Lebanese people search for their belongings in a damaged building after Israeli strikes on South Lebanon on 23 September, in the village of Al Aqbieh near Sidon, South Lebanon. Image: STR/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
When an emergency hits, Oxfam is there.
Emergencies
We help people caught up in disasters and conflicts across the world, giving life-saving support to those most in need and helping people rebuild their communities.
Emergency response
When disaster strikes, we work in solidarity with communities and partner organisations on the frontline of the crisis.
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Other emergencies
Renewed fighting around the city of Goma and across North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Over five million people have been affected by the worst flash floods in Bangladesh. Millions of people have been displaced and left many without access to basic things like food and clean water.
Droughts caused by The El Nino (climate pattern) have led to a food crisis in Southern Africa. Oxfam in Southern Africa are responding with partners and local networks. Please donate what you can today.
Millions of people in East Africa countries South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are facing extreme hunger – many on the brink of famine. This tragedy can be averted if we act now.
Years of war and conflict in Yemen has left widespread cholera and emergency numbers of people in need of clean water and other basics.
Homes, farms and infrastructure have been swept away in devasting floods. Lives have been lost. Please give whatever you can today.
Oxfam is committed to recommence aid delivery to Syrians as soon as the situation allows.
More than 2,900 people were killed and thousands injured in Morocco following a devastating earthquake.
People were killed and infrastructure destroyed when Cyclone Mocha hit western Myanmar. Thousands of people were displaced within the country.
Find out more about how Oxfam and partners are responding to the earthquakes in Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria.
In February 2022, war started in Ukraine. Since then, people in Ukraine have faced unimaginable suffering, with no signs of stopping. Regular waves of attacks on energy infrastructure continue to cause destruction.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled Myanmar for Bangladesh. Oxfam is helping create long-term sustainable refugee camps there.
