Only intense public pressure can rescue a global climate deal badly needed to limit warming and avoid the worst effects of climate change, Oxfam said today as the UN climate change negotiations drew to a close in Warsaw.
Millions of people in the Philippines will go hungry in the coming months if rice farmers don’t receive urgent assistance after Typhoon Haiyan wiped out a third of the countries rice growing areas, Oxfam warned today.
Aid agency working closely with local partners and community leaders in unprecedented operation International aid agency Oxfam is working to help 100,000 people in desperate need of water, basic sanitation and shelter in the areas worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke, said families were desperate for basic essentials like […]
Much needed aid is beginning to reach survivors of Typhoon Haiyan desperate for food, water and medicine, after a marked improvement in access to roads, seaports and air strips, Oxfam said today. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke, currently in the Philippines said aid was now getting through to those in need of basic supplies. […]
The Australian Government’s $20 million funding increase for the Typhoon response – bringing its overall contribution to $30 million – is a welcome and much needed injection into the massive relief effort under way in the Philippines, Oxfam Australia said today. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke, speaking from Cebu, said the $30 million from […]
Oxfam Australia’s Chief Executive Helen Szoke flies to the Philippines this morning to assist in the agency’s massive relief effort that aims to reach half a million people.
Oxfam is gearing up its aid efforts and aims to raise $17 million after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Philippines in years.
Oxfam aid team witnesses scene of utter destruction in northern-most tip of Cebu, Philippines. Oxfam staff in Vietnam prepare for Typhoon Haiyan to hit land today.
The latest round of UN climate change negotiations now under way in Warsaw will be the first big test of the new government’s international credibility on climate change, Oxfam Australia said today.
The latest round of UN climate change negotiations now under way in Warsaw will be the first big test of the new government’s international credibility on climate change, Oxfam Australia said today.