Playing the resilience game in Uganda
Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Governance, Uganda, Video | No Comments »Staff and trainers from ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance - recently visited Kotido district in north eastern Uganda to run a game on climate change adaptation with district officials. The aim is for the ...
Winnie Byanyima appointed to lead Oxfam International
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 Posted in Pan Africa, Uganda | 64 Comments »[caption id="attachment_5650" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Winnie Byanyima"][/caption] Winifred (Winnie) Byanyima, a grass-roots activist, human rights advocate, senior international public servant, and world recognized expert on women’s rights, has been appointed Executive Director of Oxfam International – a role that provides strategic direction ...
Crisis in the Great Lakes – an update
Saturday, September 15th, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Rwanda, Uganda | No Comments »In the past few months, a surge in violence in eastern DRC has forced nearly half a million people from their homes, with severe humanitarian consequences across the region. Civilians face killings, forced recruitment, extortion, pillaging and sexual violence at ...
Collecting water – a child’s burden
Friday, September 14th, 2012 Posted in DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Uganda, Water/sanitation | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5018" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Children in Rwamwanja collect water"][/caption] As conflict in eastern DRC has worsened in the past few months, people continue to flee across the border to Uganda. Oxfam is delivering clean water and sanitation in the Rwamwanja camp, ...
“I miss my husband” – DRC refugees seek safety in Uganda
Friday, August 31st, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Uganda | No Comments »As vast swathes of eastern DRC descend further into chaos with little government or security presence, people continue to flee to escape killing, rape, looting and extortion committed by rebel militia. As well as hundreds of thousands of people displaced ...
The growing crisis in the Great Lakes
Monday, August 27th, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Rwanda, Uganda | Comments OffMore people are displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) right now than at any time over the past three years, and tens of thousands more people have fled to neighbouring countries. Oxfam’s Policy Advisor in DRC, Samuel Dixon, ...
Uganda land dispute update: Some good news
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 Posted in GROW campaign, Press release, Uganda | 2 Comments »A few months ago an Oxfam report in Uganda found that over 20,000 people were evicted from their land to make way for a UK-licenced tree-planting company. Now the Office of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman (CAO) - which handles complaints from ...
The Caravan of Hope: Telling the African story of climate change
Monday, November 14th, 2011 Posted in Climate change, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_3340" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="The caravan members arrive in Nairobi. Photo: James Aken/PACJA"][/caption] A sunny mid-November day in Nairobi. The hustle and bustle of bubbly, energetic young voices. Trumpets, saxophones and clarinets uniting in perfect harmony with the coordinated marching feet ...
Urgent: Stop intimidation of evicted Ugandan community
Friday, October 14th, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda | 1 Comment »There have been serious developments since we launched our land grabs report into evictions, some violent, in Uganda, where at least 22,500 people lost their homes and land and many have been left destitute. In the past ...
Uganda “land grab” update – concerns grow over investigation
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda | No Comments »Investigation into Uganda “land grab” must be genuinely independent and transparent Oxfam concern that company continues to dismiss people’s allegations of abuse Oxfam welcomes the World Bank’s call that UK-based New Forests Company (NFC) must open up to a full investigation ...