water

Water beats poverty: Oxfam's longest pipeline in DR Congo

A year ago, Oxfam started constructing the longest water pipeline in its history in DR Congo. Once it's done, over 100,000 people will no longer have to rely on dirty sources for water.

A woman fetches water in Turkana. Joy Obuya/Oxfam

Funding mechanisms to incentivize and sustain inclusive water in Kenya

Installing and operating new equipment is only one element in achieving sustained, affordable and inclusive access to water in northern Kenya. Strengthening the systems that would maintain water access to ‘the last mile’ is crucial.

A Burundian refugee receives a bucket and jerry cans at an Oxfam distribution in Nduta camp, Tanzania. Amy Christian/Oxfam

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

In any emergency, access to clean safe water and sanitation services is essential in enhancing people's dignity

A woman collects her first bag of dried food after three months being inside an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bunia, eastern DR Congo. John Wessels / Oxfam

Humanitarian Response

The vicious cycle of crisis Humanitarian situations in this region are nothing new, claiming thousands of lives and damaging property and sinking vulnerable populations deeper into poverty. 9 out of 10 countries in the region are currently responding to multiple and overlapping emergencies...

A woman carries a sack of food airdropped by the World Food Programme (WFP) and distributed by Oxfam in Padding, Jonglei, South Sudan. Albert González Farran/Oxfam

South Sudan's hunger for peace

Entering its fourth year of brutal war, South Sudan is yet again at a critical point in its young life - more South Sudanese are hungrier than ever before. Whilst famine has not been declared, 6.3 million people, almost half the country, are struggling to get enough to eat and are dependent on...

Oxfam supplying clean water to thousands of people affected by an unprecedented drought in Fadhi Gaab IDP camp, northern Somaliland. Allan Gichigi / Oxfam

Horn of Africa Drought Response

An estimated 27.6 million people across Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan are facing crisis levels of hunger. Of these, 9.9 million* people are in Ethiopia’s drought affected regions, 4.4 million are in Kenya, 5.6 million are in Somalia and 6.6 million are in South Sudan. Over 45.74 million...