7 February 2012
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Ed Cairns
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
When it comes to humanitarian crises, Oxfam specializes in the appropriate acronym of “WASH”. In 2011, hundreds of Oxfam staff delivered water and sanitation and other relief to millions of people...
27 January 2012
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Mark Fried
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
The spectre of hunger is again stalking the people of the western Sahel, at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Thanks to the early-warning systems funded by Canada and other donors, we now know...
20 January 2012
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Alun McDonald
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
This week Oxfam, together with Save the Children, launched a new report called A Dangerous Delay, which found that the international community responded too late to the current Horn of Africa food...
18 January 2012
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Ed Pomfret
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Last year countries in the Horn of Africa were hit by a major drought. Approximately 13 million people have been affected by the impacts of the drought, conflict, high food prices and chronic poverty...
18 January 2012
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Ed Pomfret
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Over the last few months campaigners in the UK have been contacting their Members of Parliament (MPs) asking them to show support for the Charter to End Extreme Hunger. A petition signed by 15,000...
12 January 2012
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Peleg Charles
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Here we are, already marking the second anniversary of the deadly earthquake of January 2010. Nonetheless, I remember the events as if it were yesterday. I had only been in the classroom for 45...
11 January 2012
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Caroline Gluck
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Caroline Gluck retraces her steps and finds that the challenges many people in Haiti faced in the wake of the 2010 earthquake continue to persist – as does their hope for change.
I wasn’t looking...
10 January 2012
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Raymond C. Offenheiser
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Six months since South Sudan became independent, Oxfam America’s President Ray Offenheiser highlights the great potential for agriculture in the country – but also the great challenges the...
30 December 2011
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Rodilyn Bolo
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines – Many of the families who lost their homes to storm Sendong (international name: Washi) have since stayed in cramped evacuation centers, their personal space often...
20 December 2011
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Ed Pomfret
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
The forecasts are in for the New Year, and they aren’t looking good. The terrible drought that has gripped the Horn of Africa since mid July 2011 and put the lives of 13 million people in crisis is...
