From June 15-17, leaders from the world’s most powerful economies gathered in Kananaskis, Alberta for the…
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Oxfam Canada is pleased to announce the second round of the Stand Up for SRHR Financial Support for Community-Based…
Earlier this week, Israel announced that it will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza.…
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Hurricane Irma: Oxfam in Haiti preparing for the worst
Many supermarket shelves in northern Haiti are now empty and many people in coastal areas are being evacuated inland to schools and public buildings in preparation for the worst of Hurricane Irma today and tomorrow. Oxfam’s Tania Escamilla is in Cap Haitien – Haiti’s second-largest city with a population of 280,000 – with Oxfam’s 27-person…
Oxfam ready to respond to Hurricane Irma and watching tropical storm Jose closely
Oxfam country teams and partner organizations in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba are now preparing to respond to probable damage from the impact of Hurricane Irma, to help people who are likely to be hit hardest. The category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale has just made landfall in the Caribbean with winds up…
Oxfam responds as 43 million hit by South Asia Floods
Some 1,200 people have died and 43 million people have been hit by the monsoon rains and heavy flooding in the South Asian nations of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal so far. Families have lost their homes and crops, and the number of casualties is likely to increase over the coming days. Oxfam is providing more…
Number of South Sudanese fleeing to Uganda tops one million in the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis
In response to the announcement by the UNHCR that one million South Sudanese refugees are now in Uganda, Ranjan Pudyal, Oxfam South Sudan’s Country Director, said: As long as the senseless, costly and brutal war in South Sudan continues, its people will continue to flee to find protection, food, water and shelter. -Ranjan Pudyal “As…