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What's Causing the Hunger Crisis in East Africa?
  • Climate Change
  • Conflict and War
  • Hunger

Oxfam is responding in four countries and urging more international assistance to help people facing severe hunger due to climate change, conflict, and economic shocks.

by Oxfam Canada | October 27, 2022

Five women and a young girl wearing colourful headscarves and long skirts stand by red wheelbarrows with yellow jerrycans waiting to collect water.

The Greatest Challenge to Humanitarian Work: Funding
  • Climate Change
  • Conflict and War
  • Emergency Response
  • Hunger
  • Refugees and Internal Displacement

Humanitarian needs are at an all-time high worldwide, but woeful underfunding hinders humanitarian action.

by Oxfam Canada | August 19, 2022

A group of dark-skinned women wearing head scarves and long dresses gather around an outdoor water distribution point. A female humanitarian worker wearing a grey vest with a green Oxfam logo fills jerry cans with water.

How Extreme Hunger Affects Lactating Mothers and Babies in Ethiopia
  • Climate Change
  • Conflict and War
  • Hunger
  • Refugees and Internal Displacement

Nutrition challenges are increasing in Ethiopia's Tigray region as mothers struggle to keep their babies well-fed.

by Oxfam | July 12, 2022

Close up of mother breastfeeding a months-old child. The baby is Black and while breasfeeding, his eyes are wide open, looking at his mother. The background is a bright yellow with a fiuscha colour contour around the image creating a collage-like effect.

4 Links Between the War in Ukraine and the Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis
  • Climate Change
  • Conflict and War
  • Emergency Response
  • Hunger

The economic impacts of the war in Ukraine – including unprecedented food and energy price inflation – are being felt by the most vulnerable in our deeply unequal world.

by Oxfam Canada | April 26, 2022

People are walking on a paved road, and two cars are parked in the distance. None of the people are facing the camera. Most of them seem to be women and children, wearing winter clothing and carrying bags. The main focus of the photograph is three people featured in the front centre, not facing the camera. A woman in blue jeans and a blue jean jacket carries a brown purse and two big reusable supermarket bags. Two boys wearing navy blue winter coats and winter boots are to her right. The shortest one holds both the woman’s hands and the taller boy’s hands.

Climate, Conflict and COVID-19 Crisis in the Horn of Africa
  • Climate Change
  • Conflict and War
  • Emergency Response
  • Hunger
  • Water

Countries in the Horn of Africa are enduring severe hunger, with near-famine conditions in some areas, due to conflict, climate-induced weather shocks (flooding in some countries, drought in others) and…

by Oxfam | February 28, 2022

A man with dark skin and brown eyes stands in the centre of a large herd of thin, ailing camels whose hip bones are protruding. The man, who is very thin himself, is looking at us directly and wears a plaid shirt, dark pants and prayer beads and carries a walking stick.

Parts of Somalia Hit by Severe, Climate-Fueled Drought
  • Climate Change
  • Hunger

Nearly 90 per cent of Somalia is in a severe drought resulting in 3.5 million people experiencing extreme hunger.

by Oxfam Canada | February 7, 2022

A young brown-skinned girl wearing a long, dark green skirt and a brown head scarf pushes a red wheelbarrow with a couple of yellow jerry cans across the desert. The landscape is dry and rocky, and the sky is cloudless and pale blue. In the left background of the image, there is a cluster of four small buildings.

Alberta's Oil Cleanup Program: A Cautionary Tale for Investors and Regulators
  • Advocacy in Canada
  • Climate Change

If done well, oil and gas cleanup programs are not only environmental necessities but represent important economic and social opportunities and minimize investment risks.

by Sharmeen Contractor and Mike Toulch | November 9, 2021

An industrial oil pump jack working on farm land under a morning sky in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.

To the New Cabinet: Seize this Moment for People, Planet and Justice

Climate Change

Two-thirds of Canadians want strong action on the climate crisis within the first 100 days in office. Now is the time for the Cabinet to bridge our credibility gap and…

by Climate Action Network Canada – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac Canada) | October 28, 2021

View of dry brown terrain and a blue sky with thick white clouds in the horizon. Far away, to our right, a man shepards his three goats.

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