humanitarian aid

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.
Oxfams appeals for aid as thousands of lives are still at risk after Cyclone Idai

20 March 2019

Oxfam staff speak of desperation, loss of hope and home, people in treetops - as rains are still falling and waters rising in some areas.
Hundreds of thousands of Congolese forced to flee Angola in need of aid

31 October 2018

Oxfam warned today of an emerging humanitarian crisis in the Southern Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
One civilian dying every three hours in Yemen fighting

25 October 2018
EU budget a hostage to contradictory approach of Parliament

24 October 2018

Following a vote in the European Parliament on the EU budget for 2019, Oxfam is concerned that the EU continues to prioritize migration management at the expense of humanitarian action and sustainable development.