Oxfam and Water

Oxfam is renowned worldwide for its expertise in providing safe, clean water and sanitation fast in emergency situations. Needs don't come any more basic. Get it right, and lives are saved. Get it wrong, and diseases like diarrhoea and cholera spread fast.

Providing clean water in Emergencies

Here's how Oxfam responded in 2005 when an earthquake hit northern Pakistan.

Providing clean water in long term humanitarian crises

Oxfam's work in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Despite its vast potential wealth, the DRC is one of the poorest countries in the world. Years of conflict have created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises:

• 2.7 million people are displaced
• An estimated 2.5 million have been killed as a consequence of the war
• There is a critical lack of health care and education
• Malnutrition is widespread

Here’s how Oxfam is providing water in camps for displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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What your support can do

€9 / £6 can provide 3 Oxfam water buckets

€12 / £8 can provide a “dignity kit” (distributed during emergencies) containing soap, toothbrushes, toilet roll, underwear and sanitary protection for four people

€25 / £17 can provide drinking water for three families in Darfur

€75 / £50 can build a latrine

Just a bucket?

To people affected by conflict or natural disasters, clean water means survival.

The tight-fitting lid prevents loss of water through spillage.

The built-in cap never gets lost and keeps water safe and clean.

The buckets are more hygienic than jerry cans.

The durable plastic does not deteriorate in sunlight.

The buckets stack inside each other, so they are cheap to store and transport.

They have a smooth design for carrying on the head comfortably.

The award-winning Oxfam bucket... all for just €3.50/£2

With your support, we can save lives.

If this bucket makes a difference in somebody’s life, think what a monthly donation could do!