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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Crisis in South Sudan: 300+ Share a single water Tap, Cholera Risk Soars
The influx of over half a million people fleeing Sudan’s conflict meant that transit centres in Renk – a border town in neighbouring South Sudan- are swelling with people four times their capacity, with more than 300 people sharing one water tap. The lack of clean water and sanitation is increasing the risk of cholera,…
‘Golden Time’ harvest ravaged in northern Gaza amid concerns of hunger and starvation
Gaza farmers’ two-month-long “golden time” of agricultural production has been destroyed by Israel’s military bombing and sealing of northern Gaza, ruining the enclave’s richest farmlands which are one of its biggest sources of fruit and vegetables. With Israel’s actions also severely restricting humanitarian aid, the loss of local agricultural production is worsening malnutrition and hunger,…
Feminist groups condemn Premier Smith’s threat to trans youth rights and medical care
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the Government of Alberta’s planned changes to gender-affirming care, education, and sports in the province. These changes amount to an attack on trans people, and in particular trans youth. On January 31, 2024, the Premier of Alberta announced sweeping policy changes that will disproportionately impact trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse youth. The changes…
Conflict in North Kivu leaves 100,000 without water
More than 133,000 people who fled the fighting in North Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), live in unimaginable conditions without one single toilet or water, posing serious consequences for their health and safety, warns Oxfam. Oxfam staff report that people are forced to pay US$0.40 to use the…