The USAID Collapse: What It Means for Global Humanitarian Aid and How Canada Must Respond
A Devastating Blow to Global Aid The recent dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
5 Critical Things to Know About the Current Crisis in Gaza
The people of Gaza continue to endure immense suffering. While a temporary ceasefire has provided a…
Building hope, and rebuilding a clinic in Ethiopia
Hope was one of things most easily lost when conflict arrived in BirBir, a community in…
Coding, Crafting, Cultivating: Somali Women Securing Their Futures
In the shadow of a conflict and climate emergency crisis in Somalia and Somaliland, young women…
From Camps to Classrooms: The Battle for Refugee Girls’ Education
It’s impossible to miss Amer. She commands attention above most at over six feet tall –…
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Davos 2025: A Turning Point or Another Missed Opportunity?
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Finding safety, but struggling for better nutrition in refugee camp
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“When I saw the devastation in our community, the dead bodies floating, and my future crashing,…
I Knew I Wouldn’t Starve
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Camino Verde Project Exceeds Targets for Indigenous Women’s Agricultural Enrollment
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Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza: Oxfam’s Response and How to Take Action
For more than sixty harrowing days, the already dire situation in North Gaza has grown even…
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Northern Mali on the brink of a new food crisis
Bamako, Mali: Ahead of the Sahel Appeal to be launched by the United Nations on the 3rd February 2014 in Rome, 11 humanitarian agencies warn that northern Mali is set to face another serious food crisis unless funds are rapidly mobilized. More than 800,000 people need immediate food assistance, and across the country three million…
Communities in eastern Congo not any safer despite M23 defeat
A new Oxfam report, In the Balance, reveals that large swathes of the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu remain under the control of various armed groups, many that have expanded into security vacuums left when the Congolese armed forces turned their attention to the M23. Military operations against armed groups run the risk…
NGOs welcome ceasefire agreement in South Sudan, reaffirm their commitment to help all populations in need of assistance
“We call upon all parties to the conflict to allow unimpeded humanitarian access, and to ensure the safety and freedom of movement of our staff.” Caroline Boyd Medair’s Country Director Juba, South Sudan – Fifty-five major humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in South Sudan have expressed their deep concern about the current humanitarian situation…
Oxfam Canada reacts to GoC pledge of additional humanitarian aid in Syrian conflict
In response to Prime Minister Harper's announcement of additional humanitarian support to the Syrian people during his visit to the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan, Oxfam Canada's Executive Director Robert Fox said: "Oxfam Canada welcomes Prime Minister Harper's pledge of additional support for Syrians fleeing the violence that rages on in their country. On top…