Fact sheets

Crisis in Darfur

estevens — 2013-03-01T16:05:02Z

In Darfur, Sudan, few of those who were uprooted by conflict a decade ago feel safe to return to their villages, and violence is still driving people from their homes.

Women and the big business of chocolate

akramer — 2013-03-01T14:08:16Z

To help, you don’t need to stop buying your favorite candy. Instead, get the facts about cocoa and the companies behind the brands. Then take action and let them know exactly what needs to change.

Food crisis in West Africa

estevens — 2012-07-17T17:34:13Z

As the food crisis intensifies, families in hard-hit areas are employing desperate measures to find food, like foraging in anthills for bits of edible grain. Oxfam and our partners are improving access to food and clean water, while also helping livestock survive the crisis.

Oxfam Fact Sheet: Food for all

cengstrom — 2013-05-13T17:10:15Z

One in seven people goes to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn’t enough food, but because of deep imbalances in access to resources like fertile land and water. The power to control these resources sits neither with the billion-plus farmers who produce food, nor with the billions of consumers who eat it.

Haiti Progress Report 2011: Summary

mhart — 2012-01-06T21:13:48Z

On Jan. 12, 2010, a massive earthquake hit Haiti, killing 220,000 people, injuring 300,000, and severely damaging great swaths of the country. With more than half a million people still living in camps, Haitians and their new government have struggled to recover. Oxfam remains committed to the challenge. In 2011, Oxfam reached 532,000 people as it began to shift its focus from emergency needs to reconstruction initiatives. Haiti has a long way to go, and so do all of us who support Haitians in the enormous challenge of rebuilding their country.

Oxfam Fact Sheet: Food Crisis in East Africa

akramer — 2011-11-10T21:22:48Z

Parts of East Africa are the driest they have been in 60 years. But punishing weather is not the only challenge families here face: deep poverty and decades of marginalization have left them with few resources on which to fall back as the price of food soars and water shortages persist. In Somalia, the crisis has escalated into famine.

Right now, Oxfam aims to reach three million people with clean water, food, and basic sanitation services. We are already helping more than two million people by drilling deep wells and rehabilitating existing water supplies, vaccinating animals to ensure their strength during this time of great stress, providing people with cash to buy food, and offering sanitation and public health promotion to stem the spread of waterborne diseases.

Protect Community Rights and Resources Fact Sheet

Oxfam America — 2011-07-21T19:40:10Z

But oil, gas, and mining projects don't have to add to poverty and powerlessness; in fact, they can help communities overcome these challenges.

More and more, poor people are asserting their right to decide if or how they want oil, gas, and mining development to take place in their community—and their right to know about the impacts and benefits of these projects.

Haiti Progress Report 2010: Summary

cmccabe — 2011-01-13T22:10:17Z

January 2010's earthquake in Haiti killed more than 220,000 people, injured over 300,000, and left more than one million homeless--many of whom are still living in tents or beneath tarps. The relief operation has been one of the largest and most complex Oxfam has ever undertaken. Yet ,as we mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, there is no getting away from the huge challenge that lies ahead for the Haitian people, their government, and aid agencies. Oxfam, and others, are committed to the long-term effort to support Haitians in rebuilding their country.

Darfur Crisis Fact Sheet

Oxfam America — 2011-06-29T13:46:38Z

An overview of the continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Earthquake in Haiti Fact Sheet

akramer — 2011-01-10T19:20:54Z

Since January 12, 2010, Haitians have confronted challenges of staggering proportion: loved ones lost, homes ruined, jobs gone. Their endurance has been extraordinary. Yet the Herculean task of recovery lies ahead—an undertaking that will require a degree of political will and sustained global support perhaps never seen before. Read our fact sheet to find out more about the current situation in Haiti, get an update on Oxfam's recovery efforts, and learn what lies ahead for the country's reconstruction.

Pakistan Floods Fact Sheet

akramer — 2011-01-10T17:56:25Z

In summer 2010, unusually heavy monsoon rains triggered devastating floods along Pakistan’s populous Indus River Valley. By September, the flooding had affected an estimated 21 million people—more than were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Haiti earthquake, and Pakistan’s 2005 earthquake combined. With health risks growing by the day, it’s up to us to work with the Pakistani people to save lives now and begin rebuilding for the future.

Climate Change and Security Fact Sheet

mborum — 2009-05-29T19:25:47Z

It begins with changes in weather: higher temperatures; rising sea levels; more frequent droughts, floods, and storms. But climate change is more than environmental shifts. Because of its human consequences—including widespread hunger, water shortages, forced migrations, and disease—it threatens to undermine global stability and security.

Climate Change and Women Fact Sheet

mborum — 2009-05-29T19:23:21Z

When natural disasters strike, they hit poor communities first and worst. And since women make up an estimated 70 percent of those living below the poverty line, they are most likely to bear the heaviest burdens. At the same time, women are often left out of the conversation about adapting to climate change, even though they are sometimes in the best position to provide solutions.

US Gulf Coast Recovery Program Fact Sheet

Oxfam America — 2009-06-08T15:56:31Z

Even before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, Louisiana and Mississippi were the two poorest states in the nation. Nearly one in five residents lived below the national poverty line of about $20,000 in annual income for a family of four. Good schools, job opportunities, and decent housing were scarce. Now the region is in crisis. The 2005 storms, coupled with levee failures, severely damaged or destroyed more than 300,000 homes across the Gulf Coast. Seventy-one percent of the housing Katrina damaged or ruined was affordable to low-income households. Today communities are struggling to rebuild schools, health facilities, and businesses—all while residents remain displaced or still live in trailers.