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Take your place…At the Table

“AT THE TABLE” launched on March 8, International Women’s Day with the help of members of the W8. The campaign aims to have the voices of the world’s poorest people heard when G8 and G20 leaders sit down to make decisions affecting the lives of everyone on this planet.

Oxfam team assesses damage in south Chile

Oxfam's assessment of the damage of Saturday's earthquake to the south of Chile is now well underway. The aid agency's team of logisticians and water engineers split in two and headed for two locations - Constitución and Concepcion.

Oxfam responds to Chile earthquake

A team of Oxfam engineers and logisticians has arrived in Chile on Monday, after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the South American country early Saturday morning.

Haiti Earthquake One Month After

“Still a mountain to climb” in Haiti, says Oxfam

G7 must take on Haiti recovery plan, global economic crisis

G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada this weekend must agree to a Financial Transaction Tax to leverage billions needed to help poor nations deal with the impact of the global economic crisis, development agency Oxfam International said today.

Will world leaders fail the first post-Copenhagen climate test?

World leaders are set to fail their first post-Copenhagen test on climate change, leaving global temperatures on track for a dangerous 4 degree rise, Oxfam said today, ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline for countries to submit their emission reduction targets under the Copenhagen Accord.

Oxfam Initiates “Cash for Work” Program in Haiti

Oxfam has started to employ people affected by Haiti’s earthquake to clean up their makeshift camps and improve their living conditions.

Oxfam Canada reacts to Montreal conference

Leaders acknowledged the leadership role of the Haitian government in re-construction and the need to assure ownership of the reconstruction process by Haitian women and men, but more needs to be done.

Relocation of Haitian earthquake survivors must be voluntary

Relocation of Haitian earthquake survivors to temporary camps outside the capital of Port-au-Prince must be done on a voluntary basis, international aid agency Oxfam said today.

Re-imagining Haiti

International leaders gathering in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti’s reconstruction must press for the participation of Haitian people, promote the interests of women and youth and coordinate their efforts under U.N. leadership, Canadian aid agencies urged today.

Cash-for-work in Haiti

International aid agency Oxfam is beginning discussions around cash-for-work programs to help survivors of Haiti’s devastating earthquake rebuild their lives and livelihoods.

Oxfam relief reaching more and more Haitians

Oxfam relief efforts continue to reach more and more survivors of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti more than a week ago, despite strong aftershocks and rain.

AID RELIEF GETTING TO HAITIANS

Members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION are on the ground in Port-au-Prince distributing relief to meet the immediate needs of Haitians, and are urging Canadians to continue to support the mass-scale relief efforts in the devastated country.

Aid relief efforts reach Haitians

Members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION are on the ground in Port-au-Prince distributing relief to meet the immediate needs of Haitians, and are urging Canadians to continue to support the mass-scale relief efforts in the devastated country.

The Humanitarian Coalition sets $5million initial goal

Thanks those who have made significant contributions to date for the Haiti Earthquake Relief

Oxfam teams in Haiti initiating aid delivery

Haiti Earthquake 2010

On the Ground in Haiti

Oxfam’s Humanitarian Coordinator Describes the Scene

Oxfam staff member killed in Haiti quake

Haiti Earthquake 2010

Coldplay joins Oxfam appeal for Haiti earthquake

Oxfam appeals for millions for its emergency response

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN HAITI:

CANADA’S LEADING RELIEF AGENCIES PARTNER TO RESPOND TO THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

World needs to act now to prevent new Sudan war, 10 aid groups warn

Major conflict could return to southern Sudan unless there is urgent international action to save the peace agreement that ended one of Africa’s longest and deadliest wars, 10 aid agencies warned today.

Rains fail again across East Africa

Malnutrition rates up, cholera reported, millions of live stock lost

“Waves of Change”: tsunami’s silver lining

Tsunami Anniversary

UN climate negotiations need overhaul, says Oxfam

Stronger world leadership, a strict new timetable needed to secure a climate deal next year

It is Not too Late to Save the Planet and its People

Copenhagen 2009

HISTORIC MOMENT, HISTORIC GATHERING, HISTORIC COP OUT

The ‘climate deal’ on the table in Copenhagen today is a triumph of spin over substance says Oxfam International.

HISTORIC MOMENT, HISTORIC GATHERING, HISTORIC COP OUT

Copenhagen 2009

Mr. Harper Must Deliver

Copenhagen 2009

Hollow political declaration won’t help, says Oxfam Canada

Copenhagen 2009

LAST CHANCE TO PREVENT FAILURE IN COPENHAGEN

Copenhagen 2009

Climate change undermining human rights

Verdict delivered at world's first International Climate Hearing

Climate talks suspended

African countries pulled the emergency cord in Copenhagen today as rich countries reluctance to discuss binding emissions reductions brought chaos to the negotiations.

What is the Tuvalu proposal?

Tuvalu is calling for a discussion on what form the final deal from Copenhagen will take. The small island state has put forward a proposal for a new protocol – in addition to the Kyoto Protocol – to include commitments on from the US and other issues such as adaptation and finance.

Copenhagen talks must reflect reality of poor countries

Danish negotiators listen to U.S., European concerns while ignoring poor countries

Copenhagen: Business as Usual?

Progressive businesses must speak out in support of a strong climate deal or risk letting their head-in-the-sand competitors derail the talks, Oxfam International cautioned today. The warning comes ahead of a series of high-level debates in Copenhagen on the private sector’s role in tackling climate change.

Danish proposal sidelines poor countries

Proposals being circulated by Danish negotiators at the historic UN climate summit in Copenhagen run the risk of sidelining developing countries hit first and hardest by climate change, Oxfam warned today.

Success possible at Copenhagen

Rich countries could bring success to Copenhagen if they put forward at least $200 billion per year in new public funds to help poor countries reduce their emissions and adapt to a changing climate, Oxfam said today as the historic talks got underway.

Cap-and-trade can finance climate adaptation

As Canadian negotiators make their way to historic climate talks in Copenhagen, a new report by Oxfam and the Pembina Institute makes the case for helping poor countries adapt to climate change, and suggests using a cap-and-trade system to pay for it.

Adaptation Funding Canada’s Opportunity at Copenhagen

Presenting a petition signed by Canadians across the country, several international development agencies today urged the federal government to negotiate a fair and ambitious climate agreement in Copenhagen that provides sustainable financing to help developing countries adapt to the worsening effects of climate change.

Haiti: A Gathering Storm

Having survived political turmoil, food insecurity and four hurricanes last year, the resilient people of Haiti could still be pushed over the brink if world leaders do not act at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, Oxfam is warning.

Food summit offers crumbs

Oxfam ranks world leaders' performance as paltry 2 out of 10

Afghan conflict fuelled by poverty, unemployment: Oxfam report

As discussions get underway for devising Canada’s exit strategy from Afghanistan, a new Oxfam report offers a rare glimpse at life for the average Afghan struggling to survive the conflict.

Gap widens between enviro leaders and laggards

Vulnerable countries want action, not words

SALVADOREANS FACING SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

DAMAGE CAUSED BY ‘IDA’ EXPECTED TO NEAR HURRICANE MITCH

Leaders can salvage UN World Food Summit

The UN World Food Summit could be salvaged if world leaders intervene to go beyond empty declarations and help the poor by investing in better policies, institutions, services and agricultural training, say international agencies Oxfam and ActionAid.

Canada shamed at Barcelona climate talks

A coalition of Canadian environmental groups is expressing shame at the conduct of Canadian negotiators currently operating at climate talks in Barcelona, where Canada has earned four consecutive “Fossil of the Day” awards and has been accused by developing countries as “dragging down climate talks.”

BOLIVIA BATTERED ON FIVE FRONTS BY CLIMATE CHANGE

Bolivians fight to adapt in finance vacuum

Karzai’s government must deliver on schools, midwives and police

The new Afghan government must urgently build up to 6,000 new schools, train upwards of 5,000 new midwives and professionalize the police force, according to aid agencies working throughout Afghanistan.

World's Biggest Arms Traders Promise Global Arms Treaty

After years of discussions and debates, 153 governments agreed today at the United Nations to a timetable to establish a “strong and robust” Arms Trade Treaty with the “highest common standards” to control international transfers of conventional arms.

Radical aid shake-up required to break cycle of hunger in Ethiopia

Twenty-five years on from 1984 famine food aid remains knee-jerk reaction, Oxfam says

17 THINGS CANADIANS SHOULD KNOW ON WORLD FOOD DAY

HUNGER IN EAST AFRICA

OXFAM WELCOMES CANADA’S NEW PLAN TO FIGHT HUNGER

Oxfam responds to CIDA

Civilian toll in Congo unacceptable: Congo Advocacy Coalition

Enhanced protection urgently needed

RICH COUNTRIES SET TO CONDEMN BILLIONS TO GRIM FUTURE

Climate negotiations stuck: US becoming key obstacle on the road to Copenhagen

2,000 die per day as arms trade talks stall

Death toll reaches 2.1 million in three years since debate on whether to launch arms trade negotiations began

Climate Change Unscripted

Bollywood star embarks on Canadian speaking tour

Aid to Pakistan too little too late: Oxfam report

Few donor countries came forward right away, and those that did channeled money via the UN system

Oxfam rushing aid to flood, earthquake survivors

Oxfam emergency response teams fan out across Sumatra, Samoa, Vietnam and the Philippines after a devastating week of earthquakes and floods leaves thousands in desperate need of clean water and shelter.

Oxfam launches $16.5M appeal for East Africa

As drought deepens, Oxfam Canada redoubles fundraising efforts

Oxfam responds to South Asia storms

$1 million aid package for Vietnam; long-term projects suspended in Philippines

100 people pushed into poverty by economic crisis every minute

The G20 must take urgent action to protect poor countries from the economic crisis that is forcing 100 people every minute into poverty, international agency Oxfam said today.

Oxfam and Muslim Aid reveal that for at least 23 million people, this year’s Ramadan has been one of the toughest for years

International agencies Oxfam and Muslim Aid today showed that at least 23 million Muslims caught up in conflicts and disasters have been fasting this Ramadan in one of the hardest periods in recent years, with many having little more to eat than bread and water during the 30 days of this holy month and others having nothing to eat at all after sunset.

Weakened mandate for U.N. women’s office “deplorable”

The head of Oxfam’s gender campaign has declared a weakened mandate for a much-needed U.N. office dealing with women’s affairs “deplorable.”

Oxfam calls for foreign currency levy to help poor countries survive economic downturn

$280 million in new financing can be found at minimal cost, international agency Oxfam says

HUNGER CRISIS LOOMS IN EAST AFRICA

CANADA’S LEADING RELIEF AGENCIES WARN OF “PERFECT STORM” AS DROUGHT AFFECTS 20 MILLION

Overcrowded and desperate camps in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia “barely fit for humans”

International response shamefully inadequate, says Oxfam

Oxfam and partners send a joint Emergency Response Team and supplies to West Java earthquake

An Oxfam Emergency Response Team is in place in Indonesia to provide assistance following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Java yesterday.

Effects of climate change in Nepal “deeply worrying,” Oxfam warns

Millions could face more hunger as temperatures rise and glaciers retreat

A third of Afghans at risk of hunger shows need for urgent aid reforms, Oxfam says

Too few ordinary Afghans are benefiting from international aid efforts in their country, with a third of the population at risk of hunger, international aid agency Oxfam warned today.

First Team to Cross the Finish Line

Oxfam Trailwalker

Oxfam welcomes agriculture aid announcement, urges dramatic action on climate change

Canada at G8 Summit

Oxfam response to G8 on climate change, aid and trade

G8 Summit in Italy

Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director in Italy for G8 Summit

Oxfam at the G8

Oxfam: More than 3 million face death while Berlusconi and the G8 fiddle

Aid money the G8 has promised but won’t deliver could save more than 3 million lives, Oxfam said today as leaders gathered for the summit in L’Aquila, Italy.

Canada’s Pollution Harming World’s Poorest

New Oxfam Report Urges G8 to Act

Millions Face Climate-Related Hunger As Seasons Shift And Change

New Oxfam Report on Eve of G8

Falling Aid to Agriculture Leaves Two-Thirds of Rural Poor Behind

Persistent and growing hunger can be linked to a 75% drop in development aid to agriculture since 1980, according to a new report, “Investing in Poor Farmers Pays,” by international agency Oxfam.

Climate change is pushing Malawi further into poverty: women are hit worst

Our report calls for more action on climate change.

No Breakthrough in UN Climate Negotiations

Inertia on the part of rich countries at meetings in Bonn is unacceptable. Yet again, rich countries brought nothing new to an international negotiating session. They were supposed to agree overall emissions cuts for 2020, but all that happened was Japan announced a woefully inadequate national target.

Rich Countries Sabotage Climate Talks through Inertia

Canada’s refusal to budge “shameful”

New Oxfam report says rich countries have a ‘double duty’ to act on climate change

Hang Together or Separately?

A woman dies every minute in childbirth

“W8” to G8: honour your maternal health promises

Oxfam urges Sri Lankan government to lift restrictions as conditions in displaced camps deteriorate

Thousands of lives are at risk in Sri Lanka because aid to refugees is being restricted by a government ban on aid agency vehicles entering the camps, and difficulties in securing access for staff , Oxfam said today.

UN-backed military operation in eastern Congo likely to cause widespread suffering for civilians, warns Oxfam

Crisis in the Congo

Oxfam assists 175,000 families fleeing fighting in Pakistan

Crisis in Pakistan

Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict

Trapped civilians urgently need humanitarian pause in fighting

Thousands of homes burned in new atrocities in Eastern Congo, villagers tell Oxfam

Agency calls for urgent help for civilians as military operations spread

Wealthy countries must make good on pledges to increase aid to poorest, says Oxfam

World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings

54% increase in number of people affected by climate disasters by 2015

Urgent reforms needed to outdated and unfair humanitarian system

Bonn 1: Action needed to close rich - poor climate divide

Climate talks in June will go nowhere unless the gap is closed between what scientists and poor countries say is needed and what rich countries are prepared to deliver warned international agency, Oxfam, as negotiations came to a close in Bonn today (8 April).

Four stepping stones to the G20’s ‘new world order’

G20 leaders must take four concrete steps during the next few months to demonstrate their promise of a new world economic order will move beyond rhetoric to reality, Oxfam said today.

NEW WORLD ORDER MUST WORK FOR ALL COUNTRIES - OXFAM

reaction to G20

Afghan Civilians Suffer as Donors Fail to Fund Emergency Appeal

Parts of Afghanistan face a deepening humanitarian crisis, international aid agency Oxfam warned today.

Oxfam Analyzes OECD Aid Figures

Aid up 10% but only reaches 1993 level

Women workers paying price of economic crisis

The global economic crisis is devastating the lives of working women and their families, revealed Oxfam in a new report released today ahead of the G20 summit in London.

Humanitarian crisis imminent in Somali refugee camp, Oxfam warns

250,000 people currently living in appalling conditions

Help End Global Poverty: Toilets For All

World Water Day 2009

Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Sudan imperiled, but vital community development projects continue

As widely reported in the media, Oxfam’s British affiliate has been forced to suspend humanitarian operations in Sudan after the government revoked its license. Oxfam’s vital long-term development work in the country is not affected by the government action and continues unhampered. Oxfam Canada remains in full operation in both northern and southern Sudan providing support and training to Sudanese community organizations.

Oxfam study challenges myths about private health care

Blind Optimism

New Zimbabwe government must prioritise worsening humanitarian crisis

The international aid agency, Oxfam, has cautiously welcomed steps in Zimbabwe to form a government of national unity, ending months of political deadlock.

The Other Crisis: 1 billion hungry people need help now

In a report released today (January 26) at the UN conference on the global food crisis in Madrid, international agency Oxfam warns that the severe food shortages currently faced by five countries could be the tip of a global shortage.

Nowhere safe to go in Gaza

Oxfam staff member’s refuge gets hit

Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israeli offensive continues

Civilian casualties mount as talks on ceasefire hit political obstacles

Oxfam supported health worker killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza

Oxfam supported health worker killed and ambulance destroyed in Israeli shelling in Gaza. Israeli offensive puts families’ and aid workers’ lives at risk, Oxfam warns.

Bombing severely reduces Oxfam’s aid programme in Gaza as humanitarian crisis looms

 

Aid agencies warn of humanitarian catastrophe if Gaza is attacked.

Aid agencies and human rights groups working in Gaza called on Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups to pull back from the brink of an all-out military confrontation.

Desperate Humanitarian Situation in Somalia will not be addressed by anti-piracy actions

Oxfam calls on world leaders to continue to support humanitarian assistance

Cholera ravages a population weakened by hunger

Oxfam urges Canadians to respond

Urgent Global Climate Action Needed At Poland Summit

New Oxfam Report Calls for Turning Point in the UN Climate Negotiations at Poznan

Zimbabwe government should declare a national health emergency says Oxfam

The government of Zimbabwe should declare the current cholera epidemic a national health emergency, Oxfam said today, so that urgent national and international aid can be mobilized to address the outbreak.

Oxfam reaction to UN Security Council resolution authorizing additional troops for Congo

Oxfam welcomes the UN Security Council resolution to authorize an additional 3,000 troops and police for the UN peacekeeping force, MONUC in the Congo.

Canadian coalition unveils provocative posters to highlight global sanitation and water crisis

To mark this year's upcoming World Toilet Day (Wednesday, November 19, 2008), a coalition of Canadian organizations concerned about the global sanitation and water crisis unveil two new hard-hitting posters to raise Canadians' awareness to the fact that 2.5 billion people presently live without access to basic sanitation, while nearly one billion people do not have access to safe drinking water.

Oxfam responds to the G20 Financial Crisis Summit Action Plan

Many of the poorest and most vulnerable countries were not included in this summit, yet they may suffer the most from the economic downturn.

Increase in forced labour, rape and harassment in eastern Congo

Nowhere to hide as Congo's brutality continues in places of 'sanctuary'

Oxfam begins to double its aid effort in eastern Congo

International aid agency Oxfam is to double its aid effort and help nearly 200,000 people caught up in the recent upsurge of fighting in eastern Congo.

Landslide UN vote in favor of Arms Trade Treaty

US and Zimbabwe only countries to vote against

Oxfam calls for urgent appointment of special envoy and more peacekeepers for Congo

The international community should immediately appoint a high-level special envoy and provide additional military support for the UN’s peacekeeping force, MONUC, to stop the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, said international aid agency Oxfam today.

Pakistan earthquake

Oxfam flies team to quake zone.

High food prices add 119 million people living with extreme hunger while food companies reap record profits

World Food Day 2008

Oxfam warns millions more Ethiopians going hungry as aid effort stalls

Agency calls for rich countries to redouble the aid effort to avert disaster

Irresponsible arms transfers wrecking attempts to reduce poverty

New Oxfam Report

Preventing atrocities the real test of new world order, says Oxfam

Too many civilians continue to die in conflict

Will.i.am launches song live in New York as part of new campaign action to end poverty.

‘in my name’, a new song by Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am written for the Global Call to Action against Poverty will premiere today – across MTV, YouTube and inmyname.com

Afghanistan: worst place in the world to give birth, says Oxfam

Cutting maternal mortality by three quarters is the MDG most severely off track, with half a million women still dying in childbirth every year – most of them needlessly

MDGs: Bold leadership needed to turn tide of poverty

MDGs meeting at UN in New York is crucial. We need a dramatic shift in political will and ambition to tackle poverty.

Oxfam Canada creates Marion Dewar Fund for Women’s Leadership

With the untimely passing of our champion and mentor, Oxfam Canada honours Marion Dewar with the creation of the Marion Dewar Fund for Women’s Leadership. Marion was a lifelong advocate for justice, peace, inclusiveness and quality public services. She dedicated her life to galvanizing citizen action in defense of human rights.

Oxfam Supporting Relief Efforts in Cuba

Hurricanes have devastated agriculture, housing and infrastructure

Human rights must be put at the heart of fighting climate change, says Oxfam

Elections 2008 – Climate Change

Last-ditch diplomacy yields better aid agenda at Accra summit

But ‘Agenda for Action’ still needs action, says Oxfam

Donor resistance threatens aid talks

Breakthrough on real reforms urgently needed, says Oxfam

Hurricane Gustav damages Cuba

Oxfam Canada urges Canadians to show their support

Georgia crisis: Oxfam team distributinging medical supplies and blankets

An Oxfam team in Georgia will begin distributing medical supplies to hospitals and blankets and other essential items to those displaced by the recent fighting.

IAC concludes without a breakthrough

Officials dodge the 2010 goal of universal access.

Pharma rhetoric at IAC must be matched by action

Aggressive Patenting Costs Lives

Female condoms: a scandal of willful ignorance

New Oxfam report launched at AIDS 2008

Inadequate funding and aggressive drug company tactics imperil 2010 goal, says Oxfam

Oxfam and Annie Lennox address Universal Access

Oxfam forced to stop activities after violent attacks in eastern Chad

Oxfam temporarily suspended activities and relocated staff from Kerfi in eastern Chad after armed men entered the compounds of several non-government organizations, intimidating and attacking humanitarian workers.

Pressure piled on the UN now as G8 leaders fail to rise to the challenge of a world in crisis

No breakthrough at crisis summit

Climate: Near-term reduction targets and adaptation funding are keys to G8 success.

2050 promise a pipe dream without year-on-year action starting now

Rich world's response to food crisis inadequate

 

Oxfam Ambassadors Call on G8 to Show Leadership in Fight Against Poverty

Oxfam ambassadors, including actors Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth and Kristin Davis, call on G8 leaders to urgently respond to global poverty challenges.

Financial crisis shows G8 has the means to tackle poverty – if it has the will

G8 leaders could relieve the suffering of the 290 million people hit hardest by today’s food crisis if they could give just two extra cents for every $1 they have spent bailing out the banking industry.

Oxfam Canada Staff in Japan for G8 Summit

Oxfam Canada Staff in Japan for G8 Summit

Another Inconvenient Truth

Biofuels are not the answer to climate or fuel crisis says Oxfam

International aid agency Oxfam International is shocked and deeply saddened by the senseless killing of a dedicated aid partner in Somalia

International aid agency Oxfam International is shocked and deeply saddened by the senseless killing of a staff member of one of its partner organizations in Mogadishu. Mohammed Abdulle Mahdi, 46, was shot to death in Mogadishu on the morning of June 11th. The circumstances surrounding his murder are still unclear. Mahdi is survived by his wife and eleven children.

Rich nations face ‘credibility crunch’ at G8, says Oxfam

Jim Flaherty meets G8 finance ministers in Osaka, Japan

Oxfam Canada, CARE, World Vision and Peacebuild respond to

Leading Canadian aid agencies are pleased that the conference’s declaration reflects many of their concerns.

Oxfam Canada supports increased aid to Afghanistan but questions priorities

Concern that military objectives are trumping aid effectiveness in setting priorities.

China Earthquake:Water and Sanitation Urgently Needed

Oxfam is concentrating on water and sanitation in Sichuan: securing an adequate supply of drinking water for survivors and carrying out health education to prevent an epidemic.

China Earthquake: Oxfam reaching remote areas

Oxfam Canada has launched a public appeal in support of Oxfam Hong Kong’s recovery and reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake in China. Oxfam Hong Kong teams are at work in four locations in Sichuan and Gansu Provinces, focusing on assisting survivors in remote rural areas. So far, Oxfam has committed Cdn $1.5million for the massive relief and rehabilitation effort.

Oxfam warns up to 1.5 million in danger if aid effort cannot reach cyclone victims

Risk of disease outbreak increasing daily as Myanmar stands on the edge of a public health catastrophe

Canadian Aid Agencies on the Ground in Myanmar (Burma)

Assessment teams are reporting devastation across thousands of square kilometres, and an urgent need to supply clean water, food, and shelter materials for 2-3 million people left homeless.

Oxfam Corrects the Record

Oxfam Canada has no financial or partisan stake in the biofuels debate. We raise concerns because we are working on the front lines around the world to confront the scourge of poverty and hunger.

Oxfam Reacts to Canada’s boost to the WFP’s Global Appeal

Oxfam Canada applauds the contribution announced today by International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda of an additional $50 million to the World Food Program. But more is needed.

Aid is not enough to address food prices, says Oxfam

Canada’s ethanol mandate a problem

Zimbabwe weapons shipment highlights urgent need for an international Arms Trade Treaty

Shipment of weapons should not be allowed through

Global hunger and food price hikes - fundamental change needed

CARE and Oxfam today said the international aid system is not fit for the purpose and called for fundamental changes in order to tackle the challenge of food price hikes and impending food crises in East and West Africa. The call comes at the end of a conference on how best the world can address global hunger attended by some 30 leading UN and aid agencies in Rome.

Rich countries’ aid figures drop for second straight year

For a second year in a row, rich countries have not delivered on their commitment to substantially increase their efforts to fight extreme poverty, international aid agency Oxfam said today.

Aid agencies warn over 2 million people risk being cut off from assistance without more funding for vital Sudan aid flights.

Long-term funds urgently needed as conflict and coming rains leave many areas accessible only by air.

Somalia crisis deteriorates, aid agencies warn

Statement comes as UN Security Council members meet to discuss Somalia

Major donors failing Afghanistan due to $10bn aid shortfall

New report from NGO alliance

Oxfam Volunteers Embark On “20 Litres, 20 days" Challenge

Two Oxfam volunteers plan to survive on 20 litres of water a day for an entire 20 days.

Water activists deliver message to Member of Parliament

Water for people, not profit

The Peril of Giving Birth

Oxfam calls for action on maternal mortality as over half a million women die each year

New Oxfam Report on Afghanistan

Peace starts from the ground up

Oxfam Canada Reacts to Federal Budget

 

Tropical Storm Ivan threatens more damage for millions affected

Flooding in Southern Africa

Oxfam warns Europe not to repeat mistakes of Darfur in Chad

Urgent action required in Chad as increased insecurity threatens thousands of lives

Kenyan humanitarian crisis not over, agencies warn

THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION welcomes possible resolution, but needs remain

Don’t let the poorest pay the price of economic downturn, Oxfam warns G7 Finance Ministers

Minister Flaherty should remind his colleagues that millions are relying on rich nations like Canada to help lift them out of poverty by delivering on their aid promises.

CRISIS IN KENYA

Four leading aid organizations appeal to Canadians

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:“Entire Region Threatened by Rising Floods”

CANADA’S LEADING RELIEF AGENCIES PARTNER TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY OF FLOODS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Oxfam welcomes 'Call to Action' on poverty at Davos

International agency Oxfam today welcomed the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's 'Call to Action' to end world poverty made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but warned that concrete proposals must emerge at the UN meeting in New York in September this year to turn the rhetoric into reality.

Israel’s blockade poses immediate threat to the lives of Gaza’s sick and elderly, says Oxfam

The seven-month ongoing Israeli blockade is taking an ever-more severe toll on the health system in the Gaza Strip, says aid agency Oxfam International.

Afghanistan needs development that is coordinated, not co-opted

CARE, Oxfam, and World Vision respond to Independent Panel Report

Oxfam calls for action on climate change at Davos

Business and political leaders gathering for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this week must capitalize on the momentum generated in Bali, where agreement was reached that all countries should cut their carbon emissions, said international agency Oxfam today.

Gaza hours from water and sewage crisis as fuel for pumps run dry

Only 37 of the 122 water supply pumps have fuel and most will run out of fuel within hours.

Oxfam calls for an end to Gaza fighting

Oxfam calls on the Government of Israel and on Palestinian armed groups to immediately cease violence directed against civilians. The escalation of Israeli military action and Palestinian rocket attacks is having devastating consequences for ordinary people.

Oxfam says Canada must do more to help those most affected by climate change

As Ministers of Environment from 189 countries gather in Bali, Oxfam called on the Harper government to do more to help tens of millions of people in the developing world who are reeling from the impact of climate change.

Mandatory targets needed to force rich countries to pay for adaptation

Bali Climate Change Conference - Oxfam's Climate Injustice Graph Unveiled

International Development and Environment Organizations Call on Canada to Show Leadership for the World’s Poorest at UN Climate Conference

In an open letter to Environment Minister John Baird released today, leading humanitarian, development and environmental organizations called on Canada’s government to change its policies on global warming to do its fair share in preventing dangerous climate change. The call came as critical UN climate negotiations opened in Bali, Indonesia.

Annie Lennox Launches Charity Single For World AIDS Day

Today, on World Aids Day, Oxfam Global Ambassador Annie Lennox is launching SING, a new charity single calling on women to 'sing out' around the issues of HIV and AIDS.

HIV should not be a death sentence

More health care workers urgently needed to help HIV and AIDS response

Disasters escalating four-fold as climate change hits poor hardest

Weather-related disasters have quadrupled over the last two decades, from an average of 120 a year in the early 1980s to as many as 500 today, says international agency Oxfam in a new report today. The increase in these extreme climatic events is in line with climate models developed by the international scientific community.

Pharmaceutical industry is undermining its own future as millions of poor people denied access to medicines

The pharmaceutical industry is denying medicines to millions of poor people and undermining its own future because companies are refusing to change the way they do business in developing country markets, according to a report by international agency Oxfam.

It's time to Boost Canada’s Role in Ending the Global Sanitation Crisis

Coalition of leading NGOs wants increased funding for sanitation and water.

Oxfam launches Bangladesh Cyclone Appeal

Three million people affected, over 270,000 houses destroyed, the need is enormous.

Governments must act as ‘unequivocal’ climate change hits world’s poorest people

Oxfam response to 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report

Oxfam fears huge humanitarian impact as cyclone hits Bangladesh

Cyclone Sidr battered the coastal areas of Bangladesh during the night of 15 November, causing extensive damage and tidal surges of up to 20 feet.

Most Governments at UN meeting say they want tough arms control

Control Arms Campaign

World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings: Oxfam calls for leadership and a new focus for the institutions

World Bank’s head Robert Zoellick and IMF boss Rodrigo de Rato open Annual Meetings

World Food Day 2007

There is a deep injustice in the impact of climate change. 800 million people are currently at risk of chronic hunger. Rich countries have two obligations: to stop the harm by massively reducing their greenhouse gas emissions; and to start helping by providing compensatory financing so poor countries and their communities can adapt before they suffer the full impact of climate change.

Fifteen years of conflicts have cost Africa around $300bn

The cost of conflict on African development was approximately $300bn between 1990 and 2005, according to new research by Oxfam International, IANSA and Saferworld. This is equal to the amount of money received in international aid during the same period.

Generals and war correspondents unite to call for tough arms control

The Control Arms campaign: Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)

Oxfam Emergency Response Team deployed to Sumatra Earthquake Zone in Indonesia

Oxfam is providing plastic sheeting for temporary shelter and housing repair as well as clothing for people in the disaster affected areas following the September 12 earthquake in western Indonesia.

Public services FOR ALL fight poverty

Oxfam Canada and CUPE support global call to action

OXFAM TO PROVIDE AID TO MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE AFTER HURRICANE FELIX HIT NICARAGUA

Three assessment teams are already in the region to evaluate the damage.

Oxfam continues to monitor Hurricane Dean

Oxfam staff are carrying out a rapid assessment in the affected countries.

Oxfam International teams return from Peru earthquake assessment

Rural areas in desperate need of aid

No Ordinary Evening in Peru

Journal Entry from Oxfam Staff in Peru

News Flash for August 17: Peru Earthquake

Security concerns are rising in the areas hit by the earthquake in Peru, as looters take to the streets and food and water shortages lead to unrest, according to Oxfam teams on the ground in Ica.

PERU EARTHQUAKE

Oxfam teams on the ground assessing damage

Oxfam calls for radical rethink of flood policies in South Asia

Some current flood defences exacerbate crisis

Oxfam Canada provides $40 000 more towards South Asia flood relief effort

Oxfam Canada announced today the contribution of CAD$40 000 in addition to CAD$150,000 it secured from CIDA in response to the floods that have swamped massive areas of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Oxfam urges preparedness, raises funds for stepped-up response to South Asia floods

International humanitarian agency Oxfam today urged the governments of India, Bangladesh and Nepal to step up preparedness measures for the annual floods in the Ganga-Brahmaputra river basin, even as it issued appeals to raise funds for its own response to the flood-affected people in the region.

Iraqi Conflict Masks Humanitarian Crisis

New Oxfam Report calls for Emergency Relief

Rush to join WTO could endanger Afghanistan’s development, says Oxfam

Afghanistan’s fight against poverty could suffer if it rushes to join the World Trade Organization, international agency Oxfam warned in a new report released today called “Getting the fundamentals right.”

Oxfam condemns the caging of Gaza

International agency calls for immediate opening of border

Access to Medicines Law Left Unchanged

Parliament Abdicates Responsibility on Affordable Medicines for Developing Countries

Oxfam Celebrates Win-Win Outcome on Ethiopian Coffee Farmers Campaign

Starbucks and Ethiopia sign agreement

G8 Fails to Guarantee Aid Promises, says Oxfam

Canada off track to do its part

G8’s $60 Billion Aid Announcement Analyzed

Backgrounder

Oxfam Canada: G8 agreement on climate change confirms lack of urgency

The G8 took a small step forward, but they should be running by now. The world is still veering to dangerous climate change that will devastate poor countries and massively undermine the fight against poverty.

Oxfam warns G8 on cost of inaction on climate change

Oxfam Canada at the G8 Summit

Killed by HIV/AIDS: the human cost of G8 penny-pinching

Oxfam Canada at the G8 Summit

Taps and Toilets at the G8

Opinion Piece by Robert Fox, Executive Director of Oxfam Canada and Paul Moist, National President of the CUPE.

Canada Must Lead, not Lag on Aid to Africa

G8 Meet in Germany

Oxfam Canada at G8 Summit

Oxfam Canada Advocacy Coordinator Mark Fried will be in Germany for the G8 June 4-9

Pre-G8 talks go down to wire

Oxfam urges leaders to remember promises to Africa

Stop harming and start helping, Oxfam tells G8

US$50 billion needed to help poorest cope with impact

Media invited to Oxfam Gala

 

Oxfam launches $11.3 million appeal for world's greatest humanitarian crisis

Agency struggling to save the lives of people caught up in the Darfur/Chad tragedy

Oxfam Canada is Committed to Women’s Equality

More action is needed to secure equality in Canada and around the world

Media Advisory: Oxfam and FAFIA celebrate International Women's Day

Media are invited to attend an event in recognition of IWD hosted by Oxfam Canada in partnership with the Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA).

Oxfam flies aid to flood-hit Mozambique

Earlier today, international aid agency Oxfam sent 14 tonnes of water, sanitation and hygiene equipment to help the thousands of people displaced by floods in Mozambique. Heavy rains are forecasted to continue in the region this week, which threatens to worsen the situation of up to 285,000 people living in vulnerable areas.

Oxfam: Eastern Chad must not become another Darfur

New attacks on civilians leave dozens dead

CIDA Announces Funding for Oxfam Canada

The Canadian International Development Agency announced today that they will contribute $4.92 million over two years to Oxfam Canada’s Engendering Change project.

Oxfam Canada Promotes Women’s Rights

International Development Week Feb. 4-11

Agencies warn Darfur operations approaching breaking point

African leaders< Ban Ki-Moon must take action at AU summit or it could be too late.

New US and EU trade offers not breakthroughs, says Oxfam

Canada’s corn challenge ups ante on US

UN peacekeepers must not abandon Congo, warns Oxfam

New UN Chief Visits War-torn Country

Somali Organizations say Bombings Struck Innocent Civilians

Conflict in Somalia

Canadian Activists Target Starbucks on Rights of Ethiopian Farmers

Demonstrations in Halifax, St. John’s, Ottawa and Edmonton

Hundreds of Humanitarian Workers Temporarily Evacuated as Violence Worsens in Eastern Chad

Fighting Affects Darfur Refugees

Darfur: New violence threatens world’s largest aid response

Half a million people increasingly vulnerable after evacuations of more than 250 staff in ten days

India, Thailand and Philippines Face Court Challenges to Affordable Medicines

John Le Carré weighs in on Big Pharma cases

Over 25,000 families in Aceh still waiting for land and homes, Oxfam warns

Tsunami Two-Year Anniversary Approaches

NGOs welcome renewed focus on AIDS, but say pledge falls short

Canadian non-governmental organizations working for universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment globally welcomed the federal government’s AIDS pledge made public today, but said it fails to break new ground.

Oxfam: Government must Deliver on AIDS

December 1st is World AIDS Day

STARBUCKS CEO MEETS WITH ETHIOPIA PM

Oxfam Calls on Company to Acknowledge Ethiopia’s Ownership

Darfur Crisis: New violence in eastern Chad could slash water rations for refugees

Oxfam: US, Canada, Europe break promise on access to medicines

New Report on Anniversary of Doha Declaration

Oxfam Calls on Starbucks to Stop Bullying the Poor

Avalanche of consumer complaints hits coffee company for refusal to sign agreement with Ethiopia

Oxfam: You Can’t Eat Promises

Oxfam today issued a stark challenge to over 100 countries meeting in Rome at the UN’s “World Food Summit + 10”

Victory for Control Arms Campaigners

Overwhelming majority votes at UN to start work on international Arms Trade Treaty

Starbucks opposes Ethiopia’s plan to trademark specialty coffee names

Coffee names could bring farmers an estimated US$88 million annually

Earthquake survivors at risk as Himalayan winter starts early

At least 1.8 million people still in temporary shelter as snow falls

New Report by Control Arms Campaign:

Global arms industry exploiting loopholes in arms regulations - Canadian components may end up in Sudan

Oxfam calls on world leaders to lift Palestinian aid freeze at Stockholm conference

International agency Oxfam is calling on donor governments, meeting in Stockholm Friday, to resume international aid to the Palestinian Authority in order to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories.

Oxfam partners win coveted "Red Ribbon Award"

Three of the five grassroots activists honoured at AIDS 2006 for their innovative frontline work are local organisations partners of Oxfam.

Oxfam Urges Canada to Increase Commitment

 

Health Worker Shortage is Major Obstacle to Universal Treatment

International Networks Demand Funding for African Health Workers

Oxfam Urges Massive Investment in Health Systems

 

Oxfam Statement on UN Security Council Resolution

"The Security Councils' long-overdue call for an immediate cessation of hostilities must translate into maximum pressure on Israel and Hezbollah to stop all military action immediately," said Nicola Reindorp, head of Oxfam International's New York Office.

Middle East Crisis: Oxfam Calls on PM to Support Immediate Ceasefire

 

Rich countries not off the hook after breakdown of WTO talks

 

AK-47 is world's worst regulated weapon, Gen. Kalashnikov joins call for tougher controls

 

Oxfam and Local Partners Reach More than 100,000 Earthquake Survivors with Assistance

 

Control Arms campaigners deliver photo petition demanding tougher arms controls

Oxfam-Québec, Oxfam Canada, Project Ploughshares and Amnesty International today delivered over 10,000 pictures of Canadians addressed to Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay as part of their contribution to the world's largest photo petition - the Million Faces Petition of the Control Arms Campaign (www.controlarms.org).

Make Poverty History Campaign Brings Results - Zambia uses debt cancellation to make health care free for rural poor

 

Oxfam, Ploughshares, Amnesty International Launch 100 Days of Action on the Arms Trade

 

Pakistan Earthquake Relief - Funding Shortage Threatens Thousands

 

Oxfam innovates to tackle shelter crisis in earthquake zone

 

South Asia Earthquake: Oxfam aid reaching those in need

 

Joint Earthquake Appeal: Oxfam Canada Launches Partnership with CARE, Save the Children and Oxfam Quebec

 

South Asia Earthquake Snow Threatens Relief Effort

 

South Asia Earthquake Aid Efforts Continue as Bad Weather Hits

 

South Asia Earthquake: Oxfam Canada Launches Emergency Appeal

 

Flexibility for Local Purchase - Oxfam Applauds Changes in Food Aid Rules

 

No more excuses: evidence shows poor countries can absorb more aid now

 

The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives