain how your regular gift can make a real difference.

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