SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL

Conflicts and Disasters

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Photos of our humanitarian aid response in northern Mali and in refugee camps in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. We're providing basic food, clean water and healthcare.

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Latest

14 June 2013

Building on lessons learned the previous year, our early response to the food crisis in the Sahel in 2012 reached almost a million people across Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad.

12 June 2013

50 Voices, 50 Places: a collection of people's hopes and aspirations for a united, peaceful and prosperous Africa.

3 June 2013

History will be made today at the United Nations as many governments sign an Arms Trade Treaty designed to protect millions living in daily fear of armed violence.

23 May 2013

Transfer of weapons to Syria likely to spell further disaster for civilians caught in the crossfire, and fuel deadly arms race

20 May 2013

Oxfam is supporting international efforts to assess needs in Patukhali, Barguna and Bhola, the three districts worst hit by Cyclone Mahasen that hit Bangladesh on 16 May.

In depth

In depth

The world’s failure to meet Syria’s escalating humanitarian crisis
30 April 2013
Avoiding past mistakes in the year to come
5 April 2013
The urgent need to prevent forced evictions from camps in Haiti
10 December 2012
Communities speak out on the true cost of conflict in eastern DRC
20 November 2012
Progress Report, July 2011 – July 2012
5 July 2012
With no rain, the animals are dying, Mail. Video: Oxfam

Malian musician Afel Bocoum who worked with Damon Albarn on Mali Music Unplugged describes the food crisis affecting his country and the wider Sahel region of West Africa.

A short film about guns.

"A Short Film About Guns" examines the illegal arms trade and how it functions across the globe, features four experts on arms trafficking who recount their varying first hand experiences with the black market trade in areas of conflict.

Rescuing the Peace in Sudan - gallery

Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in 2005, yet southern Sudan remains one of the poorest regions on earth. These images show a people still hoping peace will bring economic benefits and development.

Children collecting water from taps, Bulengo camp, DRC. Photo: Eddy Mbuyi/Oxfam

To provide water to over 45,000 displaced Congolese in the Bulengo Camp, in DRC, Oxfam set up a water piping system to pump water straight from Lake Kivu, into a tank and to the taps.

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