humanitarian aid

Hard lessons: delivering assistance in government-held areas of Syria

15 July 2020

This paper explores the lessons learned by the Norwegian Refugee Council and Oxfam in more than ten years of combined operational experience from Damascus which can inform and improve the overall aid response in Syria.
Improving safeguarding and culture at Oxfam

3 June 2020

Oxfam has developed an “Improving Safeguarding and Culture Plan” to drive its work over the next two years. The plan aims to align our approach across the confederation and links our work on safeguarding, culture change, gender, programs and human resources, within an improved governance framework.
New OECD figures show international aid woefully inadequate to fight the coronavirus crisis

16 April 2020

Current levels of aid from rich countries are woefully inadequate to help developing countries face the coronavirus crisis, said Oxfam today in response to new OECD aid figures for 2019.
Tens of thousands of people are still suffering one year on from Cyclone Idai

9 March 2020

Tens of thousands of people across Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are still suffering 12 months after Cyclone Idai battered Southern Africa, warned Oxfam today. Cyclone Idai, one of the worst cyclones to hit Africa, made landfall on 14th March 2019.
US-Iran conflict restricting aid work in Iraq - Oxfam

8 January 2020

Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Iraq is restricted due to heightened security concerns, road checkpoints and travel difficulties, following Iranian missile attacks on US military bases in Iraq overnight in retaliation for the US killing of the Iranian General Suleimani.
In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, survivors are in desperate need of aid

30 April 2019

In the worst-affected areas of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, we’ve met survivors like Dorothy, Joshua and Madelema who have lost everything, their lives devastated by Cyclone Idai. They are in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance. You can make a difference.
Who takes the heat? Untold stories of climate crisis in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique

22 September 2019

Battered by cyclones and ravaged by extreme drought, poor communities in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique have found themselves on the front line of a climate crisis they did little to create.
Conflicts and disasters

23 August 2019

Oxfam has a long and well-recognized record of humanitarian relief in times of crisis. When disaster strikes, we respond - delivering high quality lifesaving assistance and essential protection to the most affected.
Cyclone Idai one month on: thousands in Mozambique still cut off from any help and struggling to survive

12 April 2019

Areas hit by Cyclone Idai are “like a war zone” says Oxfam. The destruction and suffering are still not fully mapped. Despite initial appeals, international aid effort are still grossly underfunded, and aid agencies are already stretched and running out of resources.
Survivors of Cylone Idai at risk from waterborne diseases

22 March 2019

Oxfam will begin distributing lifesaving aid including water purification tablets and hygiene kits to some of the communities worst affected by Cyclone Idai over this weekend.