Because of the damage caused by the floods, many have nothing to eat now. Some have sold all their livestock to buy food, plunging themselves further into a poverty abyss, says Oxfam's partner.
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Because of the damage caused by the floods, many have nothing to eat now. Some have sold all their livestock to buy food, plunging themselves further into a poverty abyss, says Oxfam's partner.
Ethiopia + 2 more
Six months after a historic five-season drought, massive floods have inundated vast swaths of farmland across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, right in the middle of the harvest season.
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Report highlights how rich countries have repeatedly stalled efforts to provide dedicated finance to developing countries bearing the costs of a climate crisis they did little to cause.
The cyclone has hit at a time the country was already battling to contain Covid-19. Tens of thousands of displaced people are squashed in camps without masks, preventive material or clean water.
Ethiopia + 6 more
With more than 50 million people in need of immediate food assistance in East Africa, La Niña will likely trigger below-average rainfall, resulting in millions of more people going hungry in 2021.
Thousands could be dying from undetected cases of cholera because COVID-19 has overwhelmed the health facilities and people are too frightened to seek treatment for fear of the virus, Oxfam said.
Mozambique + 2 more
A new brief by Oxfam shows how disasters, poverty and inequality and a lack of long-term support have made it all but impossible for people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe to rebuild their lives.
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Oxfam calls for urgent action as millions displaced, with women, girls hit hardest. Climate crises are compounded by conflicts, poverty and inequality, with $700m average climate-related losses.
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Oxfam report highlights how people in Mozambique and the Horn of Africa are facing mounting human and financial costs from climate-related disasters they did least to create.
Oxfam, Save the Children and Care are calling on donors to meet or exceed the proposed $5 million target to fund programmes that support vulnerable women and girls in Mozambique.
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The monsoon rains falling on the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar have caused more than 130 landslides, damaged 3,300 shelters and affected 28,000 refugees, Oxfam said.
Concern Worldwide, Oxfam, Save the Children and CARE, supporting the Government of Mozambique, appeal for $10.2 million to support 150,000 people with lifesaving assistance.
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Oxfam is warning that climate chaos could increase humanitarian emergencies at a time when resources and capacity are already under enormous strain.
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Greater investment is needed in development that is resilient to climate change and disasters, and more effective assistance is needed for those at risk, Oxfam insists in a new report.
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A new study highlights that despite efforts to include local and national actors in the Haiyan response, it remained largely internationally led, coordinated and implemented.
Strong winds destroyed some tents, while rain and flood water began to seep into makeshift homes in and around Tacloban, one of the worst-hit areas by typhoon Haiyan.
Crisis reaches ‘now or never moment’ says the agency as it launches public appeal calling on governments to respond to UN appeal without delay, which is currently 40 per cent funded.
Up to 200,000 people are at risk of worsening poverty because the government plans to relocate them without sufficient consideration as to how they will later earn a living.
Latest figures show zero funding has been allocated for coconut workers and fisherpeople, while the government has been slow to deliver the agricultural and reconstruction support promised.
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The study found that, contrary to perceptions that southern Africa has a homogeneous and ‘low-risk’ profile, the region is exposed to a range of environmental and social pressures.