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This week, Indian and European Union (EU) trade negotiators in New Delhi will most likely announce that they have reached a preliminary agreement on a trade pact that will forge a new commercial relationship between the two economies. The EU wants the pact to include new intellectual property (IP) rules that go beyond current requirements under international law.  These new IP rules would serve the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies in Europe, while drastically increasing medicines prices for millions of poor people in India and other developing countr

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 afflicted by drought, floods or earthquakes.

Le spectre de la faim est de retour au Sahel occidental, ce territoire aride qui borde le sud du Sahara. Grâce aux systèmes d'alerte précoce financés par le Canada et d'autres bailleurs de fonds, nous avons à présent conscience qu'une grave crise alimentaire couve. L’information nous parvient à temps pour que nous puissions désamorcer cette crise.

For the GROW recipe competition, we asked you to create a unique and colourful recipe that celebrates the work of small-scale farmers in Peru, using ingredients popular in traditional Peruvian cuisine, and upload a picture of it to our Facebook wall. 

From hearty broths, to elegant lúcuma desserts, every entry combined ingredients eaten by millions in Peru every day, made possible by small producers across the country.

En este concurso de recetas de CRECE, les propusimos homenajear el trabajo de las y los productores a pequeña escala del Perú. ¿Cómo? Creando una receta única y colorida con ingredientes populares de la cocina tradicional peruana y subiendo su fotografía al muro de Facebook.  

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 that a major food crisis is brewing. We know in time to head it off.

Queremos compartir una gran oportunidad con todos ustedes: se trata del concurso Cultiva un futuro mejor para las mujeres rurales.

Alors que la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations de football (CAN-2012) bat son plein, plus de 25 stars du football africain se sont engagées solidairement en faveur des millions de personnes menacées par la faim en Afrique de l’Ouest en 2012.

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 crisis. Thousands of lives were lost as a result. The report calls for much earlier action to prevent such crises from happening, rather than waiting until people start dying to respond.

Esta semana Oxfam publicó junto a Save the Children un nuevo informe titulado Un retraso peligroso, que denuncia la tardía respuesta de la comunidad internacional a la actual crisis alimentaria del Cuerno de África. Como resultado, miles de personas han perdido la vida. El informe exige que se emprendan acciones mucho antes para evitar que se vuelva a producir una crisis como ésta y no esperar a que la gente comience a morir para reaccionar.

Le prochain sommet de la Terre prévu en juin offre une occasion rare et idéale pour les dirigeant-e-s du monde entier de s'unir en un front commun en faveur du développement durable – nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de la laisser passer.

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. Peoples’ lives in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti have been turned upside down and many thousands are struggling to recover, pushed into desperate poverty which it will take decades to recover from. No one knows exactly how many people died but an estimate by the UK’s Department for International Development estimated the figure could be as high as 100,000 people.

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 people will be handed over to the UK Prime Minister David Cameron today (Wednesday, 18 January) calling on him to endorse the Charter. This week campaigners have been tweeting their MPs asking them to raise a question to Prime Minister David Cameron in Parliament this Wednesday.

El fantasma del hambre acecha de nuevo a los y las habitantes del Sahel occidental, al sur del desierto del Sahara. Ahora, gracias a los sistemas de alerta temprana financiados por Canadá y otros donantes, sabemos que se está gestando una grave crisis alimentaria. Y contamos con el tiempo necesario para evitarla.

Deux ans après le séisme qui a frappé Haïti, Caroline Gluck est retournée sur ses pas, là où elle s'était rendue avec les premières équipes d'urgence d'Oxfam. Elle a constaté que les Haïtiens étaient encore confrontés aux mêmes défis mais restaient animés par le même espoir de changement.