SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL

  • The injustice of poverty demands a powerful and practical response to address both its causes and its impact on peoples' lives. Joining with others, we seek to overcome poverty using a six-sided strategy.
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1.6 million refugees have fled the conflict in Syria into neighboring countries and are now in desperate need of shelter, food, water and medical care. We aim to reach up to 650,000 people with emergency relief.

Distribution of blankets for Syrian refugees, by Association Najdeh, Lebanon.

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17 June, 2013
Oxfam's six-sided strategy to fight poverty.

Under the title “The Power of People against Poverty”, Oxfam has adopted a new strategic plan that shifts the focus of its work onto the empowerment of people to shape their own future free from poverty.

17 June, 2013
Oxfam's G8 'Big Heads' arrive in Northern Ireland. Photo: Jonathan Porter/Oxfam

During the two days of the G8 Summit, which starts today, $2.2 billion in illicit flows will have hemorrhaged from developing countries into tax havens and land one and a half times the size of Manhattan sold off to foreign investors.

15 June, 2013

Sending more arms to Syria will only increase the bloodshed, says Oxfam

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