Suhad, a mother of six in Gaza, has been forced to navigate the challenges of pregnancy while battling to provide food and water for her family during bombardments, displacement and aid sieges. Image: Alef Multimedia/Oxfam
Emergencies
We help people caught up in disasters and conflicts across the world, giving life-saving support to those most in need and helping people rebuild their communities.
What's happening in Gaza and Israel?
The situation in Gaza and Israel is fast-moving and at times confusing. Here's what's happening, and what you can do to help.
What is the DEC?
When disaster strikes in a place that doesn't have the capacity to respond, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together 15 UK charities to raise funds fast.
Oxfam Emergency Response Fund
Oxfam is responding to over 30 emergency situations worldwide at any given time. We urgently need your help to reach more people today.
Other emergencies
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar with effects felt in neighbouring Thailand and China. Myanmar has declared a state of emergency and has appealed for international aid.
Renewed fighting around the city of Goma and across North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Years of war and conflict in Yemen has left widespread cholera and emergency numbers of people in need of clean water and other basics.
Oxfam is working with partner organisations in Lebanon to support people displaced by Israeli airstrikes.
Millions of people in East Africa countries South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are facing extreme hunger – many on the brink of famine. This tragedy can be averted if we act now.
Oxfam is committed to recommence aid delivery to Syrians as soon as the situation allows.
Droughts caused by The El Nino (climate pattern) have led to a food crisis in Southern Africa. Oxfam in Southern Africa are responding with partners and local networks. Please donate what you can today.
Over five million people have been affected by the worst flash floods in Bangladesh. Millions of people have been displaced and left many without access to basic things like food and clean water.
Homes, farms and infrastructure have been swept away in devasting floods. Lives have been lost. Please give whatever you can today.
Find out more about how Oxfam and partners are responding to the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria.
In February 2022, war started in Ukraine. Since then, people in Ukraine have faced unimaginable suffering, with no signs of stopping. Regular waves of attacks on energy infrastructure continue to cause destruction.
