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Yemen Crisis: A view from the ground
An Oxfam staff worker has written a blog about what life has been like in Yemen…
I was born and raised in Congo (D. R) until my family immigrated to Winnipeg. Three…
Local ceasefires could be a path to peace in Syria
Syrian civil society leader and astrophysicist Rim Turkmani may live in the UK, where she is…
My only thought was that this is the end
Twenty minutes drive east from Port Vila is a community called Etas. Homes are nestled among…
This Mother’s Day, why not honour your mother by helping a mother a world away? Whether…
“No matter how much the ground shakes, we will remain calm in our hearts.” Quote from…
Ask world leaders to act now #withSyria
Four years since it began, the Syrian crisis continues to deepen, and the human suffering is…
Canadians know about extreme weather! Just ask anyone in the Maritimes about this winter or the…
Vanuatu: impassioned plea at Sendai
This morning, the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), the world’s biggest event in over…
Mariam – Building hope out of shattered lives
Mariam, 33, mother of five, gazes out of her tent at the snow capped mountains and…
Noor – A Syrian Refugee Teaching Hope
Noor, 30, fled the war in Syria with her handicapped husband and two children, a girl,…
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Every 20 minutes, Canada’s private jets emit more carbon pollution than the average Canadian does in a year
New Oxfam report lands days before the November 5 federal budget, a year after Ottawa ended the luxury tax on private planes. In 2025, 71,239 private jet flights left Canada, emitting more than 333,000 tonnes of CO2. In 11 minutes, those jets emitted more CO2 than someone in the poorest half of Canada’s population emits…
REACTION: Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron
Responding to the large-scale Israeli military operation and mass displacement in Hebron in recent days, Oxfam’s Response Lead in the West Bank, Mustafa Tamaizeh, said: “This is not only a humanitarian crisis but a deliberate assault on the economic foundations of Palestinian life, as families lose their homes and livelihoods. The destruction of factories, workshops,…
Humanitarian funding to El Niño critically insufficient, says Oxfam
Global funding for the preparation and response to El Niño and the harms it will bring to millions of people is critically insufficient, Oxfam warned today. The weather phenomenon is already having a catastrophic impact across much of the world, with wildfires, crop failures and growing severe food and water insecurity. El Niño’s intensity is…
Joint Letter to Prime Minister Carney on the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Re: United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Dear Prime Minister Carney, We are writing to you on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day that reminds us that ending poverty is inseparable from protecting human rights, dignity, and social inclusion, and that commitments to eradicate poverty must be matched…