Oxfam news blog

The latest news, stories, reports, opinion and analysis from Oxfam staff and partners around the world.

2 July, 2009
Gaza: “frontline of collective punishment”
The blockade of Gaza continues to punish ordinary people for actions and events beyond their control.

Posted by Michael Robin Bailey | No Comments

30 June, 2009
Pakistan: little help for displaced pregnant women
Pregnant women fleeing fighting in northern Pakistan are facing life-threatening complications without proper medical help.

Posted by Farkhanda Wazir | No Comments

26 June, 2009
Pakistan: You cannot call a tent your home
“I am lucky that I have my family in this camp. But I still want to go home. Here I feel like a refugee...”

Posted by Mohammad Shumon Alam | No Comments

25 June, 2009
Pakistan: Oxfam in Yar Hussain camp
Oxfam is installing more than 200 latrines and a water distribution system in Yar Hussain camp.

Posted by Farkhanda Wazir | No Comments

23 June, 2009
Does aid work? Ask Nepalese women
"Ok I’m getting tired of picking holes in the arguments of aid sceptics, so here’s something positive..."

Posted by Duncan Green | No Comments

19 June, 2009
Rewarding accurate reporting on refugees
An exiled journalist from Cameroon seeking asylum in Glasgow tells his story...

Posted by Charles | No Comments

19 June, 2009
Weekly digest
Your weekly round-up of Oxfam news from around the world.

Posted by Oxfam Media Unit | No Comments