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Over 24 million people in Southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity due to extreme weather

Hunger

Millions of people across Southern Africa are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi’s 19 million population, six million people in Zambia, over three…

Transforming the Care Economy through Advocacy

Women’s Economic Justice

Get water. Make Breakfast. Laundry. Kids drop off. Check in on Louise-Anne next door. Shift at hospital. Grocery shopping. Kids pick up. Make supper, do dishes, make kids lunches. Bath.…

Southern African countries face “terrifying and overwhelming” cholera outbreak

Humanitarian Assistance

Southern African countries face “terrifying and overwhelming” cholera outbreak as Covid19 cases begin to rise again, Oxfam warns. Southern African countries including Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing an…

800% increase in UN appeal needs for extreme weather-related emergencies over last 20 years – new Oxfam research

Climate Change

The amount of money needed for UN humanitarian appeals involving extreme weather events like floods or drought is now eight times higher than 20 years ago – and donors are…

How one farming community is defending itself against climate change

Climate Change

A farmer in Zimbabwe shares how an Oxfam initiative helped build resilience against the effects of changing rainfall patterns.

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Cancel the debt so doctors and nurses can keep saving lives

  • Advocacy in Canada
  • Emergency Response

This open letter is a call for urgent action from doctors and nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A health care worker in a protective mask and hair cover and scrubs and gown looks at the camera.

Tens of thousands of people are still suffering one year on from Cyclone Idai

  • Climate Change
  • Emergency Response
  • Feminist Aid
  • Natural Disasters
  • Water

Tens of thousands of people across Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are still suffering 12 months after Cyclone Idai battered Southern Africa, warned Oxfam today. Cyclone Idai, one of the worst…

6 months after Cyclone Idai: farmers are fainting in fields because of hunger

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters
  • Refugees and Internal Displacement

Six months on from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai in which more than 1,000 people were killed in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, hunger is escalating as the United Nation’s…

Five things to know about Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters

Cyclone Idai has caused widespread destruction and left communities in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance.

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Cyclone Idai: Survivors face a new disaster as cholera spreads; number of cases now over 1,000

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters

International aid agency Oxfam says the Mozambique government is acting quickly to set up cholera treatment centres in the devastated city of Beira, but the international community must offer more…

Oxfam Canada welcomes Government of Canada’s response to Cyclone Idai, hopes Canadians will join to double the impact of their donations

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters

(Ottawa) – Oxfam Canada, along with the members of the Humanitarian Coalition, welcomes the Government of Canada’s decision today to match donations by Canadians in response to the devastation caused…

Cyclone Idai: Oxfam calls for a massive effort to prevent and contain cholera in Beira

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters
  • Water

In response to news reports that the number of cases of cholera in the cyclone devastated city of Beira has risen to 139, Oxfam calls for a well-coordinated effort to…

The Humanitarian Coalition delivers aid to survivors of Cyclone Idai

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters

(Ottawa) As the scope of the devastation brought on by Cyclone Idai continues to unfold in Southern Africa, Canadian aid agencies are working together to rush emergency assistance to survivors.…

Oxfam distributing emergency aid to Cyclone Idai survivors in Malawi and Mozambique

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters
  • Water

Oxfam has distributed emergency supplies to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Nsanje district, one of the worst hit areas in the southern tip of Malawi, and in camps in Buzi…

Survivors of Cylone Idai at risk from waterborne diseases: Oxfam

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters
  • Water

Oxfam will begin distributing lifesaving aid including water purification tablets and hygiene kits to some of the communities worst affected by Cyclone Idai over this weekend. Hundreds of thousands of…

Oxfam sends message of support and solidarity to the people affected by deadly cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi

  • Emergency Response
  • Natural Disasters
  • Water

As Oxfam leaders from across the world, attending our annual board meetings in Kenya, we send our solidarity to the people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi whose lives have been devastated…

Cyclone Idai leaves trail of death, destruction and homelessness in southern Africa, affected countries appeal for urgent aid

Emergency Response

Oxfam will be responding with water, sanitation services, food and other non-food items to people affected by Cyclone Idai that hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe on March 14-15. Scores of…

Meet Opheus: husband, father and change-maker

In some parts of the world, women and girls spend as many as six hours a day completing unpaid care work. This vital contribution- that often goes unrecognised- can greatly…

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Oxfam Threads of Change Quilt - Putting It All Together

Feminist Aid

Over the years, thousands of Oxfam supporters like you have responded powerfully to our annual Threads of Change campaign.

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