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The current food crisis in Niger is likely to escalate into a full-scale humanitarian emergency if urgent action is not taken, international agency Oxfam warned today. Already, 1.9 million people are at severe risk, and by April, this number could rise to 3.5 million people if help doesn’t come now, according to the National Early Warning System.
Oxfam Updates Haiti
“We are committed to long-term recovery support for Haitians.” On 12 Jan 2010, Haiti was hit by the most powerful earthquake to strike the country in 200 years. More than 220,000 people were killed; 300,000 injured and more than one million made homeless. In 2011, Oxfam reached 532,000 beneficiaries: providing safe water and sanitation facilities; supporting small businesses; rebuilding communities and carrying out advocacy work with communities and partners on governance and protection issues. Our main focus is now on recovery and rebuilding; transitioning from humanitarian to development work with existing and new partners to find sustainable solutions to Haiti’s problems.
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Members of the Delmas 62 camp leadership committee. Stephan Durogene is on the left and Jennifer Banessa Destine is second from the right. An estimated 230,000 lives lost; huge swaths of the capital destroyed; more than one million people homeless. Where in the sea of turmoil left by the January earthquake does Haiti begin to right itself?Oxfam Haiti GoogleMaps
Centre Sportif, Carrefour Since the earthquake struck, about 4,000 people came to camp at the Carrefour sportsground. Oxfam is distributing water from a bladder (the yellow rectangle), which is refilled 4 times a day to provid... Since the earthquake struck, about 4,000 people came to camp at the Carrefour sportsground. Oxfam is distributing water from a bladder (the yellow rectangle), which is refilled 4 times a day to provide 10,000 liters.