Press releases

Oxfam’s Caroline Pearce said:

Kirsten Hagon, Oxfam’s Head of Office in New York said:

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said:

 

Economic crisis and growth

Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said:

Financial transaction tax:

Kenya's Prime Minister will be the first world leader to sign a ground-breaking Charter that would make deadly food crises like the one gripping East Africa a thing of the past.

This week, Oxfam Ambassador Actress Scarlett Johansson visited Kenya to see the devastating impact of the drought in East Africa. More than 13 million people are at risk because of a severe drought that has hit parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. In Somalia, the crisis has escalated to a famine.

Oxfam International’s Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs said:

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said:

On economic growth:

Oxfam today launches a major new report highlighting the growing pace of land deals brokered around the world, often to the peril of poor communities who lose their homes and livelihoods – sometimes violently – with no prior consultation, compensation or means of appeal.

The world must put people’s lives before politics if is to stand any chance of aiding people suffering from the famine in Somalia, a group of 20 aid agencies said today in an open letter. While aid is getting through in many areas, it is not at the scale needed.