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MEDIA RELEASES
2 September 2010
Responding to news that the IMF will issue a $450 million loan to Pakistan...
1 September 2010
Voices of women and the poor must be at the heart of informal talks this...
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Jul 06 2010
Irregular rains in 2009 have led to a severe lack of pasture and water and a poor harvest across West Africa. The worst affected country is Niger where over 7 million people are at risk. Some 2 million people are threatened in Chad and an estimated further 629,000 are affected in Mali. Parts of Nigeria and Burkina Faso are also at risk.
Jul 05 2010
The outpouring of global public support in response to the earthquake enabled aid to get through to Haiti and make a real difference. The scale of the aid response has helped to prevent violence, like riots for food, shelter or water. However, the Haiti earthquake is one of the most complex humanitarian and development challenges in modern times. There are no short-term solutions.
Jun 22 2010
People living in poverty in developing countries are least responsible for the climate crisis. Yet they are suffering its most severe effects.
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AUDIO VIDEO CLIPS
25 June 2010 - 5:16pm
Oxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox held an impromptu “scrum” at the Fake Lake on June 25 to talk about expectations for the maternal health initiative, stressing that unless the G8 can prove this is new money, African children will be paying for their mothers’ healthcare by sacrificing their education.
25 June 2010 - 6:50pm
Oxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox reacts to Stephen Harper's announcement on maternal health funding (June 25, 2010)
6 July 2010 - 2:03pm
Aid agencies have been warning for months that West Africa was heading for another famine. Now, some 10 million people, mostly in Niger and Chad, are facing starvation. The CBC talks to Raphael Sindaye, the Deputy Regional Director for Oxfam in West Africa who is overseeing the agency's response to the crisis.
17 August 2010 - 4:13pm
Oxfam Canada's Executive Director Robert Fox discusses the severity of the current food crisis occurring in Western Africa on CBC's 'The Link'.
Haiti: Six Months Later (CBC)
Oxfam International spokesperson Julie Schindall speaks with CBC News about Oxfam's work in Haiti in the six months after the devastating earthquake hit the country's capital in January 2010.
Haiti: Six Months Later (CTV News)
Oxfam Canada's Executive Director Robert Fox speaks with CTV about conditions in Haiti six months after the devastating earthquake struck the country's capital in January 2010.
