Agnes Nyantie: Fighting Ebola door-to-door
Agnes Nyantie’s unassuming manner hides a spirit that will be key in overcoming Liberia’s Ebola…
“I love my people and I do not want them to die”
Alima Jamboria is a Community Health Worker and Chairperson of the Community. I'm a Community Health…
Ebola – the Invisible Foe
Ebola is with us – here and now. It is an invisible foe. It is transmitted…
Gap between rich and poor widening – and it’s not just us saying it
Blog by Christine McCartney, Oxfam Ireland Inequality is rising – to the detriment of us all.…
First she kept her own family together. Then she became a spokesperson for family farmers around the world.
First she kept her own family together. Then she became a spokesperson for family farmers around…
Ending Hunger, One Step at a Time
“I see the climate is changing a lot. Before it wasn’t like this.” Climate change is…
7 big questions about Ebola, answered
Blog originaly published by Oxfam America As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to claim…
Support for Women Farmers Could Help us Beat Hunger
Blog post by Winnie Byanyima – Oxfam International’s Executive Director Across South Asia and Southeast Asia,…
(This article was originaly published in straight.com on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:07am) At the end of…
Families are leading the way to feed people and fight climate change
It’s 4am. You get up like any other morning with your young baby. Except today is…
Cultivating Food Security for the people of El Salvador
Food. It’s one of life’s great pleasures. We think about it all the time. Most of…
Post-hurricane: Sustainability and Resilience in Cuba
Abel Veiga Esperon was not afraid of hurricanes until Paloma hit, a day forever etched in…
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GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response
Oxfam, alongside over 170 NGOs, calls for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. The 400 aid distribution points operating during the temporary ceasefire across Gaza have…
New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks
Oxfam Condemns “Private Finance Takeover” as Global Wealth Concentration Reaches Historic Levels Oxfam condemns “private finance takeover” of development efforts, as over 3.7 billion people remain in poverty ten years after the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed. New Oxfam analysis unveils “astronomical rise in private wealth”. Between 1995 and 2023, global private wealth grew by…
Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages
Ottawa, 19 June – A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal corporations for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter the influence on politics of the super-rich and polluting industries. These are the key findings of a global survey, which reflects broad consensus…
Oxfam Reaction to the 2025 G7 Summit
Oxfam is deeply concerned by the outcomes of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. At a time when urgent global crises demand bold and united action, the summit fell short of delivering the leadership the world needs. Oxfam said that nowhere was this more apparent than in how this G7 totally missed its chance to exert…