Blogs & Stories

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 Oxfam Canada | October 27, 2022

Nutrition challenges are increasing in Ethiopia's Tigray region as mothers struggle to keep their babies well-fed.

by Oxfam | July 12, 2022

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

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

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

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

“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 Luna Allison | April 17, 2018

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 Luna Allison | February 8, 2018

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 Luna Allison | September 19, 2017

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

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 oxfamcanada | April 19, 2017

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 oxfamcanada | November 4, 2016

  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 oxfamcanada | March 23, 2016

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 oxfamcanada | October 23, 2015

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 oxfamcanada | July 24, 2015

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 oxfamcanada | July 7, 2015

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 oxfamcanada | April 30, 2015

“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 oxfamcanada | April 23, 2015

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 oxfamcanada | January 23, 2015

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 oxfamcanada | October 20, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | June 5, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | May 7, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | April 24, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | March 26, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | March 25, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | February 12, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | January 27, 2014

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 oxfamcanada | September 20, 2013

  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 oxfamcanada | June 25, 2013

  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 oxfamcanada | January 28, 2013