Coronavirus: Ongoing Crisis for People in Poverty

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COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, impacting already struggling communities. Now, Southern Africa is emerging as a COVID-19 hotspot, creating a crisis on top of a crisis for over 40 million people in the region who already battle with food insecurity. COVID-19 has slowed food systems and impacted supply chains, making it difficult for many to meet their basic needs. The crisis isn’t over – more support is needed today.

You can assist these communities right now as they grapple with the ongoing effects of COVID-19. Your gift will also help Oxfam keep up our efforts to fight poverty around the world.

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Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement begins with a critical education

We’ve compiled a non-exhaustive list of books, podcasts, and other media by scholars and activists to help us learn more about systemic racism, the structures of white supremacy, and what action they believe is needed right now.

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Oxfam joins ACLU and other partners to sue Trump administration over right to seek asylum

This month, Oxfam joined the ACLU and other partners to sue the Trump administration to uphold the right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections for children. We will not stand by while people are put in harm’s way to advance a hateful and xenophobic agenda.

Seeking asylum is a human right.

Crisis times three: cyclones, the coronavirus, and inequality in Bangladesh

Faced with a deadly combination of emergencies, an Oxfam partner in Bangladesh responds quickly – and carefully.

Emergencies have exacerbated inequalities, but this community is fighting to recover.

To fight COVID-19, we must listen to the communities

The Central African Republic has been affected by more than seven years of civil conflict, leaving it unprepared for the pandemic. In this interview, Lily-Madeleine Seguin, who works in public health promotion for Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Team, tells us about Oxfam’s work with communities at risk of COVID-19.

“We must involve communities right from the start"

After COVID-19, the World Bank must prioritize climate action

As the world looks to rebuild from the severe health and economic shocks of COVID-19, the World Bank and its peers have an opportunity to respond to this crisis in new ways that can protect us from future threats. And incentivizing new approaches to boldly tackle climate change should be at the top of the list.

How COVID-19 teaches us to build back better

In Bangladesh, refugees help design handwashing stations

Around the world, women and girls bear many of the responsibilities related to water. In Bangladesh, refugee women and girls were consulted and invited to help design new handwashing facilities for their community.

Learn more about how projects like these help slow the spread of COVID-19

The COVID-19 accountability emergency

COVID-19 has become a triple threat – a health emergency, a food and hunger emergency, and an economic emergency. Right now, governments must open up their budgets to public scrutiny when billions of dollars are flowing to end the crisis.

We need to make sure funds are actually going to the most vulnerable in our societies

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