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
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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,…
Syria: A stain on the conscience of the world
By Daniel Gorevan Ignored Security Council resolutions, escalating conflict and political inertia: Syria’s suffering civilians deserve…
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Countries locked into IMF austerity programs are also around twice as vulnerable to economic fallout from war against Iran
Countries locked into IMF austerity programs are also around twice as vulnerable to economic fallout from war against Iran Countries locked into International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity programs are also, on average, around twice as vulnerable to the economic fallout from the US and Israel’s war against Iran and the escalating climate crisis, reveals new…
GAZA CEASEFIRE EXISTS IN NAME ONLY, SAY MORE THAN 100 ORGANIZATIONS
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In Somalia famine risk increases as hunger worsens amid El-Nino floods
Reacting to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Somalia, which shows 5.4 million people are projected to face acute hunger, including 26,000 at risk of famine in Baidoa, Bay region, Juliet Moriku Balikowa, Oxfam Somalia Country Director said: “One in four people in Somalia is now going hungry while Baidoa and surrounding…