OXFAM shops across Coventry and Warwickshire managed to raise more than £500,000 this year to support the charity’s work around the world.
Money raised from sales and donations will go towards Oxfam’s projects including providing support to thousands of people who are displaced or refugees that the charity is working with in Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Greece.
According to the charity, we are living in a time where more people – almost 60 million – are displaced from their homes than at any time since World War II.
Lisa Milner, Oxfam area manager for Warwickshire, said the charity is grateful to the generous people of Warwickshire who donate to and buy from their shops.
She added: “This support raises crucial funds for Oxfam’s work to help people in desperate circumstances.
“It is thanks to our determined staff and volunteers and our very generous donors and customers that Oxfam can provide life saving water, food and emergency supplies to thousands of people around the world.
“We are helping those arriving in Italy by providing food, clothes, shoes, and personal hygiene kits as well as longer term psychological and legal support.”
The charity is providing life-saving clean water, sanitation and vital support for families who have lost everything in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
For every £36 donated to Oxfam, the charity can provide clean and safe water to families – and £100 can provide toilets and washing facilities for dozens of people made homeless.
Ms Milner said Oxfam shops need donations more than ever to raise crucial funds for its work to end extreme poverty and suffering around the world.
She added: “As the need around the world grows, we urgently need to scale up our work – and we cannot do this without the people of Warwickshire.
“So please keep donating, volunteering and shopping with Oxfam, it really does make a huge difference to the lives of people around the world.”
