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What is famine? Definition, causes, and how to stop it
- Conflict and War
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
The latest analysis on hunger in Gaza confirms famine in Gaza City and nearby areas. Famine is projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of…
by Oxfam Canada | August 29, 2025
World Humanitarian Day: Celebrating the Ones Who Show Up/ The Unsung Heroes
- Advocacy in Canada
- Conflict and War
- Hunger
- Women's Transformative Leadership
This year, particularly, a day like this has never been more important with global aid cuts, and rising crises in countries like Palestine, South Sudan, Congo, Somalia, Ukraine and Syria.…
by Oxfam Canada | August 19, 2025
I Knew I Wouldn't Starve
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Hunger
When disaster strikes, what could be better for the affected communities than a speedy emergency response? One that’s already happened.
by Oxfam Canada | January 3, 2025
Oxfam and local partners are working tirelessly to provide urgent, life-saving assistance in the short term and, wherever possible, invest in longer-term programs to help protect communities from future hunger…
by Tara Robinson | March 20, 2024
Oxfam Unwrapped: Not Your Everyday Gift Shop
- Brand
- Climate Change
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Water
Looking for a gift-giving program that not only celebrates special moments but also empowers individuals and supports entire communities worldwide? Look no further than Oxfam Unwrapped: the incredible online store…
by Oxfam Canada | December 11, 2023
Quiz: Inequality and the Climate Emergency
- Climate Change
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the connection between climate change and inequality and learn more about our work to ensure a more equal future.
by Oxfam Canada | October 10, 2023
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
The World’s Biggest Humanitarian Crisis Isn’t Making Headlines – But It Should Be
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Hunger
- People
- Water
More than 31.5 million people in East Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – are suffering from the combined impact of conflict, climate and hunger.
by Oxfam Canada | July 21, 2023
Can we really save only half of all people on the planet? Without a gender focus, climate solutions are bound to fail
- Climate Change
- Hunger
- Water
Why placing women's rights and gender equality at the heart of climate interventions is needed for more equitable, lasting and successful solutions.
by Dana Stefov | June 21, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Parts of Somalia Hit by Severe, Climate-Fueled Drought
- Climate Change
- Hunger
Nearly 90 per cent of Somalia is in a severe drought resulting in 3.5 million people experiencing extreme hunger.
by Oxfam Canada | February 7, 2022
The pandemic has not just fuelled hunger in the world but has exposed the deep inequalities in our broken global economic and foods systems.
by Emily Farr, Oxfam’s Food Security & Livelihoods Advisor | July 23, 2021
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
For workers in Kenya who rely on daily wages to survive, the pandemic lockdown and unemployment translate into little food for their families.
by Blandina Ijecha Bobson | December 17, 2020
Oxfam estimates that up to 12,000 people a day could die from hunger driven by the pandemic. That could mean more deaths from hunger than from the virus itself.
by Oxfam Canada | September 17, 2020
Climate change driving drought crisis in Horn of Africa
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
People in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, like many others in Kenya and Somalia, are now enduring near-constant severe drought. Despite bearing no responsibility for the factors driving climate change,…
by Chris Hufstader | December 20, 2019
As I leaned over, I felt a tug on my headscarf, which led me to believe that I was stuck. Very stuck. At that very moment, my long dress was equally…
by Oxfam Canada | June 14, 2018
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
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
Clean Water Changes Everything
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
Lucinda, Jine, Chipililo, Hendrina, Alice, and Sekechina pass the mechanical parts of the borehole back, hand to hand. They are showing me how to dismantle and repair the newly restored…
by Hammad | February 8, 2018
SEE ME: Stories
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Right now, millions of families around the world are facing severe food shortages, fleeing their homes in search of safety, and navigating life without access to safe, clean water. These…
by alvaro | November 27, 2017
Rise in hunger an appalling relapse
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
For the first time in more than a decade, the United Nations reported a sharp increase in hunger around the world. Reacting to the news, Oxfam International’s executive director Winnie…
by Hammad | September 19, 2017
Reflections from a humanitarian worker
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Water
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the base of the brand new water tap. The solar-powered water system was only a…
by alvaro | August 19, 2017
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
Hope and resilience: Sylvie’s life in Buporo refugee camp
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Refugees and Internal Displacement
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- Water
When Sylvie’s husband died of disease in Buporo refugee camp, it was not only heartbreaking for this young mother and her four children. It was also terrifying. Sylvie’s days became…
by Oxfam Canada | June 19, 2017
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
Emergency Food Crisis
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
This fund will support Canadian and international organizations currently hard at work helping those in need in the affected countries and neighbouring regions. Understand how this fund works. This is…
by Oxfam Canada | March 24, 2017
The deadly trail of Hurricane Matthew
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
Written by María José Agejas, journalist in the Communication Department of Oxfam Intermón. Jean Robert looks around, still unable to believe his eyes. “I never saw anything like it, the…
by alvaro | November 4, 2016
Without water, we won't survive
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Water
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. The El Niño weather system, exacerbated by climate change, comes off the back of 12-18 months of erratic or failed rains.…
by Oxfam Canada | June 8, 2016
The earth is shaking all across Cuba, not only in Havana
- Hunger
- Women's Transformative Leadership
While President Obama's visit has put Havana in the spotlight, more remote communities are preparing for earthquakes and natural disasters. Those who live in La Flora, a community in…
by alvaro | March 23, 2016
I’m very lucky to work for Oxfam Canada. Sometimes I travel to remarkable places and meet extraordinary people who are making such a difference in their lives, in the lives…
by alvaro | December 8, 2015
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
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
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
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
Oxfam's view on what's at stake in Addis
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
- Women's Transformative Leadership
The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development Conference when it kicks off in Addis next week. They would rather not put…
by alvaro | July 7, 2015
Nepal earthquake was 'single most frightening experience of my life'
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
By Lisa Rutherford (press office, Oxfam Great Britain) The 7.9 magnitude earthquake on 25th April left the country reeling, killing over 8,000 people, injuring more than 18,000 and leaving 2.8 million…
by alvaro | May 19, 2015
3 things to know about how we’re helping in Nepal
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Water
1. As of today, many people are still in dire need. The earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 may be over, but survivors still face serious hardships. The quake…
by alvaro | April 30, 2015
Nepal's road to recovery
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
By Shaheen ChughtaiOxfam’s Deputy Head of Humanitarian Policy and Campaigns Kathmandu was ever a disaster-in-waiting. The densely populated capital of one of the world’s poorest countries clings to the slopes…
by alvaro | April 26, 2015
Oxfam in Cuba: Helping women farmers cultivate more than just crops
- Advocacy in Canada
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
“We feel like leaders”, “I am no longer the same”, “We are together now”, “we know we can do it” – these are the voices of women leading the urban…
by alvaro | April 23, 2015
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
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit? by Winnie Byanyima As the World Economic Forum in Davos draws to a close, the real work to identify joint solutions…
by alvaro | January 23, 2015
Rising inequality and climate change: Defining challenges for global leaders in 2015
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
By Winnie Byanyima This year, global leadership will be tested like never before. Significant progress has been made in the last decade. Global poverty rates are falling. Child and maternal…
by alvaro | January 19, 2015
Gap between rich and poor widening – and it’s not just us saying it
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
Blog by Christine McCartney, Oxfam Ireland Inequality is rising – to the detriment of us all. You might expect an organisation like Oxfam to say that, but it’s not just…
by alvaro | October 20, 2014
World needs to get off the bench and get in the game on resolving conflict in Africa
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
by Winnie Byanyima As famous footballers from across the globe are competing for the World Cup in Brazil, millions of fans from Africa are among the 3.2 billion tuning in…
by alvaro | June 23, 2014
Infographic: The vocabulary of hunger crises, explained
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America Recently, a friend of mine almost got into trouble with the US government. As he returned home from a few months of humanitarian work in…
by alvaro | June 5, 2014
4 steps food companies can take to help stop climate change
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
No company is too big to listen to its customers. When enough of us speak out, companies listen. Last year more than 400,000 of you called on companies to do…
by alvaro | May 20, 2014
Preventing a crisis in Somalia becoming a catastrophe
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
by Ed Pomfret New emergencies seem to hit the world on a monthly basis. Right now we are grappling with situations in the DRC, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic…
by alvaro | May 7, 2014
Developing countries must be at the heart of Global Tax Reform
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
by Winnie Byanyima After the world was plunged into a financial crisis, back in 2009, G20 leaders promised to clean up the international tax system, once and for all. The…
by alvaro | May 5, 2014
How agribusiness is failing small farmers in Latin America
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
by Stephanie Burgos, Oxfam America As international negotiations on what constitutes responsible agricultural investment are set to get underway in Rome next month under the auspices of the UN’s Committee…
by alvaro | April 24, 2014
5 critical things we learned from the latest UN report on climate change
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
The IPCC has presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and what we can do about it. It’s a lengthy report, so we’ve boiled it…
by alvaro | March 31, 2014
I’ve seen how climate change makes people hungry - We must act now
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Water
by Yeb Sano Typhoon Haiyan, the biggest storm to ever make landfall, devastated my homeland. Three days later I attended the opening of the UN climate change talks in Poland.…
by alvaro | March 26, 2014
One woman's story of fighting climate change - and how you can join her
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
Virginia’s story “I see the climate is changing a lot,” says Virginia Ñuñonca, a farmer and community leader in the Peruvian highlands. “Before it wasn’t like this. Sometimes these days,…
by alvaro | March 26, 2014
Why the system for managing the world’s food and climate needs to be more like my car
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Water
by Duncan Green When I get into my car in London, I step into a system designed to get me safely from A to B. It has seat belts, airbags,…
by alvaro | March 25, 2014
Division is plunging Central African Republic into food crisis
- Emergency Response
- Hunger
by Steve Cockburn Moussa – not his real name – stood with his last pile of groundnuts, just one of three traders left in a vast, empty market that, before…
by alvaro | February 14, 2014
10 reasons to commit to agriculture and smallholder farmers in Africa
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
by Eric Hazard Over 810,000 people are in need of immediate food aid in northern Mali as I write this blog. In the Sahel as a whole, around 20 million…
by alvaro | February 12, 2014
Taking stock of GROW, Oxfam's food campaign
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle the injustice of 900 million people going to bed hungry every night. The campaign now works in more than…
by alvaro | January 31, 2014
Why did Oxfam target the billionaires at Davos?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
by Nick Galasso, Oxfam America research and policy advisor It’s time they pay their taxes, stop using wealth to influence politics. Last week, we released a new report on…
by alvaro | January 27, 2014
The private sector and poverty: harnessing firepower, recognizing limits
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
By Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, and Raymond Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America Jobs, innovation, wealth creation: the private sector has great potential to pull people out of…
by alvaro | December 2, 2013
The Power of People against Poverty - Oxfam Canada’s National CHANGE Summit
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Violence Against Women and Girls
This week has been action-packed for Oxfam Canada! In addition to preparing the ground work for this weekend’s Gender Justice Summit, Oxfam, campus and youth leaders have been participating in…
by alvaro | September 20, 2013
What is Oxfam calling for at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia?
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
The G20 – or group of 20 – meets every year to discuss key issues in the global economy. Collectively, the G20 economies represent 90% of global GDP, 80% of…
by Caroline Hooper-Box | September 5, 2013
The power of You behind the brands
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Violence Against Women and Girls
by Victoria Marzilli Two months. That is all it took for chocolate lovers and social justice activists to stand up to three of the biggest food companies in the…
by alvaro | June 25, 2013
Broken promises: rural women hit hardest by corporate land deals
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
- Natural Disasters
- Women's Transformative Leadership
Small-scale women farmers are the backbone of Africa’s food system, but, as corporations buy up huge swathes of rural land, they are losing out at every turn. Marc Wegerif, Oxfam’s…
by alvaro | April 9, 2013
7 photos that reveal what families eat in one week
- Advocacy in Canada
- Hunger
by Anna Kramer, Oxfam America How much food does your household go through in a week? What are your go-to family meals? And how much do you spend on…
by alvaro | January 28, 2013