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A new Oxfam report states that great strides have been made in delivery of international humanitarian assistance, but the future requires a shift of resources to ensure local governments and civil society partners are equipped to prevent, prepare for and save lives during disasters.
The following article appeared in January 26, 2012 edition of the Toronto Star.
Oxfam’s focus on this case is part of the international agency’s GROW campaign, which aims to secure a future for everyone to have enough to eat. Oxfam is concerned about the accelerated rush for land, especially in Africa, and the lack of effective international rules to protect the poorest people who depend on the land for food.
Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada's Executive Director, discusses The Global Journal ranking of Oxfam as No. 3 on the world's Top 100 Best NGOs list.
The following article appeared in January 17, 2012 edition of the Globe and Mail.
The Left behind by the G20? report finds that reducing inequality is not only the right thing to do; it also makes sound economic sense.
Lessons learned can help prevent future disasters and save lives.
Two years after the earthquake, Haiti’s reconstruction proceeds at a ‘snail’s pace.’ Oxfam Canada calls on Canadian government to play a leadership role.
Thanks to thousands of donors, supporters and partners around the world, Oxfam Canada is proud of many success stories in 2011 and looks forward to many more in the New Year.
Oxfam today warned that a disease outbreak is “waiting to happen” unless authorities quickly address the water shortage and hygiene needs at crowded evacuation centres for survivors of flash floods in the Philippines.
Oxfam is planning water and sanitation support in the southern Philippines region where flash floods from typhoon Washi have displaced at least 26,000 families and killed nearly 1,000 people.
Now is the time to scale up preventative measures to protect millions of people in West Africa from a serious food crisis in 2012. People are at particularly high risk in Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad.
“Canada’s exit from the Kyoto Protocol, the one existing agreement that legally binds some countries to emission cuts targets, is an affront to the nearly one billion people who struggle every day to feed their families in the face of increasingly frequent and severe droughts, floods, heat waves and storms."
“Negotiators have sent a clear message to the world’s hungry: Let them eat carbon.”
Oxfam Canada today urged the federal government to help ensure the Green Climate Fund, aimed at helping poor countries cope with climate change, is launched with long-term financial commitments in the final deal at COP-17 on Friday.
