Tagged: humanitarian relief

Syria: Overtaken By Need

Policy Paper

Marking 10 years of the Darfur conflict

Press Release

Women who have fled to Darfur. Photo: Elizabeth Stevens/Oxfam

A decade after fighting began in the Darfur region of Sudan, the 3.4 million people there who still require humanitarian assistance are watching a tenuous security situation deteriorate further still.

Crisis in Syria

Emergency

Oxfam water tapstand, Zaatari camp, Jordan. Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam

1.4 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.

Families at risk in Pakistan monsoon: inadequate resources to cope with floods emergency

Press Release

A man and his children looking at their flooded home, Pakistan. Photo: Oxfam

Lack of funds and limited relief stocks will severely hamper the Pakistan government’s and aid agencies’ ability to respond to further flooding this monsoon season, a consortium of 51 international and more than 150 national humanitarian organisations warned today.

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina chronicles Ramadan during the Pakistan floods

Press Release

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina has recently travelled to some of the worst hit areas in Pakistan where she saw first hand the devastation caused by the floods. She photographed families in Pakistan and in the UK to document how they were spending the holy month of Ramadan.

Niger: On the front lines of the war against hunger

Emergency Article

As a result of severe drought, the 2009 harvest in Niger produced less than a quarter of the country’s annual needs. Now half of all Nigeriens do not have enough food. Oxfam and our partners have implemented a destocking humanitarian program in the most vulnerable areas.