Press Releases
9 September 2010
Trebling of disease in less than three weeks underlines need for further funding
2 September 2010
Responding to news that the IMF will issue a $450 million loan to Pakistan -- which will need to be repaid -- international agency Oxfam warned that the loan would risk plunging Pakistan into debt that it can ill-afford.
1 September 2010
Voices of women and the poor must be at the heart of informal talks this week in Geneva that will shape a new global climate fund to tackle climate change. Forty key ministers will gather in Geneva for two days and a crucial issue on the agenda is the establishment of a new global climate fund to support poor countries in reducing their emissions and adapting to climate change.
29 August 2010
One month after floods first reached disastrous levels in Pakistan, flood waters continue to rise with 500,000 people forced to evacuate their homes in recent days. Many areas are still cut off and millions of people are in desperate need of immediate help. As the aid effort struggles to respond to the increasing catastrophe, international aid agency Oxfam today warned that reconstruction efforts must begin immediately to avoid devastating long-term consequences for the country.
25 August 2010
Some 800,000 survivors of Pakistan’s floods are completely cut off by rising waters and are only reachable by helicopter, making relief efforts significantly more challenging as the death toll rises and rain continues to fall.
25 August 2010
Unions from across Canada have shown their support for survivors of Pakistan’s devastating floods by donating more than $180,000 to Oxfam Canada’s relief efforts
24 August 2010
Floods and heavy rains across Niger have destroyed crops less than two months before harvest, compounding the country’s existing food crisis, according to international aid agency Oxfam. Flooding has killed at least six people, left thousands homeless, ruined crops and forced hungry families to the crisis point.
22 August 2010
So far the Humanitarian Coalition has received more than $650,000 in donations, a fraction of what’s needed. A matched donation scheme should give Canadians the confidence that their donations will reach the aid agencies already operating on the ground and help secure much-needed tents, water tanks and medications.
16 August 2010
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Niger, the country worst-hit by the West Africa food crisis, has been forced to make an “agonizing” decision to provide emergency food only to families with children under the age of two because of a huge funding shortfall.
16 August 2010
Thirty-eight aid agencies operating in Pakistan call for a massive increase in donor dollars, saying the country and its people will not be able to recover from the country's worst floods without long-term funding.
16 August 2010
With the first case of cholera reported in Pakistan, members of the Humanitarian Coalition are imploring Canadians to continue showing their generosity for survivors of the country’s devastating floods.
15 August 2010
Against the backdrop of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to devastated
areas of Pakistan, international aid agency Oxfam said it hopes visit will draw attention to the limited funds committed to the rapidly escalating crisis.
11 August 2010
Insufficient funding and delays in food delivery are threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands in the Sahel region of West Africa, international agency Oxfam said, adding that there is little excuse for setbacks when the international community had been warned of the magnitude of the unfolding crisis for months.
10 August 2010
The UN describes Pakistan's floods as the world's "worst" current disaster, but compared with other recent crises the speed of donor commitments has been sluggish.
10 August 2010
As both the flood waters and death toll continue to rise in Pakistan, the HUMANITARIAN COALITION is launching a new joint appeal to Canadians to support emergency relief efforts.
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