Archives for January 9, 2012

South Sudan struggling in face of growing refugee crisis

January 9, 2012

Six months since South Sudan’s independence, the world’s newest nation is struggling to cope with a major refugee crisis and massive internal displacement, international agency Oxfam said today.

Haiti reconstruction proceeds at a ‘snail’s pace’

January 9, 2012

In a report released today, international agency Oxfam said reconstruction of Haiti, two years on from its devastating earthquake, has proceeded “at a snail’s pace” leaving more than half a million Haitians still homeless. Oxfam urged the Haitian government and donor countries to accelerate reconstruction of the country.

Oxfam is a worldwide development organisation that mobilises the power of people against injustice. Oxfam Aotearoa is a registered charity with the New Zealand Charities Register (registration CC24641). Donations are tax refundable.