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A Devastating Blow to Global Aid The recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
The people of Gaza continue to endure immense suffering. While a temporary ceasefire has provided a…
Hope was one of things most easily lost when conflict arrived in BirBir, a community in…
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Oxfam Canada statement on the Iraq Crisis
Background Since January, conflict and human rights abuses in Iraq have displaced around 1.8 million Iraqis, according to the UN. With a major offensive launched by the group known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in June, local civilians have faced violence, abductions, mass executions and persecution of ethnic and religious minorities.…
Oxfam is tripling its aid in Ebola hit countries as the disease spirals out of control
International agency Oxfam is planning to triple its Ebola prevention programme in Sierra Leone Oxfam will be significantly stepping up its water and sanitation supply to Ebola treatment centers and community care centers, supply of hygiene materials and boosting its mass public information campaign. Oxfam has already helped over half a million people by providing water…
South Sudan: From Crisis to Catastrophe
OTTAWA/MISSISSAUGA, ON (October 6, 2014) – A group of leading aid agencies warned today that parts of South Sudan, which are already facing a severe food crisis, could fall into famine early next year if the conflict between warring factions escalates. The agencies, which include CARE, Oxfam and World Vision, fear that efforts this…
Arms Trade Treaty set to enter into force before end of year as number of ratifications tops 50
Argentina, St Lucia, Portugal, Senegal, and Uruguay are amongst latest states to announce ratification – triggering 90-day countdown Fifty states are required to ratify the treaty before the 90-day countdown to entry into force could begin. Today, seven states including, Argentina, The Bahamas, The Czech Republic, St Lucia, Portugal, Senegal, and Uruguay will ratify at…