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A routine book donation to an Oxfam charity shop in Shrewsbury turned out to be a rare 1890 first edition worth over £11,000. The surprising find shows how one generous donation can multiply into thousands for a good cause.
More than half of British adults deliberately tried to cut back on clothing purchases over the past year, new research reveals. Actor Richard E. Grant is championing the shift toward secondhand fashion with a personal story about how a thrift shop coat changed his career.
Israel's Supreme Court froze a government ban that would have stopped 37 humanitarian organizations from working in Gaza and the West Bank. The groups, including Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam, can continue delivering life-saving assistance while the court considers a final ruling.
Nearly 400 of the world's wealthiest people just asked global leaders to raise their taxes. The letter, released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls out extreme inequality and demands action.
After flash floods swept through Harare, Zimbabwe, 80 community volunteers are going door to door to protect families from cholera and waterborne diseases. Most of them are women and young people who just completed intensive training to become their neighborhoods' first line of defense.
After devastating floods killed over 1,000 people in Nepal, GoFundMe launched a verified hub connecting donors with trusted relief efforts. The platform's safety team screens every fundraiser to prevent fraud and protect people who want to help.
Civil society groups in Nigeria are training communities to hold banks accountable for financing projects that harm the environment and people. The Fair Finance Nigeria Coalition is teaching residents how to demand better from the financial institutions that fund extractive industries in the Niger Delta.
After drought killed most of her livestock, a Maasai mother in Tanzania started growing drought-resistant grass to sell as animal feed. Now 250 women across northern Tanzania are turning climate survival into steady income.
A single newspaper article on a disaster generated $500,000 in official aid, proving what a new UN report confirms: good journalism literally saves lives. From earthquake preparedness to fighting deadly misinformation, trusted news coverage makes communities safer and disaster responses more effective.