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June 9, 2026

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When Water Returns, Communities Begin to Recover

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On Banaba, Women Are Building Power in One of the Pacific’s Most Remote Communities

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Ebola Outbreak 2026: What you need to know

May 28, 2026

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Building Safer Communities Through Prevention in Jamaica

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Using Your Will as a Force for Good: Gideon’s Story

May 19, 2026

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Stronger together: Observations from a week visiting Ugandan refugee settlements

May 15, 2026

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Young Women Leading Change in Mozambique

May 8, 2026

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From droughts to floods: Stories of resilience from Mozambique

April 30, 2026

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Why Humanitarian Aid Matters: My Personal Connection to Sudan

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From Rana Plaza to Today: Why Canada Must Act on Corporate Accountability

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How Canada’s Tax System Fuels Wealth Inequality

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Tourism’s Dirty Secret: Oxfam Canada highlights exploitation of women hotel housekeepers

October 17, 2017

(Ottawa) Profits in the global hotel industry are based on the systematic exploitation of housekeepers, the majority of whom are poor women living in fear of losing their jobs, says a new report by Oxfam Canada entitled Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The Exploitation of Hotel Housekeepers. In interviews with current and former hotel housekeepers in Canada,…

World Food Day in Chad: Oxfam talks to the forgotten people within a silent crisis

October 16, 2017

More than 335,000 people continue to go hungry in the Lake Region of Chad – a place where only ten doctors are currently working and the international community has only funded $40 million of a $121 million humanitarian appeal. “Today, on World Food Day, more than 200,000 children in the Lake Region of Chad are…

Oxfam warns threat of disease rapidly rising as thousands more Rohingya arrive daily in Bangladesh

October 11, 2017

Oxfam warned today that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are without safe water, shelter or enough food to eat.  More than 50,000 newly arrived refugees have been hit by diarrhea, pneumonia, skin disease and acute malnutrition as aid agencies struggle to meet the…

Race to prevent disease as thousands more Rohingya arrive daily in Bangladesh

October 11, 2017

Aid workers are in a race against time to stop the rapid spread of disease as thousands of Rohingya people arrive in Bangladesh every day. Oxfam warned that an outbreak of cholera would devastate the camps where hundreds of thousands are without safe water, shelter or enough food to eat.  More than 50,000 newly arrived…

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