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"I am not afraid of dying—I know that one day we must all die. But not like this, not sitting idly in my home with my children in my arms waiting for our lives to be taken away."
Those are the words of an Oxfam worker trapped in his home in Gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is deepening. Read his diaries.
Zimbabwe: Hopes for a Better 2009
Hyperinflation and a cholera outbreak add to the misery of widespread food shortages now gripping Zimbabwe.
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Oxfam is doubling its aid efforts to reach over 200,000 people displaced by the ongoing conflict.
Oxfam completes tsunami response
Oxfam assisted 2.5 million people in seven countries in the largest emergency program in its history.
Latest Updates
- Zimbabweans face grim hunger season
- 15 January 2009
- More than 200 lives lost since UN call for ceasefire aid agencies say
- 15 January 2009
- Nowhere safe to go in Gaza, says Oxfam as staff member's refuge gets hit
- 13 January 2009
- Oxfam America awarded $1 million for cholera response in Zimbabwe
- 7 January 2009
- Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israeli offensive continues
- 6 January 2009
- Gaza: Oxfam-supported health worker killed, ambulance destroyed
- 4 January 2009
- Gaza crisis critical: supplies of food and fuel perilously low
- 31 December 2008
- Oxfam closes historic tsunami response
- 23 December 2008
- Failing the Cardozo Test
- 17 December 2008
- More updates »
