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Delivering Aid in Gaza: Your Questions Answered
Conflict and War
After eight months of conflict, delivering aid to the millions of Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip remains an insurmountable challenge. Alongside our efforts to advocate for a ceasefire, it…
by Oxfam Canada | June 21, 2024
![Ghada Alhaddad stands in the Al-Mawasi area, collecting notes and reflections from people on the ground.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Oxfam-InuruID-369600-Ghada-Alhaddad-and-Duaa-Abu-Sabha-1024x768.jpg)
TITLE FROMPOST TYPE After traveling to the region, Lauren Ravon, Oxfam Canada Executive Director, shares first hand experiences and perspectives of Oxfam staff in Gaza and the West Bank. by…
by Lauren Ravon | June 11, 2024
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Canada's ambivalent stance on Gaza
Conflict and War
There's a contradiction in Canada's stance on the conflict in Gaza. On the one hand, they claim to support a ceasefire (a win that took a lot of public pressure…
by Mwangala Matakala | February 16, 2024
![Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on October 12 2023.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/shutterstock_2374212955-1024x683.jpg)
A call to action on Valentine’s Day: Let’s awaken our humanity
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love here in Canada. Meanwhile, in Gaza, people are facing unimaginable injustice and suffering. The escalating crescendo of violence has, with the invasion…
by Vita Sgardello | February 13, 2024
![Palestinians wait to receive the bodies of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli air strike, at Al-Najjar Hospital, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 21, 2023.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/shutterstock_2378082559-1024x683.jpg)
Oxfam's January Round-Up
- Brand
- Conflict and War
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Women's Transformative Leadership
- Women’s Economic Justice
Suspend Arms Transfers to Israel As we near four months into the current escalation in Gaza, we have continued to raise our voices calling for the UN General Assembly resolution…
by Oxfam Canada | January 30, 2024
![A middle-aged woman wearing a blue headscarf and two young girls with solemn faces sit outside a large white tent.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gaza-IDP-camp-family-1024x465.png)
Stop Arms Sales to Israel, Now!
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Humanitarian Assistance
For over three months, the world has witnessed one of the most devastating conflicts in modern history unfold in Gaza. Today we ask you to join our call for Minister…
by Vita Sgardello | January 26, 2024
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Not a Drop in the Bucket: Gaza's Water Crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Water
After more than three months of conflict and siege in Gaza, civilians caught in the conflict are struggling to meet nearly every type of basic need – including water. Frustratingly,…
by Oxfam Canada | January 23, 2024
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The Devastating Brunt of Conflict on Gaza's Women and Girls
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Water
Six detrimental ways women and girls in Gaza are particularly affected by the weight of conflict and displacement.
by Elena Sosa Lerín | November 25, 2023
![A middle-aged woman wearing a blue headscarf and two young girls with solemn faces sit outside a large white tent.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gaza-IDP-camp-family-1024x465.png)
Ceasefire Now: 5 Actions to Take for Gaza
Conflict and War
The people of Gaza need our voices to speak on their behalf, it's time to take action. Here are five things you can do right now.
by Oxfam Canada | November 9, 2023
![The Israeli airstrikes destroyed Al Zahra City. Residential towers in the Gaza Strip were turned into rubble during an Israeli airstrike, with at least twenty-five residential towers being targeted.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RS363468_Oct-28_-Al-Zahra-City-destruction-Gaza-lpr-1024x576.jpg)
Gaza: Why a Humanitarian Pause Is Not the Answer
- Conflict and War
- Humanitarian Assistance
Many in the international community including Canada are pressing for a “humanitarian pause”, while others have called for “humanitarian corridors” and so-called “safe zones” in Gaza. You may be surprised…
by Oxfam Canada | November 7, 2023
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Gaza Needs a Ceasefire, Now
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
The alarming surge in violence in Gaza and Israel has taken a terrible toll on civilians, plunging Gaza's population into a state of dire desperation. More than two million people…
by Oxfam Canada | October 20, 2023
![The destruction was caused by the Israeli airstrikes in Al Remal neighbourhood in the middle of Gaza City during the 4th day of the escalation.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RS362832_Oct-10_-Destruction-of-Gaza-infrastructure-1-1024x684.jpg)
The Greatest Challenge to Humanitarian Work: Funding
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Humanitarian needs are at an all-time high worldwide, but woeful underfunding hinders humanitarian action.
by Oxfam Canada | August 18, 2023
![A group of dark-skinned women wearing head scarves and long dresses gather around an outdoor water distribution point. A female humanitarian worker wearing a grey vest with a green Oxfam logo fills jerry cans with water.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RS246809_44007_50150e2f2e43394-scr-1024x683.jpg)
Mobilizing Change in Sekota Town
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Northern Ethiopia is emerging from a brutal two-year conflict. In spite of the trauma, communities are standing up and rewriting the rules.
by Jennifer Alldred | June 30, 2023
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A Visit to Northern Ethiopia Shows Us Why Donations Matter
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
A firsthand account of what a difference Oxfam Canada supporters are making to a community in Amhara, northern Ethiopia - a region that has been through so much.
by Jennifer Alldred | May 24, 2023
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What's Causing the Hunger Crisis in East Africa?
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
Oxfam is responding in four countries and urging more international assistance to help people facing severe hunger due to climate change, conflict, and economic shocks.
by Elena Sosa Lerín | October 27, 2022
![Five women and a young girl wearing colourful headscarves and long skirts stand by red wheelbarrows with yellow jerrycans waiting to collect water.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Eilmidgan_Somalia_women_water-1024x600.png)
Ukraine: After Six Months, the Impact of War Continues Devastating Lives
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Violence Against Women and Girls
The war has devastated Ukraine while people in the most vulnerable corners of the world continue feeling its catastrophic ripple effects.
by Oxfam | August 24, 2022
![A group of people of diverse ages, genders and races wearing winter clothes stand in a crowd on a highway, several of whom are on their cell phones. Behind them are dozens of vehicles. Some parked at the side of the road and some are at a standstill on the road itself. There are several roadside signs. Some are billboards and some are directional signs.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ukraine-refugees-1024x600.png)
The Greatest Challenge to Humanitarian Work: Funding
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Humanitarian needs are at an all-time high worldwide, but woeful underfunding hinders humanitarian action.
by Oxfam Canada | August 18, 2022
![A group of dark-skinned women wearing head scarves and long dresses gather around an outdoor water distribution point. A female humanitarian worker wearing a grey vest with a green Oxfam logo fills jerry cans with water.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RS246809_44007_50150e2f2e43394-scr-1024x683.jpg)
How Extreme Hunger Affects Lactating Mothers and Babies in Ethiopia
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Nutrition challenges are increasing in Ethiopia's Tigray region as mothers struggle to keep their babies well-fed.
by Oxfam | July 12, 2022
![Close up of mother breastfeeding a months-old child. The baby is Black and while breasfeeding, his eyes are wide open, looking at his mother. The background is a bright yellow with a fiuscha colour contour around the image creating a collage-like effect.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/breastfeeding_cover-1024x600.png)
4 Links Between the War in Ukraine and the Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
The economic impacts of the war in Ukraine – including unprecedented food and energy price inflation – are being felt by the most vulnerable in our deeply unequal world.
by Oxfam Canada | April 26, 2022
![People are walking on a paved road, and two cars are parked in the distance. None of the people are facing the camera. Most of them seem to be women and children, wearing winter clothing and carrying bags. The main focus of the photograph is three people featured in the front centre, not facing the camera. A woman in blue jeans and a blue jean jacket carries a brown purse and two big reusable supermarket bags. Two boys wearing navy blue winter coats and winter boots are to her right. The shortest one holds both the woman’s hands and the taller boy’s hands.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RS302897_GettyImages-1238750770-scr-rzd-1024x600.jpg)
Climate, Conflict and COVID-19 Crisis in the Horn of Africa
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
Countries in the Horn of Africa are enduring severe hunger, with near-famine conditions in some areas, due to conflict, climate-induced weather shocks (flooding in some countries, drought in others) and…
by Oxfam | 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.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/OES_42517-Ethiopia-HECA-Crisis-2022-1366x800px-1024x600.jpg)
Millions Facing Humanitarian Catastrophe in Northern Ethiopia
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Close to seven million need humanitarian assistance across Tigray, Amhara and Afar communities in Ethiopia.
by Oxfam | November 12, 2021
![A dark-skinned woman wearing a colourful head scarf and a long floral dress holds a toddler on her front and carries a sleeping baby on her back. She's standing outside, looking to our left, surrounded by dry bushes and branches against a pale blue, cloudy sky.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ethiopia-drought-mother-children-e1659629373811-1024x600.jpg)
Conflict in Ethiopia Creating Massive Humanitarian Crisis
Conflict and War
Fighting in the Tigray region, combined with the pandemic, drought, and an upsurge in locusts, is pushing hundreds of thousands into catastrophic hunger.
by Oxfam Canada | July 19, 2021
![Map of East Africa in beige with Ethiopia highlighted in red and Tigray region at top of Ethiopia with white diagonal line pattern. Addis Ababa (capital of country) marked on the map.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Tigray_Ethiopia.2e16d0ba.fill-1180x738-c100-1024x600.png)
Conflict, Climate Change and COVID-19 Drive Extreme Hunger
- Climate Change
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
The effects of conflict, COVID-19 and climate change have intensified the global hunger crisis. Here are some of the world's hunger hotspots.
by Oxfam Canada | July 16, 2021
![Woman in black hijab with her four children sitting in a circle around a metal pan that has pieces of potatoes divided amount each other. Woman is peeling the potatoes sitting in front of faded blue concrete wall and stone floor.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_3212-1-1024x600.png)
Open Letter to Ministers Bennett and Miller on Solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc People
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
This open letter to Ministers Carolyn Bennett and Marc Miller expresses solidarity with Indigenous people in Canada in the face of ongoing genocide.
by A coalition of gender justice organizations | June 9, 2021
![In the foreground, an Indigenous woman wearing a black brimmed hat, sunglasses, an orange tshirt, black pants and a long pink sweater scatters tobacco. In the background, dozens of Indigenous people and allies march while drumming and singing.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/March-to-honour-residential-school-children-1366x800px-1024x600.jpg)
A Forgotten Conflict: Yemen Six Years Later
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
After six years of war, Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
by Oxfam Canada | March 25, 2021
![Collage of images of Hanan. Left to right. Woman in black dress, blue hijab and her daughter in white dress in beige tent with mattress, fan, pillow sitting on ground. Image of Ammar bin Yasser Internally Displaced People camp with makeshift tents and building behind. Woman sitting on floor washing dishes. Woman hugging daughter.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Yemen-Anniversary-Hero-1-2-1024x600.png)
After 10 years of war in Syria, families now endure economic crisis
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Feminist Aid
Oxfam continues its work to assist families surviving a decade of war in Syria, but every day in Syria is a struggle to survive.
by Dania Kareh | March 15, 2021
![Woman in green dress and mauve hijab sits in front of garden preparing food over white and green buckets.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC_4054.2e16d0ba.fill-1180x738-c100-1024x640.jpg)
How everyday items celebrate solidarity and our shared humanity
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
In November 2019, Oxfam Canada travelled to five Canadian cities to help present our award-winning exhibit Museum Without a Home.
by Brittany Lambert | January 9, 2020
![Laila fleeing conflict with her family](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OGB_109782_Laila_-18-with-her-son-Abul_-and-daughter-Jida-2_-1024x716.jpg)
Women, peace and security: Ending the Saudi arms deal
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Canada’s bold commitments to Women, Peace and Security hold tremendous potential. But this potential will go unrealized if Canada simultaneously fuels wars that harm women.
by Brittany Lambert & Christine Martin | October 2, 2019
![The situation in Yemen is nothing short of horrifying. Violence, rising food prices, the destruction of infrastructure, and a lack of basic services makes daily survival a painful struggle for millions of Yemenis. Photo by: Moayed Al-Shaybani, Oxfam](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/credit-Moayed-Al-Shaybani-Oxfam-1024x682.jpg)
Transformative tailoring for Rohingya refugee women
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Gender dynamics in the largest refugee settlement in the world “You have come to this country as a guest,” Shompa, 60, says as I sit in her shelter in Camp…
by Caroline Leal | August 23, 2019
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71 million people displaced in 2018 due to conflict: 'We did not choose to become refugees'
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Violence Against Women and Girls
After an alarming UN report saying a record-breaking 71 million people have been displaced by war in 2018, Susan Grace Duku, founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid in Uganda,…
by Susan Grace Duku | Founder of Refugee Women and Youth Aid | June 20, 2019
![](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Susan_Duku-1024x754.jpg)
7 things to know about Yemen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
As the world’s largest humanitarian disaster - 80 per cent of Yemen’s population need humanitarian assistance and protection. Here are seven things you should know about Yemen and Oxfam’s response…
by Christine Martin | June 10, 2019
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Designing hygiene and sanitation facilities in Rohingya refugee camps: for women by women
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
A female architect from Bangladesh collaborates with Rohingya women refugees to design safer hygiene and sanitation facilities.
by Oxfam Canada | March 4, 2019
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What she knows matters. #Askher
- Conflict and War
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Some days, I feel like a feminist future has never been so close at hand. Female foreign ministers gathered for the first time ever in Montreal this September to find…
by Melanie Gallant | January 4, 2019
![](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/romida.jpg)
Displacement and Hunger in Qara Tapa
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
“I’ve experienced going to bed without eating anything and it’s really painful.” 33-year-old Rasmiya sits on the floor of her one room mud house on the outskirts of Qara Tapa…
by Hammad | April 17, 2018
![](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/displacement_blog_2.jpg)
Hungry for Peace: South Sudan
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
Months after marking four years of devastating war, South Sudan has reached another critical point: more South Sudanese are hungry than ever before. One million people are now on the…
by Hammad | March 7, 2018
![south_sudan_blog.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/south_sudan_blog.jpg)
A catastrophic cholera crisis threatens Yemen
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices. Yemenis, already on the tipping point after more than two years of war, are now being forced…
by Oxfam Canada | August 16, 2017
![yemen_blog.png](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yemen_blog.png)
INFOGRAPHIC: Food Security to Famine
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it comes to hunger, understanding is action. If we know what these words mean…
by alvaro | April 19, 2017
![Food security infographic.](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/food-security-infographic-thumbnail.png)
In Pictures: Hope and Loss as World's Youngest Country Turns Five
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Last week, Canadians came together to celebrate their country’s 149th birthday. This week, South Sudan marks 5 years as an independent nation. Yet, for many there is little to celebrate.…
by alvaro | July 7, 2016
![11_i_need_you_back_lres.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11_i_need_you_back_lres-1024x683.jpg)
This is just such a good idea, Period.
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Written by Ann Witteveen, Humanitarian Manager, Oxfam Canada. I grew up in the 70’s when commercials for ‘feminine hygiene products’ were a rarity and even when shown were often so…
by alvaro | June 14, 2016
![health-and-reproducion-session-in-tanzania-for-world-menstruation-day.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/health-and-reproducion-session-in-tanzania-for-world-menstruation-day.jpg)
A Life Displaced is Still a Life with Hope and Dreams
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
By Melanie Gallant, Oxfam Canada’s Media Relations Officer Whether through civil war or other forms of conflict, natural disasters or climate related disasters such as drought, the global scale of…
by alvaro | June 14, 2016
![oxfam-is-providing-47k-refugees-with-clean-drinking-water-in-the-nduta-camp-tanzania.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/oxfam-is-providing-47k-refugees-with-clean-drinking-water-in-the-nduta-camp-tanzania.jpg)
Ending Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings: Let’s Make it Happen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
By Julie Lafrenière, Women’s Rights Specialist at Oxfam Canada. In South Sudan, domestic violence is widespread and largely tolerated. In the all-too-common words of two young women from Warrap State:…
by alvaro | December 3, 2015
![87440lpr-women-collect-wood-1240x680.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/87440lpr-women-collect-wood-1240x680.jpg)
For Us, With Us: Women’s Economic Empowerment Programs & Women’s Safety
- Conflict and War
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
- Women’s Economic Justice
By Bailey Reid, Women’s Rights Campaigner, Oxfam Canada Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programs are popular among development interventions. They enhance the economic security of women and households by developing skills…
by alvaro | December 3, 2015
![guwahate-street-vendors.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/guwahate-street-vendors.jpg)
Poor rains, failing crops and fighting - the state of food security in South Sudan
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
By Stella MadeteOxfam in South Sudan Monica has not been home in Malakal for almost two years. She has not seen or spoken to two of her four children either.…
by alvaro | October 23, 2015
![rachel_nyakier_stands_in_front_of_her_land_bare_of_any_crops_due_to_unpredictible_and_unreliable_rains-stella_madete-oxfam.jpeg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rachel_nyakier_stands_in_front_of_her_land_bare_of_any_crops_due_to_unpredictible_and_unreliable_rains-stella_madete-oxfam.jpeg)
Thanking and giving in the Syrian refugee camps of Lebanon
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
I have a lot to be thankful for. Good health, a loving family, a home and a gratifying job. But like many, I often take these blessings for granted. This…
by Oxfam Canada | October 10, 2015
![thanksgiving-coffee.png](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/thanksgiving-coffee.png)
Women, Peace & Security - In That Order!
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Written by Julie Lafrenière Women’s Rights Knowledge Specialist On September 15th, 2015 in Ottawa there was an important event featuring three female Nobel Peace Laureates: Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire…
by Oxfam Canada | September 15, 2015
![Hanin 26, sit with her four week old baby Sana*, 4-weeks , in the tent in which they now live in an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in north Bekaa Valley in Lebanon on September 10 2015. Photo Credit: Sam Tarling / Oxfam](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hanin-al-halayal-26-sit-with-her-four-week-old-baby-sana.jpg)
Syria: A Lasting Solution in the Wake of Needless Tragedy
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
The searing images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi have moved through cyberspace and galvanized reaction around the world. People everywhere are shocked and saddened in witnessing the tragedy of a little…
by alvaro | September 3, 2015
War, peace and women's long journey for justice in Somalia
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Somalia hasn’t been in the news much in the past couple of years – which is largely good news – but just because there aren’t headlines doesn’t mean there isn’t…
by alvaro | August 5, 2015
![Somalia women; women peace and security](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/solamia-women-report-on-women-and-peace.jpg)
Hard choices in South Sudan: food or clean water?
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many families now face in meeting their basic needs. In South Sudan, only 55…
by alvaro | July 24, 2015
![image_1_south-sudan-clean-water-oxfam-12046874976_4dffca21a0_o_-web_1220x762.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image_1_south-sudan-clean-water-oxfam-12046874976_4dffca21a0_o_-web_1220x762-1024x640.jpg)
Happy Eid – from Yemen
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Violence Against Women and Girls
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid. Fighting in Yemen has not ceased throughout the month of Ramadan – in fact it intensified. The upcoming holiday is…
by alvaro | July 16, 2015
![sanaa-yemen-photo-oxfam-1240x680.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sanaa-yemen-photo-oxfam-1240x680.jpg)
Gaza's youth using art to overcome the scars of war
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Last summer, 16 year old Eba'a Hamouda watched terrified as the bombs fell all around her in Gaza. Since then she has used her love of drawing and writing to…
by alvaro | July 7, 2015
![gaza-youth-blog.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gaza-youth-blog.jpg)
Yemen: Women get on their bikes for their rights
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Amidst bombings and shortages in fuel, food and vital supplies, a group of Yemeni women came together for an unconventional demonstration against the war… and the lack of women’s rights.…
by alvaro | July 6, 2015
![bike_for_yemen.jpg](https://oxfamcanada.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bike_for_yemen.jpg)
In Focus: Syria, World Refugee Day
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
Written by: Adeline Guerra, Regional Campaigns and Communications adviser Children hide behind water tanks while clothes dry outside flimsy tents in the Mediterranean sunshine. We have arrived at a refugee…
by alvaro | June 20, 2015
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Yemen Crisis: A view from the ground
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Women's Transformative Leadership
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen for the past week. She is based in Sanaa. Oxfam has been working in…
by alvaro | April 16, 2015
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Video: Delivering safe water in Gaza
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Water
Despite the ceasefire, there remain enormous humanitarian needs in Gaza. The bombing of the past seven weeks has caused massive damage to water supplies. Hundreds of thousands of people are…
by alvaro | September 5, 2014
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Delivering safe water despite the danger
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
In Gaza, delivering safe water is filled with danger. “I’ve heard the sound of explosions while driving from one shelter to another. I feared that the next bomb would fall…
by alvaro | August 25, 2014
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Gaza tech startup incubator devastated by shelling
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
When people think of Gaza, they rarely think of a hub of technological innovation. But for the past few years Oxfam has been working with Gaza’s University College of Applied…
by Oxfam Canada | August 20, 2014
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Six year olds in Gaza live through their third war
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
An entire generation of children in Gaza is growing up like Salama, knowing little but airstrikes and destruction. The UN estimates that at least 360,000 children in Gaza will need…
by alvaro | August 12, 2014
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A mobile clinic brings healthcare to families who have lost everything
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
We tell our children that schools are places where they can make their hopes and dreams come true. But today in Gaza, schools have become places of desperation – a…
by Arwa Mhanna | August 11, 2014
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Gaza's harvest at risk
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
After nearly a month of bombardment, Gaza’s food supplies are running low and an entire year’s harvest is at risk. In many markets, fresh food and vegetables are scarce. Cucumbers,…
by Oxfam Canada | August 9, 2014
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South Sudan at 3: A tenuous shelter behind razor wire
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Aimee Brown Today marks South Sudan’s third year of independence. But in the past seven months, the sense of unity that brought its people together in 2011 has been…
by alvaro | July 9, 2014
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South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peace
- Conflict and War
- Women's Transformative Leadership
by Noah Gottschalk, Oxfam America A lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with pink plastic hearts emerged from a grass-thatched hut and walked towards me. In…
by alvaro | June 20, 2014
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My Children are my strength
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Dorah Ntunga Last December, Nyakuoth was living happily in South Sudan, with her husband and five children. At 27 years-old, one of Nyakuoth’s wishes was to one day visit…
by alvaro | May 9, 2014
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South Sudan: A New Country in Crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Ann Witteveen I was last in Juba in South Sudan in February 1999. At that time, it was a northern held town in southern Sudan and there was only…
by alvaro | April 22, 2014
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An amazing display of solidarity #WithSyria!
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
What an amazing display of support for the #WithSyria campaign for the third anniversary of the Syria crisis – congratulations one and all for a truly moving display of solidarity!…
by Oxfam | March 20, 2014
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Banksy creates a new image of hope to stand #WithSyria
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Popular British graffiti artist Banksy has shown his support for the #WithSyria campaign by reworking his iconic image of a little girl with a balloon, entitled “There is Always Hope“,…
by alvaro | March 11, 2014
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Toward limiting the threat of violence against women in the South Sudan crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
When I touch the sensitive subject of security, all I see is discomfort and eyes wandering off to avoid mine. On Friday (21 February) I met with another young woman,…
by alvaro | February 24, 2014
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South Sudan: World's youngest nation in crisis
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Farah Karimi Welcome to the youngest nation in the world, South Sudan. A place burdened with a violent and painful history of armed combat for independence, and the poorest…
by alvaro | February 18, 2014
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South Sudan: Signs of hope amongst the violence
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
“Even if peace would come, we cannot return home. We are not safe.” These words, spoken by a grandmother who I met at an IDP camp in South Sudan, demonstrate…
by alvaro | February 17, 2014
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The Geneva II peace process for Syria - reflections from the shore of Lake Geneva
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Shaheen Chughtai, Oxfam Great Britain Nestling between picturesque snow-capped mountains and the shimmering waters of Lake Geneva lies the Swiss town of Montreux, which hosted the opening day of…
by alvaro | February 12, 2014
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Geneva II peace talks: Syrian women and civil society must be heard
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks. Montreux is breathtakingly beautiful, the snow-topped Swiss Alps rising starkly over Lake Geneva. Yet this is where…
by alvaro | January 23, 2014
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Syria peace talks: A time for hope
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
Things are heating up in Montreux, on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where Oxfam campaigners are amongst the hundreds of diplomats, journalists, civil society and solidarity groups gathering for the beginning…
by alvaro | January 22, 2014
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In South Sudan, escalating violence again ensnares citizens
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
by Grace Cahill Not yet three years old and only beginning to know what peace feels like, the world’s newest country—South Sudan—is again in the throes of extreme violence. Since…
by alvaro | January 17, 2014
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