Stories

Cholera and Mpox are spreading rapidly, threatening the lives of millions. Oxfam’s long-standing commitment to providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is more critical than ever.

by Oxfam Canada | October 11, 2024

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Humanitarian needs are at an all-time high worldwide, but woeful underfunding hinders humanitarian action.

by Oxfam Canada | August 18, 2022

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

Close to seven million need humanitarian assistance across Tigray, Amhara and Afar communities in Ethiopia.

by Oxfam | November 12, 2021

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

After six years of war, Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

by Oxfam Canada | March 25, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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