Whilst the full response to this Typhoon will take some time, the initial phase lasting approximately six weeks will be critical for the affected communities. In the first six weeks we aim to reach at least 100,000 people (20,000 families) with emergency relief.
New reports from Oxfam’s rapid assessment team in Tacloban, one of the hardest hit provinces of Leyte, confirm 100 per cent of the city is devastated.
Oxfam will be sending rapid emergency response teams to areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan after it tore through the Philippines.
What does it take to make a global sugar giant promise to improve its policies on land? You. And more than 225,000 other Oxfam supporters around the world.
Cambodia is home to one of the world's most productive and abundant inland fisheries, which contribute nearly 12 per cent of Cambodia’s GDP and are a vital source of food, nutrition and income.
Communities in El Salvador have long opposed mining in the small and densely populated country. Much of El Salvador’s surface water is polluted, and in rural areas few people have access to clean water. A few years ago local farmers were outraged to discover pumps draining clean water from their local river to construct the Pacific Rim ‘El Dorado’ gold mine.
It’s rare to see a diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East but in the last few weeks, we’ve had some glimmers of hope for Syria. Efforts by the United States and Russia to rid Syria of all its chemical weapons, as well as calling for a second Geneva peace conference next month to find a […]
Last week was an exciting week with thousands of Australians taking part in Eat Local Feed Global while across the world campaigners visited the headquarters of global food giants to demand that they do more to prevent land grabs that are kicking poor farmers off their land in order to grow sugar for popular drinks. […]
Last Wednesday was World Food Day and as part of our work fighting poverty and hunger, we asked you to Eat Local Feed Global with friends or family and do your bit to reduce hunger around the world. And you answered a resounding ‘Yes!’ More than 400 events took place — with supporters just like […]
Back in 2009, we visited Adriana and her son Jovandro in Timor-Leste, where almost half of children under five are underweight (WHO 2013). Jovandro was very thin and very weak. But there is a happy ending to this story.
