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.
Tokelau, is a Polynesian nation in political association with New Zealand. Isolation, inadequate infrastructure, limited natural resources, depopulation and natural disasters all pose development challenges, meaning aid and remittances from New Zealand are crucial. Climate change is a serious threat to the existence of many communities across the island. To help combat this and set an example to the world, Tokelau has become the first country to derive 100% of its energy needs on renewables.
Tokelau has the smallest economy of any country in the world with just one ship visiting three times a month and no airline.
Tokelau is predominantly a lower-middle income nation but have far higher incomes than other Polynesian countries as a result of stronger private sectors, well-developed commercial agriculture, and extensively developed tourist industries. Tokelau also has one of the highest proportion of formal sector employees in the Pacific and compared with other Pacific Island Countries, it has a larger number of employees in manufacturing and a smaller number in public and community services. Agriculture accounts for a significant proportion of total exports along with fish and
copra.
Oxfam is reinforcing its relationships with regional civil society organizations and local Red Cross societies to help support the islands in the event of a natural disaster.
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