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First in. Last out.The credentials of one of the world’s most innovative
and trusted organisations.
Oxfam
365 First in
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www.oxfam.org.uk Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Oxford OX4 2JY
Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SCO 039042). Oxfam GB is a member of Oxfam International.
Oxfam 365 First in. Last out.
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Inside front cover
Last out.We’re committed to staying around for
as long as there’s need – regardless of
whether the world’s media is watching.
First in.When an emergency happens,
anywhere in the world, Oxfam 365
responds immediately.
In tough, challenging places,
we save lives. In the last five years,
we’ve helped 20 million people.
We’re solutions people.
Each year, because of conflict and natural disasters, more than
35 million people are forced from their homes. Communities are
destroyed. Lives are lost. But in the devastation, there is hope.
For almost 70 years, we’ve led the world in responding to
disasters. In unimaginably tough conditions, Oxfam 365 –
our global emergency response – saves lives.
Our solutions are ingeniously clever, and
brilliantly simple. We’re world leaders in
water and sanitation. Renowned experts
in providing shelter, food, protection.
Our people are skilled and determined.
Quick-thinking and smart. Ambitious – and
when we need to be, unashamedly bolshy.
We’re one of the world’s most trusted emergency response teams.
Powered by people. Driven by saving lives.
You can be part of this work. Turn the page. Find out more.
“Chad is one of the hardest places in the world to find
water. We quickly found a new source, and were extracting
three litres every second. A vital improvement.”Roland van Hauwermeiren
Chad Country Director
Asian Tsunami 2004:
The impact you can make.
> On 26 December 2004, the Tsunami ripped through South East Asia, causing destruction on a huge scale. Oxfam responded immediately. These photos show Rahmat and Ari, two brothers from Lampaya, Indonesia. On the left, they look out of the damaged wreck of their home at a village in ruins. On the right, five months later, they stand at the same spot looking out on houses that Oxfam has helped build. By partnering our work, this is the type of transformation you’ll support. Photo: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
So i
Oxfam 365 the business.
Engineering.Water and sanitation solutions are the bedrock of our work.
Get them right, and lives are saved. Get them wrong, and
diseases like cholera can spread fast. Our water engineers
are renowned for their speed, their proficiency and their
technical expertise. In unimaginably tough conditions,
their skills save lives.
Construction.We’re experts in construction. From small-scale work
like basic latrines for people living in makeshift camps.
To larger projects like temporary shelter for people
who’ve lost their homes to floods and earthquakes.
Our warehouse in Bicester is full of vital equipment.
Things that would grace any builder’s supplies, like
pipes, fittings, pumps. And things that wouldn’t.
Like donkey-proof taps.
Don’t think of us as a charity, think of us as a business.
We’re long-established (we’ve been responding to disasters
for around 70 years). Multinational (we have 26,000 staff in
more than 60 countries). And results-driven (in the last five
years alone we’ve helped 20 million people). Here are the
key sectors we specialise in – sectors you can support.
Communication
& logistics.When an emergency hits, we depend on reliable communication
channels to co-ordinate our international response. Effective links
between our headquarters in Oxford, our country offices and our
personnel on the ground are vital. With these channels in place,
we can co-ordinate our multi-million pound emergency reponse.
Get 30 tonnes of life-saving equipment to any UK airport within
13 hours. And ensure the public, media and authorities are
kept up-to-date with our progress.
Listening.At the heart of our operations are the people we work
to help. March in and tell them what we think they need,
and the response will fail. Instead, we carry out a full
market assessment. We talk to the people caught up in
the emergency – going to great lengths to understand
the community, cultural issues, gender needs. Getting
this part right is crucial. Lives depend on it.
> Genocide. Rwanda. Almost two million people fled the country, with one million crossing into what was then Zaire and 250,000 people fleeing to Tanzania. In this picture, Oxfam water engineer Richard Luff (right) works quickly with refugees to install a water pump and purifier in Ngara, Tanzania. Within weeks, we were supplying safe, disease-free water to 800,000 people. Photo: Howard Davies/Oxfam
“You have to work fast, think fast, take decisions fast.”
Tim Forster, Oxfam Public Health Engineer
Rwanda 1994:
The biggest refugee
movement ever witnessed.
We were there.
At the core of our work is a team of highly-skilled, highly-experienced Humanitarian Support Personnel. Logisticians, accountants, engineers. People from all walks of life. Many of whom use the skills they’ve learnt in the private sector to save lives.
Profile: Graham MackayDeputy Humanitarian Director
Graham has been at the forefront of Oxfam’s emergency responses in recent years. In that time, he’s faced challenging experiences like severe weather conditions in North Korea, and being trapped in a war zone in northern Sri Lanka.
Graham sees his role as being first about problem solving, second, making sense of chaotic situations, and third, getting people to work together. “At its worst, I’ve been known to lock engineers in a room and only let them out when they’ve got the picture,” he says. “The biggest problem to overcome is inertia. In emergency relief, we’d much rather give the go ahead with 70% or 80% of the solutions worked out than wait for the full 100% solution.”
Profile: Eleanor BrittonHumanitarian Support Accountant
Eleanor has recently returned from a major project working in Jamaica – helping to restore water and sanitation to 300,000 people forced from their homes by Hurricane Dean.
“This was the toughest challenge of my career so far. You tend to think of Jamaica as an idyllic holiday destination rather than as an emergency location, but the widespread poverty and vulnerability of people away from the tourist areas is very evident – especially in the south of the island. We had to think quickly on our feet on a daily basis to come up with solutions that worked. It wasn’t just a case of reacting to the destruction wrought by this hurricane, but trying to implement disaster preparedness for the next one and the one after that.”
We’re powered
by people.
“The best teams have a strong ‘bolshy’ element. The last thing you want in critical situations is a bunch of yes men and women.”
“It’s incredibly satisfying to deliver the solution and see the realisation on people’s faces that somebody really does care.”
BackgroundBSc (Hons) in Chemistry, PhD in Analytical Chemistry, MSc in International Development Policy, Certified Diploma in Accounting & Finance. Graham spent six years with LGC, four years with assorted NGOs around the world and two years setting up the charity ‘Mango’. He’s been with Oxfam for seven years.
BackgroundBA (Hons) in Accounting, CIMA Qualified. A trained management accountant with Fujitsu and Motorola, Eleanor also worked directly for the Financial Director of Amazon Europe as UK Accounting Manager for four years before joining Oxfam.
Profile: Andy BastableSenior Public Health Engineering Coordinator
“The mid-1990s saw some of Oxfam’s greatest achievements. In Rwanda alone, our water engineers and technicians were providing water for around 800,000 camp-based refugees.”
Andy talks with passion about encouraging people in the field to innovate and explore new techniques in water purification and extraction. But he believes it’s the humanitarian side of any engineering challenge that makes the difference as to whether the project succeeds or fails.
“You have to agree a solution that everyone signs up to,” he says. “But before you can do that you need to carry out a community assessment. Are the chiefs actually the chiefs? Has everybody been informed who needs to be? I’ve had too many guns pointed at my temple to get this part of the process wrong.”
Profile: Daudi BikabaPublic Health Engineering Adviser
Daudi learnt that Oxfam engineers are never just engineers early on, whilst working in a remote area of Eritrea: “The problem was all the able-bodied men were fighting, so we were working with the most vulnerable people. We needed local volunteers to help put in a water system by digging trenches for burying pipes. The authorities told me that, culturally, women do not dig in that region – but I managed to speak directly to the community. The moment the women understood what we were doing, they were keen to help. Within two days we had hundreds of volunteers. A couple of days later we had many kilometres of laid pipeline.
“For success, you must involve communities and consider cultural and gender issues. The perfect response is defined and agreed by the people you’re helping.”
“As an Oxfam engineer, you’re never just an engineer. You have to have a myriad of skills – people skills, PR, advocacy.”
“In war-torn countries, the consequences of not getting the community consultations right are severe.”
BackgroundBsc in Civil Engineering, Msc in Sanitary Engineering.Daudi began his career in Uganda in the private sector working as an engineering consultant. He then worked with the UN Development Programme as an engineer in public health and sanitation, before joining Oxfam for a 12-month interim appointment. He’s worked with us ever since.
BackgroundBSc (Hons) in Geology & Environment, MSc Water Engineering.Andy has spent the majority of his 25-year career working as a water and sanitation expert in some of the world’s worst disaster areas – Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Bosnia.
> Every year, storms and hurricanes sweep through Haiti, destroying lives. In this picture, local people run through a training exercise that is supported by Oxfam, to learn how to save lives in a disaster. Once they’ve been trained, they’ll pass their new skills on to other people. Now, when storms and floods hit, the impact is reduced and people are prepared. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Haiti 2007: Lifesavers trained.
Storms ridden.
“We cannot change geography. But we can change how people prepare and respond.” Yolette Etienne, Oxfam Haiti Country Director
Think of a major conflict or natural disaster in the last century. Oxfam was there – offering life-saving support on a massive scale. These are some of our biggest responses.
1940s & 50s Refugees in Europe
In 1942, Oxfam successfully campaigned for food
aid to be delivered to starving women and children
in Nazi-occupied Greece. In the following years, we
provided clothes, food, medical supplies and books
to victims of the Second World War around Europe.
1970s Guatemala earthquake
In response to a disaster that destroyed thousands
of homes, Oxfam’s Field Director Reggie Norton
used US$845,000 to buy the entire local stock of
corrugated iron to help build shelters for the
people who were hardest hit.
Measurable impact
on a global scale.
1960s Biafra famine
Between 1967 and 1970, during the
Nigerian civil war, blockades around
Biafra cut off the food supply to millions
of people. We provided food and
medical relief, and a medical team to
both sides, during and after the war.
2000s Asian Tsunami
Following the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami,
we provided 2.5 million people in seven countries
with clean, safe water and shelter. Long after the
disaster left the UK headlines, Oxfam was still there,
helping people to rebuild their lives.
1980s Ethiopia famine
With the scale of suffering in Ethiopia shocking
the world, Oxfam responded with food, water,
equipment, clothing, shelter, vehicles, health
workers – and 14,000 tonnes of grain. We also
tipped off Michael Buerk to visit the region,
sparking the huge media coverage that followed.
199os Rwanda genocide
Between 1994 and 1996, in the largest humanitarian operation
in our history, Oxfam provided safe drinking water for hundreds
of thousands of refugees in Tanzania and Zaire within days of
their arrival – and until they went home over a year later.
1970s Cambodia genocide
After the genocide in 1976, Oxfam was one of the first aid
agencies on the ground, providing clean water and sanitation,
and setting up an NGO Consortium of agencies that provided
assistance for two years.
> A year after the Tsunami, survivors in Lhoknga were still without running water. Our challenge was to find a source capable of supplying 100 litres a day to each person – and a way of getting it to their homes. The solution, in the hills around Lhoknga, was a river running towards the community.
We built a gravity system to channel water to the community using only a small dam, a gravel filter and 1.7km of pipe. The system is environmentally sustainable. Its low-tech design means local volunteers can maintain it without specialised training or tools – providing thousands of people with safe water to drink and wash with. Photo: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
Indonesia 2006:
Gravity employed.
Water provided.
At the heart of each emergency is a complex problem that needs solving with smart, strategic thinking. Our solutions are simple – so people of all ages can use them. Cost effective – so they can be delivered on a mass scale. And bespoke – so they can be modified by local communities. We’re always looking for new ways of doing things – often adapting ideas from the private sector. Here are some of our most innovative solutions.
The award-winning Oxfam bucketThe design for the Oxfam bucket won a Millennium Prize for innovation. Full, it holds 14 litres of water. The tap enables people to access water without removing the lid and risking contamination. And the rounded edges make it incredibly easy to clean.
Hygiene kitOur hygiene kits are bought locally rather than shipped from the UK (helping local markets), and tailored to regional communities. They include things like soap, sanitary products, bleach and water purification tablets. Simple, cheap solutions that are vital in preventing the spread of disease.
Water tankThe classic Oxfam water tank holds up to 90,000 litres of safe, clean water. Sent out flat-packed from our Bicester UK warehouse, the design is simple enough to be constructed by local communities in under three hours. The tap, below, delivers the water to accessible tap stands.
Solutionsto the world’s toughest problems.
Plastic jerry canCheap and available within hours, jerry cans like this can be a locally-sourced alternative to the Oxfam bucket. Turn the page to see them in action.
Latrine slabsIn the days after an emergency, sanitation is essential – and it’s vital we work with local people to find a solution. Get it wrong and the toilets won’t be used, and disease will spread. In South America, a sit-down toilet is a must, whereas in Asia, squat toilets are common. Even the colour of the latrine slab is important. Blue attracts tsetse flies. Green is a sacred colour to Islam. Ours are light brown, like this one.
Tap standOur tap stands are placed in makeshift camps – never more than 500 metres from any dwelling place – so people don’t have to walk through dangerous areas to get clean water.
Donkey-proof tapEven something as simple as a water tap has to be carefully considered. In Sudan, donkeys were drinking the fresh water, so our engineers went away and adapted the design. This is the new donkey-proof version.
Water testing kitIn emergencies, the water we source needs to be tested before it can be used. This kit has been designed to enable local communities to check whether the water is contaminated, and to make sure the chlorine level is safe for drinking.
Water PurifierThis simple solution helps ensure water is safe for drinking. It contains silver sand that removes harmful bacteria, and activated carbon that removes bad taste and odours. No boiling, no chemicals – only natural process.
> In Zimbabwe in early 2009, in a country already reeling from food shortages, a cholera outbreak threatened thousands of lives. Our rapid response team got there fast. In the town of Ngoni, we provided families with hygiene kits including 20 litre plastic jerry cans (like these), one kilogram of soap, water purification tablets, cotton wool and pamphlets on how to prevent cholera. Simple, brilliant, life-saving solutions. Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam
Zimbabwe 2009:
Thousands of jerry cans sourced.
Countless lives saved.
“As Honorary President, I am proud of Oxfam’s humanitarian work. Its capacity to mount rapid and life-saving responses to natural disasters and conflicts around the world is testament to both its core values and its people.”Mary RobinsonFirst woman president of Ireland, 1990-97. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1997-2002. Honorary President of Oxfam International since 2002
99% brand awareness*
and a global reputation
for success.
“Funding a rapid response team of aid workers, and providing emergency supplies, ensures that Oxfam can maintain a state of constant preparedness to respond to emergencies all over the world.”
Simon Lewis Trustee of The Vodafone Foundation
Oxfam’s partnership with The Co-operative Bank began in 1994, with the launch of the Oxfam credit card. Each time someone opens an account, Oxfam receives a £15 donation. To date, more than £3 million has been raised by the initiative.
*Source: NFP Synergy Charities Awareness Monitor, 2009
“As an insurance company, we understand the critical importance of an immediate response following a catastrophe, and we are proud of our association with Oxfam.”
Louella Eastman Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Aviva plc
“I applaud and endorse Oxfam’s reputation as one of the world’s leading organisations in the field of humanitarian aid. When disaster strikes, Oxfam responds without fear or favour.”
Bill NighyActor
“No British organisation has done more to make us aware of the sheer scale of human suffering and our duties to the poorest.”Rt Hon Gordon Brown MPPrime Minister
Years of experience and gritty ambition. Ingenious solutions and measurable results. It all adds up to one thing: a worldwide reputation for getting things done. We’re respected by well-known figures. Trusted by our corporate partners.
After seeing the devastating impact of the Tsunami, JCB offered their support. They ran a coupon campaign in national papers. For every coupon returned, they donated £10 to Oxfam. As a result, JCB donated more than £200,000 of machinery – enough for six JCBs to be sent directly to Indonesia, and two forklift trucks to our Bicester warehouse.
“We are pleased we have teamed up with Oxfam, the UK’s biggest charity shop, to help customers raise money for developing countries by recycling clothes they no longer need. It’s a triple win – it’s good for customers, good for people in developing countries and good for the environment.”
Sir Stuart Rose Chief Executive, Marks & Spencer
“I’m immensely proud of our ability to help people caught up in the most unimaginable situations. What we have achieved, over the years, is astounding. We know there are challenges ahead – particularly because of climate change. But with the generosity of our supporters, the expertise of our humanitarian personnel, and the passion, energy and determination of our partners around the world, we believe we can and will rise to them.”
Dame Barbara Stocking CEO, Oxfam GB
Dame Barbara Stocking receiving her DBE for humanitarian work.
The number of hours it takes us to shift 30 tonnes of life-saving gear to any UK airport.13
The total number of people we’ve helped in the last five years.20m
At any one time, we’re responding to disasters in at least this many countries.30
The number of buckets in our Bicester warehouse.14,000
If we sent out all the equipment in our warehouse, we could set up a camp for this many people – about the population of Derby.
200,000
416 Total Oxfam revenue, in pounds, in 1943.
Oxfam 365in numbers.
We’ve been saving lives for roughly this many years.
The value of the stock, in pounds, held in our warehouse in a ready-to-ship state.
70
1.5m
Dame. In 2008, CEO Barbara Stocking was made a Dame in recognition of our humanitarian work.
1
The average number of people forced from their homes each year by conflictsand natural disasters.
The number of customers who visit our 736 high street shops each year.
35m
17m
Total Oxfam revenue, in pounds, in 2007/08.299.7m
> In 1971, around ten million refugees crossed from East Pakistan into India to escape the civil war. Oxfam responded with medical care, sanitation, clean water, clothing and shelter for 500,000 people – using teams and supplies from the local region. This picture shows US Senator Edward Kennedy visiting the camps. He was so impressed with Oxfam’s work that at the end of October 1971 he invited Oxfam’s Alan Leather to make a presentation to the US Senate. Photo: Alan Leather/Oxfam
India 1971: Shelters built.Water provided.
Senator bowled over.
Since 1942, we’ve helped millions of people caught up in the world’s worst disasters – many of which last several years. The media spotlight moves on. We stick around, saving lives.
1940s1943 Greece famine (above)
1945 Holland post-war relief
1945 -1959 Germany post-war relief for refugees
1949 Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon refugees
1950s1951 India famine
1951 Jamaica hurricane
1953 Ionian Islands, Greece earthquake
1953 Korea war
1953/54 East Pakistan cholera and typhoid
1953/54 Germany, Austria, Greece, Italy refugees
1953/54 Hong Kong refugees
1953/54 India floods
1953/54 Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon refugees
1953/54 Korea post-war relief
1954/55 Australia floods
1954/55 East Pakistan floods
1954/55 Germany, Austria, Greece, Italy refugees
1954/55 Hong Kong refugees
1954/55 Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon refugees
1954/55 Kenya IDPs
1954/55 Korea post-war relief
1954/55 Viet Nam refugees
1955/56 Germany, Austria,Greece, Italy,
Yugoslavia, France refugees
1955/56 Haiti famine
1955/56 Hong Kong refugees
1955/56 India cyclone and floods
1955/56 Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon refugees
1955/56 Kenya relief
1955/56 Korea post-war relief
1955/56 Pakistan floods
1955/56 South Africa relief
1955/56 Viet Nam refugees
Seven decades of
first in, last out.
1956/57 Austria refugees
1956/57 Haiti emergency feeding
1956/57 Hong Kong refugees
1956/57 India medical relief and flood
1956/57 Indonesia relief
1956/57 Japan famine
1956/57 Korea post-war relief
1956/57 Morocco/Tunisia refugees
1956/57 Pakistan floods
1956/57 Viet Nam refugees
1957/58 Ceylon floods
1957/58 India jungle fire
1957/58 Jordan drought
1957/58 Korea floods
1957/58 Persia earthquake
1958/59 Brazil drought and floods
1958/59 China refugees
1958/59 India refugees
1958/59 Japan typhoon
1958/59 Korea typhoon
1958/59 Madagascar cyclones
1958/59 Southern Sudan drought
1959/60 Chile earthquakes & tidal waves
1959/60 Congo conflict
1959/60 East Pakistan floods
1959/60 Hong Kong typhoon
1959/60 India floods & famine
1959/60 Jordan drought
1959/60 Mauritius cyclone
1959/60 Morocco earthquake
1959/60 Persia earthquake
1959/60 South Africa conflict
1960s1960/61 Algeria famine
1960/61 Burma floods
1960/61 Congo famine & refugees
1960/61 East Pakistan cyclones & tidal waves
1960/61 Ethiopia famine
1960/61 Ghana famine
1960/61 India floods & cyclone
1960/61 Japan floods
1960/61 Kenya famine
1960/61 Korea floods
1960/61 Macao refugees
1960/61 South Viet Nam refugees
1960/61 Swaziland famine
1961/62 Assam floods
1961/62 British Honduras hurricane
1961/62 Congo refugees
1961/62 Dahomey famine
1961/62 Ethiopia drought
1961/62 Hong Kong typhoon
1961/62 Hong Kong refugees
1961/62 India refugees
1961/62 Kenya drought
1961/62 Pakistan floods
1961/62 Persia earthquake
1961/62 Somalia floods
1961/62 Spain floods
1961/62 Tanganyika famine
1961/62 Tanganyika refugees
1961/62 Togo refugees
1961/62 Turkey earthquake
1961/62 Viet Nam floods
1961/62 Yugoslavia earthquake
1962/63 Algeria relief supplies
1962/63 Bechuanaland famine
1962/63 Brazil fires
1962/63 British Guiana strike
1962/63 Canada Relief for eskimos
1962/63 East Pakistan cyclone
1962/63 Greece landslides
1962/63 India conflict
1962/63 India famine
1962/63 India cyclone & monsoon
1962/63 India earthquake
1962/63 Korea typhoon
1962/63 Morocco flood
1962/63 North Borneo & Sarawak flood
1962/63 Rwanda landslides
1962/63 Thailand storm
1962/63 Viet Nam typhoon
1962/63 Viet Nam fire
1962/63 Yugoslavia earthquake
1963/64 Basutoland snow
1963/64 Burundi & Uganda refugees
1963/64 Congo & Uganda refugees
1963/64 Cuba hurricane
1963/64 India floods
1963/64 India religious riots
1963/64 India famine
1963/64 Italy dam-burst
1963/64 Morocco flooding
1963/64 Senegal refugees
1963/64 Yemen civil war
1964/65 Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Swaziland,
Rhodesia, Kenya drought
1964/65 East Pakistan cyclone
1965 Chile earthquake, winter storms & flooding
1965/66 India drought
1965/66 Iran earthquake
1965/66 Kenya drought
1965/66 Turkey earthquake
1967 Brazil floods
1967 Colombia earthquake
1967 Israel destitute children
1967 Italy flood
1967/68 Middle East war
1967/68 Nigeria civil war
1967/68 Sicily earthquake
1967/68 Viet Nam war
1968 Botswana, Rhodesia, Lesotho drought
1968 India floods
1969/70 Tunisia and Algeria floods
1969/70 Turkey earthquake
1970s1970 Jordan war
1970 Yemen drought
1970/71 East Pakistan cyclone
1970/71 India refugees
1970/71 Peru earthquake
1971 India cholera epidemic
1972/73 India drought
1972/73 Nicaragua earthquake
1973 Pakistan floods
1973/74 Ethiopia famine
1973/74 West Africa (Sahel) famine
1974/75 Bangladesh smallpox
1974/75 Brazil floods
1974/75 Honduras hurricane
1974/75 India drought
1975/76 Guatemala earthquake
1975/76 Turkey earthquake
1977/78 Algeria refugees
1977/78 Angola refugees
1977/78 India cyclone
1977/78 Lebanon civil war
1978/79 Bangladesh refugees
1978/79 India floods
1978/79 Malaysia (Pulau Bidong island) refugees
1978/79 Somalia refugees
1978/79 Sri Lanka floods
1978/79 Thailand refugees
1978/79 Zambia, Botswana & Mozambique refugees
1979/80 Bangladesh refugees
1979/80 Kampuchea post-war relief
1979/80 Malaysia (Pulau Bidong island) refugees
1979/80 Nicaragua food shortage
1979/80 Somalia refugees
1979/80 Uganda famine
1979/80 Zambia, Botswana and
Mozambique refugees
1980s1980/81 Algeria earthquake
1980/81 Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia,
Sudan & Uganda political unrest,
fighting and recurrent drought
1980/81 Viet Nam typhoons and flooding
1981/82 El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
& Nicaragua civil conflict
1981/82 Somalia refugees
1982/83 Chad civil strife
1982/83 El Salvador & Honduras civil conflict
1982/83 Ethiopia drought
1982/83 Ethiopia civil strife
1982/83 Honduras & Nicaragua border hostilities
1982/83 Lebanon war
1982/83 Mauritania drought
1982/83 Mexico civil conflict
1982/83 Southern Africa drought
1982/83 Uganda civil strife
1982/83 Yemen earthquake
1982/83 Zimbabwe civil strife
1983/84 Bolivia & southern Peru drought
1983/84 Brazil drought
1983/84 Ecuador & northern Peru rain and floods
1983/84 India floods
1983/84 Sahel, the Horn & southern Africa drought
1983/84 Viet Nam typhoons
1984/85 Bangladesh flooding
1984/85 Delhi & northern India communal rioting
1984/85 Ethiopia and Sudan famine
1984/85 India poisonous gas
1984/85 Kampuchea flooding & drought
1984/85 Kenya drought
1984/85 South Africa violence
1984/85 Sri Lanka and India conflict
1984/85 Sahel drought
1984/85 Uganda drought
1985/86 Bangladesh cyclone
1985/86 Colombia volcanic eruption
1985/86 Mexico earthquake
1985/86 Mozambique famine
1985/86 Nicaragua conflict
1985/86 Somalia refugees
1985/86 Sri Lanka conflict
1985/86 Viet Nam cyclone
1986/87 Angola conflict
1986/87 El Salvador earthquake
1986/87 India drought & floods
1986/87 Iran & Pakistan refugees
1986/87 Malawi refugees
1986/87 Mali & Burkina Faso war
1986/87 Mozambique conflict
1986/87 Sahel & Horn of Africa drought and plagues of locusts & rats
1986/87 Sri Lanka war
1986/87 Sudan & Chad conflict
1987/88 Bangladesh floods
1987/88 Ethiopia drought
1987/88 India drought
1987/88 Mozambique conflict
1987/88 Sudan conflict
1988/89 Armenia earthquake
1988/89 Bangladesh & India flooding
1988/89 Ethiopia meningitis epidemic
1988/89 Ethiopia refugees
1988/89 Jamaica hurricane
1988/89 Mozambique conflict
1988/89 Nicaragua hurricane
1988/89 Sudan flooding
1988/89 Uganda conflict
1989/90 Ethiopia drought & conflict
1989/90 Mozambique & Angola conflict
1989/90 Sudan conflict
1990s1990/91 Bangladesh cyclone
1990/91 Ethiopia, Tigray & Eritrea drought
1990/91 Iraq and Iran war
1990/91 Jordan war
1990/91 Liberia war
1990/91 Mozambique civil war
1990/91 Somalia war
1990/91 Sudan drought
1991/92 Bangladesh cyclone
1991/92 Bangladesh refugees
1991/92 Cambodia refugees
1991/92 Ethiopia conflict
1991/92 Mauritania refugees
1991/92 Nepal refugees
1991/92 Philippines volcanic eruption
1991/92 Somalia / Somaliland conflict
1991/92 Southern Africa drought
1991/92 Turkey and Iran war
1991/92 Zaire rioting & food shortages
1992/93 Bangladesh refugees
1992/93 Cambodia conflict
1992/93 Guatemala returning refugees
1992/93 India riots
1992/93 Kenya famine
1992/93 Mozambique conflict
1992/93 Nepal refugees
1992/93 Nicaragua cholera prevention
1992/93 Somalia war & drought
1992/93 Viet Nam flood prevention
1992/93 Yugoslavia, Albania, Iraq
& Afghanistan conflict
1993/94 Afghanistan conflict
1993/94 Bangladesh refugees
1993/94 Brazil drought
1993/94 Chile conflict
1993/94 Haiti conflict
1993/94 India earthquake
1993/94 Iraq conflict
1993/94 Nepal refugees
1993/94 Philippines volcanic eruption
1993/94 Somalia conflict
1993/94 South Sudan conflict
1993/94 Zaire conflict
1993/94 Zaire, Tanzania & Rwanda refugees
1994/95 Afghanistan conflict
1994/95 Albania internal instability
1994/95 Bangladesh flood preparation
1994/95 Cambodia conflict
1994/95 India drought prevention
1994/95 Iraq conflict
1994/95 Sri Lanka conflict
1994/95 Yemen conflict
1995/96 Afghanistan conflict
1995/96 Bangladesh floods and civil unrest
1995/96 Lebanon conflict
1995/96 Palestinian territories conflict
1995/96 Sri Lanka conflict
1996/97 Afghanistan conflict
1996/97 Albania civil disturbance
1996/97 Bolivia floods
1996/97 Brazil floods
1996/97 Colombia conflict
1996/97 Great Lakes refugees
1996/97 Haiti drought
1996/97 India drought
1996/97 Iran earthquake
1996/97 North Korea famine
1996/97 Sierra Leone conflict
1996/97 Sudan conflict and drought
1997/98 Azerbaijan war
1997/98 Central Africa confict
1997/98 Peru internal conflict & flooding
1997/98 Sudan civil war
1997/98 UK refugees from Eastern Europe
1998/99 Afghanistan earthquake
1998/99 Bangladesh flood
1998/99 Caribbean hurricane
1998/99 Colombia earthquake
1998/99 Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
& Guatemala hurricane
1998/99 Macedonia conflict
1998/99 South Sudan famine
1999/2000 Albania & Macedonia conflict
1999/2000 Angola conflict
1999/2000 Colombia conflict
1999/2000 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict
1999/2000 East and West Timor conflict
1999/2000 Eritrea conflict
1999/2000 Ethiopia conflict & drought
1999/2000 Horn of Africa drought
1999/2000 India floods
1999/2000 Kenya drought
1999/2000 Mozambique floods
1999/2000 Sierra Leone conflict
2000s2000/01 Eritrea war
2000/01 Horn of Africa drought
2000/01 India earthquake
2000/01 Mekong delta floods
2000/01 Sierra Leone conflict
2000/01 South Asia drought
2001/02 Afghanistan war
2001/02 DRC volcanic eruption
2001/02 Java, Indonesia volcanic eruption
2001/02 Mali conflict
2002/03 Ethiopia, Eritrea & northern Sudan drought
2002/03 Iraq war
2002/03 Kenya conflict
2002/03 Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe & Swaziland drought
2003/04 Iran earthquake
2003/04 Mauritania drought
2003/04 Uganda conflict
2004/05 Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma) & Somalia Tsunami
2004/05 Sudan & Chad conflict
2004/05 Uganda conflict
2005/06 Hurricane Katrina
2005/06 Kenya, Somalia & Tanzania food crisis
2005/06 Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia & Zimbabwe food crisis
2005/06 Pakistan earthquake
2005/06 Sahel food crisis
2005/06 Sudan & Chad conflict
2005/06 Uganda conflict
2006/07 Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia & Ethiopia drought & floods
2007/08 Afghanistan conflict
2007/08 Somalia conflict
2007/08 Sudan and Chad conflict
2007/08 Haiti hurricanes
2008/09 Zimbabwe cholera & food shortage
2008/09 Gaza conflict
2008/09 DRC conflict
2008 Myanmar (Burma) cyclone
2008 China earthquake
2008 Bangladesh cyclone
2009 Bihar (India) floods
2009 Sri Lanka conflict
2009 Pakistan conflict
Nobody knows for sure where or when the next emergency
will happen. But what we do know is that due to climate change,
the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing.
It means more crops ruined. More homes flooded. More poverty.
To save more lives, we must keep responding fast.
By partnering Oxfam 365, you can be a key part of this response.
You can support our logistics operations or our communication
functions. You can back our rapid response team or further our
engineering solutions. Enabling us to solve problems on the
ground within hours, and provide aid long after the media
spotlight moves on.
When the next emergency happens, you can be standing
shoulder-to-shoulder with the world leader in disaster response.
Continuing this global success story. Saving lives around the world.
There are all sorts of ways you can partner our work.
To find out more, call us on 01865 472416.
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