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A combination of factors is spreading suffering across the region. Oxfam is working with partners to alleviate…
Is it possible to practice good hygiene without clean water? Huguette Yago faces a challenge of titanic…
As I leaned over, I felt a tug on my headscarf, which led me to believe that…
Lucinda, Jine, Chipililo, Hendrina, Alice, and Sekechina pass the mechanical parts of the borehole back, hand to…
For the first time in more than a decade, the United Nations reported a sharp increase in…
Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the base…
When Sylvie’s husband died of disease in Buporo refugee camp, it was not only heartbreaking for this…
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it…
Does this sound familiar: You rush to use the ladies room during the intermission, thinking you will…
We know that clean water saves lives, but in order to access it, people need to be…
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. The El Niño weather system, exacerbated by climate…
An end to the fighting would go a long way toward solving the challenges so many families…
The world’s most powerful political leaders will be quietly absent from the UN Financing for Development Conference…
1. As of today, many people are still in dire need.The earthquake that struck Nepal on April…
Women and Climate Change: Stories of EMPOWERMENT Rosario’s story The Santa Rosa Community is made up of…
If there is one person on the planet who embodies what Oxfam is all about, it’s Ipaishe.…
Women and Climate Change: Stories of EMPOWERMENTLanggin's storyLanggin is 20 years old and has lived in the…
by Sarah Watson, Oxfam Great Britain On Sunday the 21st of September 2014, just days before world…
by Winnie Byanyima In the five years since global leaders met in Copenhagen to discuss climate change,…
Despite the ceasefire, there remain enormous humanitarian needs in Gaza. The bombing of the past seven weeks…
Kellogg has announced it is stepping up to address climate change in a very big way. It…
by Winnie Byanyima Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the…
No company is too big to listen to its customers. When enough of us speak out, companies…
The IPCC has presented their latest report on the impacts of climate change on humanity, and what…
by Yeb Sano Typhoon Haiyan, the biggest storm to ever make landfall, devastated my homeland. Three days…
Virginia’s story “I see the climate is changing a lot,” says Virginia Ñuñonca, a farmer and community…
by Duncan Green When I get into my car in London, I step into a system designed…
by Winnie Byanyima Today I led hundreds of people from around the world in a walk out…
This weekend, thousands of people marched at the UN climate talks in Warsaw, to send the message…
You might know that Oxfam is in chilly Warsaw this November, at the UN climate change talks.…
by Al Kinley, Oxfam Great Britain Digital campaigner I’ve just arrived at the annual UN climate change…
by Johan Verburg Burning forests and land in Indonesia is an annual phenomenon, but this year fires…