Millions of people are being forced to flee their homes, risking everything to escape conflict and disaster. We are working in nine of the ten top refugee source countries as well as in refugee host countries. We urgently need your help to reach people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and in Europe.
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Berta Cáceres peacefully opposed a dam being built in her community.
Millions of people are being forced to flee their homes, risking everything to escape conflict and disaster. We are working in nine of the ten top refugee source countries as well as in refugee host countries. We urgently need your help to reach people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and in Europe.
Five years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria the war shows no sign of abating. Today, half the pre-conflict population of 22 million Syrians have fled their homes and more than 13.5 million people are in need of your help.
South Sudan, 5 years after becoming independent, is facing an acute humanitarian crisis due to an ongoing conflict. Security, growth, freedom... Peace means different things across this vast country. Oxfam asked people across the country what peace means to them, hoping to show that the only way to address this crisis is to end the violence.
Growing up in a low-income farming family along the Mekong river in Kratie, Chin Sokunthor, a 60 year old female farmer, said what disappoints her the most is seeing people destroy the river. Her mission is to protect it.
Unfair tax practices are fuelling staggering inequality and holding back the fight against poverty around the world. It's time to end the era of tax havens. Find out how it works and what you can do about it.
One person in three in the world lives in poverty.
Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.
The six wealthiest nations host less than nine percent of the world’s refugees while poorer countries shoulder most of the responsibility.
Five years after the birth of South Sudan, Oxfam warned today that without commitment from all signatories to the country's 2015 peace agreement, the country will falter. According to Oxfa
From 2017, the Oxfam International Secretariat will begin its move to Nairobi in Kenya. We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Host Country Agreement with the President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya. I must give my personal thanks to President Uhuru Kenyatta for being such an enthusiastic champion to help realize our plans.
As Malawi experiences the worst drought it's had for 35 years, exacerbated by El Niño, many are suffering from hunger and starvation. Benjamin Phillips, Oxfam Humanitarian Officer, shares with us his experience on a recent visit to the country.
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