by admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Water, Women
Life in a Rohingya refugee camp “I’ve been here since the very worst times. When hundreds of Rohingya refugees were arriving every day,” says Iffat Tahmid Fatema, Senior Innovation Officer in Public Health Promotion & Community Engagement in...
by admin | Dec 6, 2019 | Climate change, Water
Kitty from Oxfam’s communications team has seen what one magical gift can do for a community – and how badly another community needs it. Photo: Nana Kofi Acquah/Oxfam “CLIMATE CHANGE. IT’S NOT TYPICALLY THE MOST FESTIVE TOPIC.” But with flooding,...
by admin | Aug 23, 2019 | Water
Meet Taku, an Oxfam public health engineer in Zimbabwe. She not only builds solar powered water systems in the poorest communities – she’s changing women’s lives in the process. I was the only girl in my class, out of a class of 15. I remember my grandma said, ”oh why...
by admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Climate change, Livelihoods, Water
A super El Niño weather system is causing extreme weather in many parts of the world, including drought and flooding. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being hit hardest, leaving millions facing water shortages, hunger and disease this year. Here...
by admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Conflict, Water
Razan is a 30-year-old accountant lives with her mother in the Syrian city of Salamiyah. Racha Chamoun reports on how Oxfam is working to improve access to water for people like her. “My life is based around the need to get water. Sometimes I skip work or...
by admin | Aug 19, 2014 | Emergencies, Health, Rights, Water
Could you cope with just 35 litres of water, the equivalent of one 5 minute shower, a day? On World Humanitarian Day, Alaa Milbes shares the situation in Zaatari refugee camp as the summer heat reaches its height and explains how Oxfam is responding. Zaatari...
