World Humanitarian Day: Why humanitarian action matters when people are forced to flee
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Summer 2026: Compounding Climate Disasters
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Why Rich Polluters Should Pay for the Climate Crisis
Canadians are paying more—and getting less. Wildfires are forcing families from their homes. Heatwaves are becoming…
It’s Time to End All Israeli Hostilities in Lebanon
Photo Credit: Christian Harb Despite a ceasefire being in place since early March, the Israeli military…
Aid must change. Here’s who should tell us how.
Hamida and Samina Begum measure out rice at food bank–supported by Oxfam partner SKS–in a flood-prone…
Make Rich Polluters Pay
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Myths about Tax Freedom Day – Debunked!
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When Water Returns, Communities Begin to Recover
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Ebola Outbreak 2026: What you need to know
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Joint Statement in solidarity with Indigenous families mourning the murder of four Indigenous women
As we observe the 16 Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence and the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the announcement of charges in the murder of four Indigenous women at the hands of an alleged serial killer linked to white supremacist ideology is a tragic indication that the urgent action…
People eating leaves to survive in South Sudan as aid fails to keep pace with spiralling hunger crisis – Oxfam
More than half the population of South Sudan – 6.6 million people – are severely hungry, including 2.2 million people at risk of starvation. Yet the humanitarian response remains woefully underfunded and without an urgent increase in aid now, 7.7 million people or two-thirds of the population will face severe food shortages next year, Oxfam…
Global humanitarian needs highest on record – Oxfam Canada reaction
Today’s UN 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview report reveals that 339 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid – the highest caseload in history. One in every 23 people around the world is now in urgent need of humanitarian aid, the equivalent of nearly nine times the population of Canada. This news must be…
Oxfam supports partners and local government in responding to Cianjur Earthquake in Indonesia
Oxfam is supporting the Humanitarian Knowledge Hub (JMK) in responding to the earthquake which hit Cianjur and Sukabumi in Indonesia last week. The partners have started distributing basic sanitation kits to displaced people. The earthquake has killed at least 323 people, damaged more than 62,628 buildings in Cianjur and around 443 others in Sukabumi and…