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Climate, Conflict and COVID-19 Crisis in the Horn of Africa

February 28, 2022
A man with dark skin and brown eyes stands in the centre of a large herd of thin, ailing camels whose hip bones are protruding. The man, who is very thin himself, is looking at us directly and wears a plaid shirt, dark pants and prayer beads and carries a walking stick.

A combination of factors is spreading suffering across the region. Oxfam is working with partners to…

Parts of Somalia Hit by Severe, Climate-Fueled Drought

February 7, 2022
A young brown-skinned girl wearing a long, dark green skirt and a brown head scarf pushes a red wheelbarrow with a couple of yellow jerry cans across the desert. The landscape is dry and rocky, and the sky is cloudless and pale blue. In the left background of the image, there is a cluster of four small buildings.

Nearly 90 per cent of the country faces severe water shortages leaving 3.5 million people in…

Inequality Kills

January 23, 2022
To our left is a picture of luxury super yachts parked in a marina of turquoise water against orange and yellow old buildings and hills of with trees and mansions. To our right is a portrait of a woman looking straight holding her sleeping baby against a desolate, desert background.

Inequality contributes to the death of at least one person every four seconds. Ahead of the…

Six Ways Oxfam Goes Beyond Charity to End Inequality, Poverty and Injustice

December 27, 2021
Two smiling women wearing white hairnets and aprons, bottle crystal jars with peanut butter.

by | Replace this with image credit information At Oxfam, we know charity isn’t enough. Delivering…

Look What Our Advocacy Achieved in 2021!

December 21, 2021
Inside a room, seven young black girls sit smiling at a long wooden table with handmade rugs across the table.

In 2021, Oxfam Canada continued to speak truth to power, fight to close the gap between…

Our Supporters Inspire, Energize and Sustain Us

December 21, 2021
Nine hands of different races and ages are piled on top of each other.

At Oxfam Canada, our supporters inspire, energize and sustain us. We rely on their compassion and…

Holiday Unwrapped: Gifts that Do Good

December 15, 2021

The holiday season is upon us! What better way to celebrate than by giving a meaningful…

“Let me be the last survivor”: Lessons from six years of action to end violence against women and girls in Asia

December 6, 2021
Three girls dressed formally hold two red dark pink banners with white text that reads, hashtag End child marriage and hashtag girl defenders. All the girls are smiling and looking directly at the camera. The one standing in the middle wears a red headscarf.

After six years, the Creating Spaces project offers powerful examples of how communities can mobilize to…

Stamping Out Poverty

December 3, 2021
10 people stand in 2 rows on stairs holding a large cheque.

When you think of Oxfam you might have our humanitarian projects in mind, working in some…

I’m in the Right Place with Oxfam

December 2, 2021

For the last several years, I’ve become more and more deeply involved with Oxfam Canada. I…

Omicron, the Variant We All Saw Coming

November 30, 2021
An open flat of COVID-19 vaccines that read "VACCINE: Coronavirus SARS-COV-2

A new heavily mutated COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is causing global alarm − triggering travel bans and…

Statement of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation Land Defenders

November 24, 2021
A group of people of various genders, ages and skin tones are bundled up against the cold as they march together in a daytime protest down a snowy street in downtown Ottawa, Canada. Many people are carrying protest signs. but only one sign, which is being held up in the the middle of the photograph, is visible. It says All eyes on Wet'suwet'en. Behind this sign, there is a Canadian flag.

Oxfam expresses our solidarity with the First Nations peoples of the unceded, unsurrendered Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan…

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Responding to Storm Byron, which has caused widespread flooding in Gaza, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam Occupied Palestinian Territory Policy lead said: “Civilians are now wading through sewage, mud and debris, with no proper shelter. This is not a failure of preparedness or capacity; it’s the direct result of the systematic obstruction of aid. “The Israeli authorities…

Canadian Civil Society Calls on Prime Minister Carney to Uphold Canada’s Global Leadership on Gender Equality and Human Rights

December 1, 2025

Ottawa, ON — More than 250 organizations and individuals from across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take urgent and decisive action to safeguard Canada’s feminist foreign policy commitments at a time of escalating global instability and mounting attacks on human rights.  In a letter delivered today, signatories warn that recent shifts…

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