Category: Emergencies
When crisis strikes we respond quickly with life-saving support and help people to rebuild their livelihoods.
![A woman carries water through the protected site established for displaced people at the UN House in Juba, March 2014. Photo: Mackenzie Knowles Coursin/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/85945scr.jpg)
South Sudan warning: respond to humanitarian crisis now or face catastrophe
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The lives of seven million people are at risk as food crisis and conflict grips South Sudan. The international community needs to step up with a massive injection of emergency aid. Read more »
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Flooding in the Solomons
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People are being urgently evacuated and homes have been destroyed following flash flooding in the Solomon Islands’ capital of Honiara, where there has been extremely heavy rain over many days. Around 10,000 people have been affected and a large number of homes have been destroyed after the Mataniko River broke its banks today washing away […] Read more »
![Photo: Banksy has reworked one of his most iconic images to support the global #WithSyria campaign. #WithSyria campaign.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WithSyria_banksy.jpg)
An amazing display of solidarity #WithSyria
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From refugees in Sahrawi camp in Algeria, to Justin Bieber, people literally all over the world stood #WithSyria. Read more »
![Children release red balloons to mark the third year of the Syrian conflict. Photo: Rachel Cawood/Oxfam Photo: Rachel Cawood](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WITHSYRIA_ZAATARI1_RachelCawood_800x5331.jpg)
Oxfam reflects on three years of conflict in Syria
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“I sometimes wonder how I would cope if I was in the same position as the refugees I meet through my work. Say there was a conflict in the U.K. and my family and I suddenly found ourselves in France as refugees? I like to think that there would be people there who would help me as we – and the generous people of Syria’s neighboring countries – are trying to help others now.” Read more »
![Syrian and Jordanian children release red balloons in solidarity with people affected by the Syrian crisis. Photo: Muath Freif/Oxfam Photo: Muath Freif/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/RedBalloons_Syria_Muath-FreijOxfam_800x533.jpg)
Red balloons mark the beginning of a week of vigils for Syria
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As people come together this week to hold vigils around the world, from London to Hong Kong, and Darfur to Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, the hopes of Syrian children will be shared by millions of others. It is time for world leaders to put the children of Syria first and ensure that they have a future to return to. Read more »
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Stand With Syria
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The conflict in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st Century. More than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict, including 11,000 children. 2.5 million people are living as refugees. After 3 yrs of conflict, the Syria bloodshed must end. Be part of a global movement to end the violence in Syria after three […] Read more »
![Villagers walk as they are evacuated from their homes on the slope of Mount Kelud in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Photo: AP Photo Photo: AP Photo](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IndonesiaEvacuation_APPhoto_800x533.jpg)
Mass evacuation as Mount Kelud erupts
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A mass evacuation has been ordered following the eruption of Mount Kelud on the main island of Java, Indonesia. Oxfam is currently working closely with partners on the ground to assess the situation and is preparing for the distribution of thousands of face-masks. Read more »
![Vilma Silvano and her husband Rainero Silvano outside their home in Tanauan, Leyte. Picture: Eleanor Farmer Oxfam GB](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/TyphoonHaiyan_VilmaSilvano_EleanorFarmer_800x533.jpg)
Typhoon Haiyan, three months on. What happens now?
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It’s been three months since Super Typhoon Haiyan,and our focus is helping people get their livelihoods back. For the time being, there’s little government aid for people like Vilma and Crispin—but there is progress. Read more »
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Geneva II peace talks: where are the voices of Syrian women?
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There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks taking place in Switzerland this week. Montreux is breathtakingly beautiful, the snow-topped Swiss Alps rising starkly over Lake Geneva. Yet this is where world leaders are to decide the fate of Syria and to try and end the brutal war which has […] Read more »
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Arms to Syria: A barrier to peace
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The conflict in Syria is close to entering its fourth year. Ordinary Syrians are the victims of this humanitarian catastrophe – deliberately targeted by those fighting, their cities destroyed, often deprived of food and water, millions have been forced to flee for their lives. A conflict that began in the political turmoil of the Arab […] Read more »