Tag: Emergency 365
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Is famine in East Africa linked to climate change?
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The question says it all: what role does climate change have in the current East African drought and famine? While the answer isn’t definitive, certain signs cannot be ignored… Read more »
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Giving women a voice in emergencies
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In emergency situations, women have specific needs – but often don’t get the chance to speak freely about them. In Dadaab refugee camp, we’ve been meeting with women to find out what we can do to make their lives a little easier. Read more »
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Video diary from Dadaab
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Anna Ridout from Oxfam reports from Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya for CNN, taking us behind the scenes and showing us what life is really like in the camps. Read more »
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Refugees in Dadaab search for shelter
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The largest refugee complex in the world, northern Kenya’s Dadaab camp is desperately overcrowded and struggling to provide shelter for the 9,000+ people arriving from drought-stricken Somalia every week. Read more »
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Ivory Coast: seeds and food for more than 10,000
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Meet Josephine, one of many farmers hosting refugees from Liberia, who has benefited from Oxfam’s food distribution program just as her own supplies were running out. Read more »
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Cholera strikes Haiti again
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In late May 2011, a new outbreak of cholera emerged in Haiti’s Carrefour area, south of Port-au-Prince. Oxfam is responding to the situation, coordinating our work with other agencies in the area. Read more »
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Haiti: displaced people facing eviction from camps
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Fewer people are living in Haiti’s camps now than at the peak of the earthquake crisis, but not all chose to leave. Many were evicted by landowners, finding themselves in worse situations than before. Read more »
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Ivory Coast crisis: a family’s stories
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Displaced from their homes by political violence, many Ivoirians have sought refuge in the relatively peaceful town of Man. Oxfam’s Charles Bambara listens to one family’s stories. Read more »
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One-of-a-kind road trip: an Ivory Coast diary
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Driving around Ivory Coast with a team investigating how to respond to the country’s humanitarian needs, Oxfam’s Charles Bambara speaks to Ivorians affected by the crisis. Read more »
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Ivory Coast crisis: latest update
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The Ivory Coast’s humanitarian crisis continues, with more than 100,000 refugees having fled to Liberia to escape the violence. Oxfam’s Caroline Gluck provides an unsettling update in her latest podcasts. Read more »