Stand Together with Oxfam & Coldplay
This summer, Coldplay invited Oxfam volunteers on their World Tour to encourage fans to get involved…
Reflections from a humanitarian worker
Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the…
Protection of women and girls: a bright idea
Sometimes we harm the people we try to help. As humanitarians we deliver life-saving assistance to…
A catastrophic cholera crisis threatens Yemen
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices. Yemenis, already on…
A human economy for women and men
If the world turned upside down and we replaced all the women with men, and all…
Supporting survivors of conflict in South Sudan
Millions of people have been displaced from their homes in South Sudan. They are facing hunger…
When Sylvie’s husband died of disease in Buporo refugee camp, it was not only heartbreaking for…
A large double-decker truck is quickly making its way towards Garadag from Fadigaab, in the south…
INFOGRAPHIC: Food Security to Famine
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when…
Growing a better future
What does hunger have to do with climate change? A lot. Wild weather and unpredictable seasons…
How canoes are saving lives in South Sudan
Nyal, South Sudan was previously a quiet town known for its mango and palm trees. Two…
Emergency Food Crisis
This fund will support Canadian and international organizations currently hard at work helping those in need…
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Statement on Collective Bargaining – Oxfam Canada and CUPE Local 2722
Oxfam Canada and CUPE Local 2722 have been engaged in collective bargaining for the renewal of the Collective Agreement that expired on March 31, 2025. After more than a year of negotiations, the process reached an impasse. As of June 11, unionized employees have been exercising their legal right to strike. Oxfam Canada respects that…
More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined – Oxfam
More than one in five killed over last 20 years were children More Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military and settlers across the occupied West Bank in the last three years than in the previous 17 years combined, analysis from Oxfam has found. The number of children killed over the last three years…
Aid cuts left DRC exposed to Ebola – Oxfam is mounting a response
Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu, Oxfam Country Director in the DRC, said: “Our partners are sending us deeply alarming reports. One…
Oxfam Reactive on the publication of the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Somalia
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today for Somalia which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Somalia Humanitarian lead, Sameer Kariya said: “Somalia is once again sliding dangerously close to catastrophe. More than 6 million…