As the international community marks World Food Day, a food crisis is looming in flood affected communities in Cambodia, international aid agency Oxfam warns. Oxfam Australia estimates that 100,000 people are affected by the floods following Typhoon Ketsana and 15,000 households are in need of immediate food assistance. Read full release »
Three months after the clashes in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) began, aid agency Oxfam is emphasizing the right of people who had been forced to flee the fighting to be able to return home voluntarily, and the need to ensure safety and security in their home villages. Read full release »
Two of Australia's largest aid agencies said today their efforts to help more than 600,000 people affected by fighting in the Swat Valley in Pakistan are in jeopardy because of a lack of funding from wealthy governments and others around the world. Read full release »
Thousands of lives are at risk in Sri Lanka because aid to refugees is being restricted by a government ban on aid agency vehicles entering the camps, and because of difficulties in securing access for staff, aid agency Oxfam said today. Read full release »
International agency Oxfam said today that it has had to double its aid effort in Pakistan as the number of displaced people reached more than 2 million, making the crisis the greatest internal displacement of people in the country's history. Read full release »
Traumatised, exhausted and half-starved civilians who have fled Sri Lanka's conflict zone are being housed in camps without decent water and sanitation facilities and with inadequate food supplies, international aid agency Oxfam said today. Read full release »
As thousands of families continue to flee their homes in northwest Pakistan amid clashes between government forces and organised armed groups, Oxfam International has begun providing emergency relief to around 175,000 women, men and children in urgent need of assistance. Read full release »
Hundreds of thousands of people who survived Myanmar's worst-ever cyclone are facing the prospect of being trapped in debt as the one year anniversary of Cyclone Nargis approaches, international aid agency Oxfam said today. Read full release »
Oxfam International is now providing emergency relief to over 36,000 civilians who have fled fighting between Sri Lankan troops and LTTE rebels in the past few days, amid fears for thousands more women, men and children trapped behind rebel lines and exposed to deadly dangers from the constant clashes. Read full release »
International agency Oxfam will fly a team of four aid experts into the quake zone tomorrow from its base in Islamabad. Read full release »
International aid agency Oxfam said it was working as quickly as possible to deliver help to people hit hard by the devastating floods in Bihar, India but said much more was required to meet the needs of the more than 2.7 million people affected. Read full release »
Oxfam's statement in advance of a conference of donors to Myanmar and after the ASEAN meeting. Read full release »
Myanmar Cyclone response: questions and answers Read full release »
Oxfam announces that up to 1.5 million lives are at risk in of disease if clean water and sanitation are not provided immediately to the survivors of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Read full release »
Oxfam Australia announces that the organisation is accepting donations for the response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Burma. Read full release »
Oxfam Australia committs $100 000 to relief efforts in the wake of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh. Read full release »
Launch of appeal for people affected by the floods in South Asia. Read full release »
Announcement of Oxfam Australia's contribution to the South Asian flood relief effort. Read full release »