Ebola outbreak
As Ebola rages through Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, Oxfam is helping communities and health workers protect themselves from the deadly disease.
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Conflict in South Sudan
The world's newest nation is in the grip of a major food crisis triggered by conflict. Oxfam is rushing food and clean water to families in need.
Syria crisis
Fierce fighting in Syria has uprooted millions of people. Oxfam is delivering lifesaving essentials to families in the region.
Gaza crisis
Conflict in Gaza has displaced 450,000 people. Oxfam is helping civilians access food, clean water, and emergency health care.
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Stories & updates
First Person blogPhotos: On the front lines of Ebola prevention
In Sierra Leone, Oxfam is helping people fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in history.
First Person blog“Ebola is with us, here and now”
An Oxfam aid worker in Liberia talks risks, fears, and a few signs of hope.
News updateOur window of opportunity to stop the spread of Ebola
By December, the deadly virus could infect 10,000 people a week—unless we act now.
First Person blogHoping to survive your health crisis? Depends on where you’re from.
With thousands of people dying of Ebola simply because of where they were born, the inequality of poverty has never seemed starker than it does right now.
Story7 big questions about Ebola, answered
As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to claim lives and now ranks as the largest in history, here are answers to some of the questions you might have about the deadly virus and its spread.
News updateIf we don’t act now, famine looms for South Sudan
Pushed to the brink of disaster, the world’s newest country needs bold efforts to end the conflict that has driven 1.7 million people from their homes.