Oxfam on film

East Africa 6 months on:
Thank you

With your help, Oxfam has provided life-giving support to more than 2.8 million across drought-striken areas of East Africa.

Six months ago Oxfam launched its biggest ever Africa appeal in response to the drought in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The crisis is one of the worst we have faced in many years – more than 13 million people have been affected, thousands have died, and many families have lost their livelihoods.

East Africa food crisis

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A snapshot of the broken food system in India, where a quarter of the world's hungry live. We saw first-hand the challenges and the solutions people are trying to help fix the system.

Fix the system

From Uganda to Honduras and South Sudan, irresponsible investors are acquiring land otherwise used by small-scale farmers to grow food or support their community in some way.

Land grabs

Model, writer and campaigner Laura Bailey travelled to Ghana and Liberia to highlight the issue of maternal health, the differing access to healthcare women in the countries have, and what Oxfam is doing to support women.

Oxfam's work in Ghana

The Cayambe mountain glaciers in the snow-capped peaks of the Andes are melting. In the hills below, farmers are struggling with the effects of changing weather systems.

Oxfam and climate change

British-born Pakistani Syed Talha Ali recently visited Pakistan to see how Oxfam's work before the floods helped save more than 100,000 people - and to see what the Oxfam is doing to help the country recover.

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Scarlett Johansson visits Dadaab, Turkana and Lodwar to shine light on the drought and food crisis that continues to unfold across East Africa.

"After one day in the fields," she says, "I realised the scale of what we were witnessing was almost impossible to put into words..."

Oxfam's East Africa appeal

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