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Is it possible to practice good hygiene without clean water? Huguette Yago faces a challenge of titanic…
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…
What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it…
blog by Melanie Gallant, Oxfam Canada Media Officer, and Victoria Hopkins, Oxfam Canada Humanitarian Manager Does this…
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…
by Al KinleyFeeding people doesn’t have to mean feeding climate changeNo company is too big to listen…
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…
Well-known activist filmmaker and television journalist, Avi Lewis, was in Saskatoon on January 29th to help launch…
Soap, a water container, a mosquito net, and a cooking pan were among the objects on display…
by Tim Gore This blog posting originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org In the early hours of Sunday…
by Ian Sullivan This blog posting originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org Negotiators at the UN climate talks…
by Ian Sullivan This blog posting originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org The climate negotiations in Durban are…
by Conor Costello This blog post originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org Saturday, December 3rd was not a normal…
by Ian Sullivan This blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org So the first week of #COP17, Durban Climate…
by Angélique Kidjo The following blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.org There is an old African riddle…
by Ian SullivanThis blog originally appeared at blogs.oxfam.orgRecently we bought you news about the Trans-African Caravan of…
by Tim Gore This blog originally appeared at: blogs.oxfam.org It’s now two years since the frantic…
The following article originally appeared in the Toronto Starby Mark FriedEnvironment Minister Peter Kent may relish another…
The United Nations have unpacked the bunting and draped the decorations around Durban, South Africa, for…
by Alun McDonald Originally published by Oxfam International on November 9, 2011 The Trans African…
A little over a year ago and a half ago, I worked closely with dozens of other…
What image comes to mind when we think about the aid workers desperately trying to get food,…