Two women in the displaced persons camp in Dar Agg, Somalia.

Hunger crisis in East Africa

The Horn, East and Central Africa are facing a profoundly alarming hunger crisis. More than 44 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. Oxfam is on the ground responding but we urgently need your help to save more lives.

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Mind the gap: Oxfam's fourth Supermarket Scorecard explained

Since the 2018 launch of Oxfam’s international Behind the Price campaign, most supermarkets have started to take human rights in their food supply chains seriously. However, our fourth Supermarket Scorecard shows that they need to do much more to ensure the women and men who produce our food get their fair share of the value they create.

Crisis in Ukraine

Over 4 million people have fled deadly violence in Ukraine. They need food, water, and warm clothing, but above all they need to feel safe. Oxfam is preparing to support local organizations providing humanitarian aid to vulnerable families in neighboring countries and lobbying governments to provide a safe haven to Ukrainian and other refugees. Please give what you can today to help us meet the most urgent needs.

Down the waterway: on the quest for water in Burkina Faso

Since January 2019, the Northern Region of Burkina Faso has been affected by armed conflicts that have forced 1.7 million people to flee. Now they face a new challenge: finding water. In order to fully grasp the extent of this challenge, photojournalist Samuel Turpin travelled to the Central North region of the country with Oxfam, where water has become a scarce resource.

Oxfam reaction to the IPCC’s Working Group III report on climate change mitigation

Responding to the publication today of the IPCC’s Working Group III report on climate change mitigation, Oxfam’s Climate Policy Lead Nafkote Dabi said: “This IPCC report pulls no punches. It’s not about taking our foot off the accelerator anymore —it’s about slamming on the brakes. A warming planet is humanity’s biggest emergency."

Ukraine refugee response: Over 20 NGOs call on the EU and EU countries to put their commitments into practice

Twenty-three NGOs are jointly urging the EU and European countries to work together to put into action their refugee response commitments in light of the crisis in Ukraine. This call comes ahead of EU justice and home affairs ministers meeting today to discuss the EU’s support for people fleeing the crisis in Ukraine.

Oxfam reaction to announced truce between TPLF and Ethiopian government

In response to today’s news of a truce between the Ethiopian federal government and the TPLF, Gezahegn Gebrehana, Oxfam in Ethiopia Country Director, said: "Oxfam welcomes the cessation of hostilities agreed to by the government of Ethiopia and the TPLF. Over the past 17 months, civilians in Northern Ethiopia have borne the brunt of the fighting and continue to suffer from a severe lack of food, water, and safe spaces."

The future is equal

Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together, we save, protect and rebuild lives when disaster strikes. We help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. we take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

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