Education is life – it changes everything
The Maasai are semi-nomadic pastoralist peoples that live in North Eastern Tanzania. From birth, Maasai girls…
Moving on up: Changing the way big brands do business
The results are in Over 120,000 people taking action. The world’s ten biggest food and beverage…
The Power of People against Poverty – Oxfam Canada’s National CHANGE Summit
This week has been action-packed for Oxfam Canada! In addition to preparing the ground work for…
What is Oxfam calling for at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia?
The G20 – or group of 20 – meets every year to discuss key issues in…
One million child refugees?! Four reasons we need Syria Peace Talks now
by Joel Bassuk Amidst the horrific images (which I’ll not link to here) coming out of…
4 ways we spoke out together on land grabs – and 4 brilliant results
by Rachel George What is a land grab? Land grabs are huge purchases of land by…
Cape Town’s Triangle Project Defends Rights of Women
When Funeka Soldaat went to the police after being raped, they beat her and put her…
How solar power is helping Syrian refugees
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Look closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those…
Executive Perspective: Behind the Brands, Oxfam ranks big food
By Erinch Sahan and Will Martindale, Oxfam Policy Advisors. Erinch Sahan is a private sector…
Horizonte Azul: A Brighter Future for Impoverished Youth in Maputo
by Melanie Gallant Maxaquene is an impoverished neighborhood on the outskirts of Maputo, the capital…
Mapping the money: Unpacking the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2013
by Carsten Völz, Oxfam International Humanitarian Director The Global Humanitarian Assistance report is eagerly anticipated by…
Liqaa’ is a friend of mine
Meet Liqaa. She’s a 23 year old English literature graduate from Syria. She’s recently married,…
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Flood deaths hit 13-year high and more than 100 countries break monthly temperature records
Flood deaths have hit a 13-year high this year, while 106 countries have broken monthly temperature records. The carbon pollution of someone in the richest 1 percent has contributed 100 times more to today’s extreme heatwaves than that of someone in the poorest half of humanity. Since 7 November, 87 private jets, including Nigerian billionaire…
Reaction: Severe flooding in Gaza
In response to the severe flooding in Gaza, Wassem Mushtaha, Oxfam’s Response Lead in Gaza said: “Last night six people – a mother with her two children and three other children from the same family – were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto their tent. They had been sheltering among forcibly displaced families in…
REACTION: Budget 2026 helps at the margins but bets big on business – Oxfam Canada
Yesterday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the second budget of Mark Carney’s government. Against a backdrop of a relentless affordability crisis in Canada and growing global instability, Budget 2026 takes real steps to support people through expanded income supports, new investments in housing and homelessness, and $32 billion over 10 years for First Nations housing…
Every 20 minutes, Canada’s private jets emit more carbon pollution than the average Canadian does in a year
New Oxfam report lands days before the November 5 federal budget, a year after Ottawa ended the luxury tax on private planes. In 2025, 71,239 private jet flights left Canada, emitting more than 333,000 tonnes of CO2. In 11 minutes, those jets emitted more CO2 than someone in the poorest half of Canada’s population emits…