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The latest news and media releases from Oxfam Aotearoa

FLOW project in PNG

Oxfam Aotearoa responds to New Zealand’s Climate Target

“New Zealand’s climate target for 2035 fails to show our commitment to stand with the Pacific and stop climate harm” …
Oxfam Public Health Officer, demonstrating the new hand washing stand to the community in the displaced persons site of Mwaka.

Hundreds of thousands of people flee from renewed fighting in North Kivu, straining humanitarian efforts.

Renewed fighting around the North Kivu capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has led to a …
a 50-year-old farmer, and the Farmer and Field Facilitator Raed Ali Al-Awd, stand on the dry land in Al-Khaddad area in Yemen.

Richest 1% burn through their entire annual carbon limit in just 10 days

The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget —the amount of CO2 that …
Flooded market in South Sudan

Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990.

Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people …
Displaced people in Rafah in South Gaza to use the newly installed desalination units

Oxfam welcomes Gaza ceasefire, urges permanent end to hostilities, accountability, an end to atrocities and lifting of blockade

With Israeli bombings halted, the urgent task of recovery and ensuring accountability begins for mourners enduring unimaginable loss. Oxfam welcomes the …
Woman carrying bucket of water on head

Africa to receive just 10% of doses needed to control mpox outbreak by end of year

African countries are set to receive just one tenth of the vaccines they need to control the mpox outbreak by …
Oxfam distributing vegetable parcels to displaced peoples in Gaza

Just twelve aid trucks of food and water into the North Gaza Governorate in 2.5 months 

Barefoot children forced to search through rubbish for food scraps across Gaza  Of the meagre 34 trucks of food and …
Oxfam unloading trays of water for displaced peoples in Gaza

Israel’s forced displacement orders in Lebanon may constitute grave breaches of International Humanitarian Law, say aid agencies.

The 136 forced displacement orders Israel imposed on 25 per cent of Lebanon during its 62 – day war were …