Oxfam's 12 Days Of Christmas

Let's countdown through Oxfam's year. Through a terrifying epidemic, through constant threat of famine, through bombing: through it all, you've been there, thank you.

12. Only TWELVE copies of the 1972 folk album 'Having Said That' by Paul Hobbs were ever made, and one was sold on eBay by the Oxfam bookshop in Tunbridge Wells in October for £1,000.

Paul Hobbs

That was just one of the many items donated to our shops this year. You can donate goods directly to your local Oxfam shop. Or, you can place clothing, music, or books in one of our donation banks. Either way, we'll turn your gifts into cash to fund our work fighting poverty around the world.

Oxfam's Online Shop also has thousands of donated items for sale - and there's even a sale on right now.

And if you don't find a copy of this particular album, have a listen here:

11. Oxfam has given humanitarian help to ELEVEN people every minute during 2014.

That's your support helping people fight the spread of Ebola, providing clean safe water to people in South Sudan and Gaza and in other places around the word. You can find out more on our Annual Review site:

10. Governments have promised to give TEN billion dollars to a UN fund to help developing countries adapt to climate change and reduce green house gas emissions.

9. NINE states have signed a treaty to control the sale of arms in 2014.

8. More than EIGHT hundred venues held Oxjam music festivals across the UK during October.

Sam B/Oxfam

Oxjam Music Festival takes place every October. It's made up of hundreds of events happening all around the UK, all organised by amazing volunteers. Over 1.2 million

people have been to an Oxjam gig.

7. MPs voted to enshrine in law the UK’s promise to spend nought point SEVEN per cent of national income on overseas aid.

6. SIX million pounds were raised on the first day of the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to fight the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

Oxfam's Ian Bray meets community health volunteers who have been trained by Oxfam to fight Ebola in Liberia.

5. The world’s 85 richest people saw their wealth increase by nearly FIVE hundred thousand dollars per minute over the last year.

Via oxfam.org.uk

Extreme inequality is not accidental or inevitable - it’s the result of deliberate policy choices by people in power. Together we must even it up and stop inequality from undermining our fight against poverty. Join our campaign now to reduce the gap between the rich and the rest.

4. The Zaatari refugee camp is now so big it is effectively Jordan’s FOURth largest city, home to around 85,000 people who have fled the crisis in Syria

Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

3. THREE days of emergency food are typically given to people using food banks run by the Trussell Trust in the UK, according to a report released by Oxfam and other organisations.

Oxfam

Oxfam believes that everybody in the UK should have enough to eat. Our work with the Trussell Trust foodbank network has meant that around two million meals have been provided to families in crisis - families that otherwise have been forced to skip meals or choose whether to 'heat or eat' during the winter months. We also work with FareShare, to make sure that unwanted food goes to people that need it rather than being wasted. As well as supporting foodbanks, Oxfam is working to tackle the longer term problems that mean families need to rely on foodbanks - we're working towards a world where everybody can live their lives with dignity and free from poverty.

2. TWO Oxfam volunteers, Betty Matthews from Spalding and Dorothy Pendleton from Bridgewater, received British Empire Medals in 2014 to recognise their long service and exceptional contribution.

Meet interesting people, boost your confidence and gain life-changing skills - volunteer for Oxfam at our shops, events or offices: There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer with Oxfam.

1. ONE year after fighting broke out in South Sudan, Oxfam has helped more than 360,000 people in the world’s newest country, providing food, clean water and helping people find ways to make a living.

Via oxfam.org.uk

Elizabeth isn’t on Facebook. Her story is real. The words are hers. The films and photos show what life is like for her family right now. She’s one of 1.5 million people who’ve been forced from their homes by conflict in South Sudan. And now famine is on the horizon.