Every year, the gap between rich and poor gets even wider – and it’s being fuelled by the use of tax havens. Today, 8 individuals have the same wealth as the poorest half the people on our planet. It is time to bring an end to inequality. It is time to Even it up!
For 40 years, the Quechua communities in Peru have lived with contaminated rivers, and poor health as a result of oil drilling. Teddy Guerra is leading the effort to obtain integral land rights for his community before any more concessions are given to oil companies. Read his story and sign the petition.
Millions of people are being forced to flee their homes, risking everything to escape conflict, disaster, poverty or hunger. We are working in nine of the ten top refugee source countries as well as in refugee host countries. We urgently need your help to reach people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and in Europe.
With no end in sight to the conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of people are living in desperate conditions and exposed to continuing violence. Today, half the pre-conflict population of 22 million Syrians have fled their homes and more than 13.5 million people urgently need your help.
Since 2013, the Central African Republic has experienced a major political crisis which has resulted in a violent conflict that has affected nearly the entire population and has left some 2.3 million people, over half the population, in dire need of assistance. This continuing conflict has displaced tens of thousands of people both internally within the country and within neighboring states.
As this insecure situation worsens, many families are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Oxfam has been present in the capital city Bangui since January 2014 and in Bria since August of the same year.
Our team of local and international staff based in the Central African Republic are supported by technical consultants from across Oxfam’s network. They are experts in running humanitarian programs in the fields of water, sanitation, hygiene, food security and livelihoods as well as elements of security and gender.
In Bangui our work includes production and supply of water, principally by truck, to internal displacement camps, repair and maintenance of sanitation facilities and hygiene promotion activities. Since the end of 2014, we have been working to enable the conditions necessary for displaced persons to return to their locations of origin. In addition, we have begun a new program in the area of food security and protection.
In Bria, where we began operating in August 2014, our work focuses on meeting the immediate needs of the population. Our work includes water and sanitation projects (drilling, repair of water points, construction of lavatories) and access to food and other basic necessities (distribution of food coupons, hygiene kits, cooking utensils, distribution of seeds, support of vegetable cultivation and promotion of good practices in hygiene and nutrition).
Today, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to face a serious crisis whose violent effects on the civilian population can still be felt. Despite peaceful presidential and legislative elections in March 2016, a large part of the territory remains under the control of armed groups which continue to perpetrate violence against civilians. One in six Central Africans remain displaced and half the population of 4.8 million is in need of humanitarian aid.
Last updated on 15/11/2016
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