Economic Growth United Kingdom Project #26582

Oxfam GB

by Oxfam GB

Project Report | Nov 5, 2026
Yemen, Aid Cuts & Climate Shocks

By Elizabeth Elenwo-Roger | Project Officer

Khalid and his daughters in Ammar bin Yasser camp

Tents in Ammar bin Yasser camp in Yemen were built to last six months. Khalid and his daughters have now lived in theirs for two or three years, with the fabric torn and the cold coming through at night. His children have been ill more than once.

Their situation reflects what a decade of conflict has done to the country. More than 19 million people in Yemen now rely on aid to get by, over half of them children, and more than 184,000 people have fled their homes since August as fighting has spread across Lahj, Taiz and the west coast. Most families are in tents, and four in five cannot get to a health facility. Cholera is a constant threat while safe water is hard to come by.

Water is where many of today’s crises meet. In Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Nepal, conflict and climate shocks are cutting families off from safe supplies, and the funding to restore them is falling short. UK aid to Somalia and South Sudan has been cut by nearly half. With the UN Water Conference taking place this December, Oxfam is urging the UK government to commit publicly to investing more in water security for the communities being left behind.

Thanks to donors like you, Oxfam and our partners have reached more than 7,000 people in Yemen with clean water, cash, food vouchers and livelihood support. Over 1,000 households have received cash to cover their most pressing needs, and new water points, latrines and hygiene kits are being delivered now. Partners have also repaired water systems in rural western Yemen, giving hundreds of thousands of people access to safe drinking water and lowering the risk of cholera. Women are being paid to work on local projects, so families have an income of their own.

Behind all of this sits a question of who holds the wealth. Billionaire fortunes grew three times faster in 2024 than in the year before, while 14.5 million people in the UK live in poverty. This month, we released our Disaster Divide report that calls on the UK government to tackle poverty and inequality by taxing the super-rich. Oxfam’s view is that the world has enough to tackle hunger, poverty and the climate crisis, and that those at the top should contribute more towards it.

Needs like these are rarely predictable, which is why flexible funding is so valuable. It lets us move quickly from emergency water in a camp to helping families earn a living again, without waiting for new money to be approved. If you can, please pass this update on to others, or give again through our GlobalGiving page. Thank you for all that you have helped us to achieve!

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Jul 14, 2026
Double Your Gift This July Bonus Day

By Elizabeth Elenwo-Roger | Project Officer

Photo: Yenderzon Bastardo

In Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, a woman walks past a building that collapsed a week earlier. Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela's coast on 24 June, thirty-nine seconds apart, and this stretch of coastline was among the hardest hit. Rescue teams have concentrated their search here, while in other neighbourhoods nearby, families and community groups are searching the rubble on their own, for missing people and for whatever belongings can still be recovered.

At present, at least 3,685 people have died, nearly 17,000 more were injured, and almost 18,000 have lost their homes. Oxfam is working alongside local partners to deliver clean water, sanitation, food, and psychosocial support to affected communities.

This is what your support to Oxfam Great Britain through GlobalGiving makes possible. Thank you for standing with us, in Venezuela and around the world, working with partners to support communities.

We seek to champion the same principle everywhere we work, where communities and local organisations lead, and we back them. Oxfam GB and our partners supported 9.21 million people to fight poverty and build a more resilient world in 2024/25, shifting power and resources to the organisations within impacted communities.

The funding landscape behind this work is shifting. Governments across the G7 are reducing aid budgets this year, and the UK's own commitment is falling from 0.5 percent of national income to 0.3 percent by 2027. Oxfam still receives meaningful support from institutional donors around the world, but as that support changes shape, community funded gifts like yours carry more weight than they used to, especially in fast moving emergencies where flexible funding can move in hours rather than months.

On July 15th, GlobalGiving is running July Bonus Day, a 24-hour campaign matching eligible gifts from a $150,000 fund, with an additional $9,000 in prizes for top performing projects. Give between $100 and $1,500, and your donation is proportionally matched on top of what you already give. A gift above $100 unlocks matching and counts toward the totals that decide how much of the fund reaches Oxfam.

Thank you for your support to Oxfam Great Britain.When emergencies strike, your generosity lets us respond quickly, back the people who know their communities best, and keep showing up long after the headlines move on.

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Mar 17, 2026
Oxfam GB update 24/25

By Oxfam GB Private Sector Partnerships | Project officer

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