Verdict on the G20 Summit in Brisbane
Oxfam verdict on the G20 summitSteve Price-Thomas It’s been hot in Brisbane today, with temperatures of up…
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…
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Humanitarian organisations petition Israeli High Court as closure deadline approaches
The clock is ticking on a large part of the humanitarian response sustaining civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory. Thirty-seven international aid organisations have been ordered by Israeli authorities to cease operations in the occupied Palestinian territory by the end of February under revised Israeli registration rules. With efforts to force closures imminent, a group…
Oxfam warning of ‘disaster upon disaster’ as Mozambique braces for Tropical Storm Gezani
Oxfam is warning that Mozambique could be seriously impacted by Tropical Storm Gezani, which is currently gaining intensity over the Mozambique channel. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, it is likely to cause strong winds and flooding rain across Sofala, Gaza and Inhambane provinces – areas which have already been devastated by months of heavy…
Escalation of conflict in South Sudan threatens to push a million into extreme food crisis
Families in South Sudan are once again having to flee for their lives due to escalating conflict at a time when hunger is already at catastrophic levels, Oxfam warned. Renewed fighting, which has spread across Jonglei and into the neighbouring area of Walgak, 100 kilometres from the capital Juba, is deepening an already dire situation,…
Oxfam reaction to IPC alert for Sudan confirming famine-level malnutrition in two additional areas
Responding to today’s Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) alert Oxfam’s Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director, said: “It is deeply alarming that famine-level malnutrition has been confirmed in two additional areas of North Darfur that were previously not at risk. This is in addition to the extreme hunger levels already being experienced by communities who have suffered nearly…