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Pakistan floods: Oxfam provides 100,000 people with clean water

4 August 2010

Less than a week into the crisis, Oxfam is delivering clean water to almost 100,000 people made homeless by catastrophic flooding in Pakistan.
Double catastrophe for people in Pakistan’s Swat Valley

3 August 2010

People in the Swat Valley in Northern Pakistan hit by the catastrophic floods were only just recovering from the conflict that forced them from their homes last year, said Neva Khan, Oxfam’s Country Director in Pakistan.
Oxfam provides clean water in flood-hit Pakistan

2 August 2010

Oxfam launches a rapid relief effort to reach almost 400,000 people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies. We're trucking water and installing tanks to help prevent the spread of water-borne diseases amongst the estimated 1 million people affected.
Pakistan floods: Oxfam begins relief operations

1 August 2010

An estimated 1 million people have been affected by serious flooding in Pakistan. Oxfam has begun a humanitarian response, working with local partners in Pakistan.
Oxfam welcomes UN Security Council decision to extend UNAMID mandate

30 July 2010

Civilians still are at risk in Darfur, aid agency says

El Fateh Osman, Oxfam's country director in Sudan said:
Oxfam apologizes for incident at UN climate meeting

28 July 2010

International agency Oxfam has apologized to the Government of Saudi Arabia and to the Bureau, secretariat and members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for an offensive incident that occurred at a meeting in Bonn in June.
AU Summit: Less rhetoric and more action needed to save women and childrens' lives

27 July 2010

As African leaders return home from the AU Summit, they must now take immediate action to implement the maternal and child health promises they have made here, a coalition of civil society organizations said today.
Palestinian village and nearly $30,000 of aid destroyed by Israeli military

24 July 2010

Oxfam today called upon the Israeli government to compensate Palestinian villagers after the Israeli army demolished 79 structures in the village of Al Farisiya in the West Bank on Monday, forcing families into further impoverishment after years of harassment.
US Senate pushes off action on climate bill, poor people continue to suffer

23 July 2010

In reaction to the announcement that climate change legislation is delayed by the United States Senate, perhaps indefinitely, David Waskow of Oxfam, made the following statement:
Alternative AU Presidents Debate calls on leaders to invest in saving lives

23 July 2010

African governments must keep their promises to invest in healthcare, a coalition of organizations from across the continent said today, at the launch of the "Alternative Presidents Debate" at the African Union Summit in Kampala.

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Pakistan floods: Oxfam provides 100,000 people with clean water

Double catastrophe for people in Pakistan’s Swat Valley

Oxfam provides clean water in flood-hit Pakistan

Pakistan floods: Oxfam begins relief operations

Oxfam welcomes UN Security Council decision to extend UNAMID mandate

Oxfam apologizes for incident at UN climate meeting

AU Summit: Less rhetoric and more action needed to save women and childrens' lives

Palestinian village and nearly $30,000 of aid destroyed by Israeli military

US Senate pushes off action on climate bill, poor people continue to suffer

Alternative AU Presidents Debate calls on leaders to invest in saving lives