A desperate and largely unknown humanitarian crisis is deteriorating in the Lake Chad Basin region of West Africa, forcing millions of people to flee their homes and leaving millions more in need of humanitarian assistance. Oxfam is providing life-saving support but help is urgently needed to prevent the crisis turning into a catastrophe.
Today, 62 individuals have the same wealth as the poorest half the people on our planet. It is time to Even it up!
!["Llegar en canoa a Nyal lleva tres días. Ir caminando habría llevado demasiado tiempo. El viaje estuvo bien. Fue tranquilo y seguro. Sé cómo de peligroso es para las mujeres recorrer largas distancias y dormir en el bosque solas. Yo, sin embargo, me sentí](http://web.archive.org./web/20161108040348im_/https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/styles/mdd-promoted/public/summary_pictures/south_sudan_canoe_program_voucher_440x300.jpg?itok=HLchgLKA ""Llegar en canoa a Nyal lleva tres días. Ir caminando habría llevado demasiado tiempo. El viaje estuvo bien. Fue tranquilo y seguro. Sé cómo de peligroso es para las mujeres recorrer largas distancias y dormir en el bosque solas. Yo, sin embargo, me sentí")
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.
Despite the recent ceasefire, the situation in Syria is critical. 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.
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