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With the arrival of over 1,500 people every day, the two transit centers in Renk are at full capacity, hosting people four times their size. Photo credit: Fatuma Noor/ Oxfam

Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict to find refuge in South Sudan

When the fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 26-year-old Aisha was home with her two children. Gunshot sounds were getting closer to her home and she knew that they had to run for their…

Overcoming Hardship in Pinyudo Refugee Camp

Overcoming Hardship in Pinyudo Refugee Camp

In Ethiopia's Gambela region, amidst various refugee camps that shelter about 380,000 refugees, lies Pinyudo camp—a home for those who fled conflict in South Sudan. Here in Pinyudo , we meet Adugk…

Luony Mungu speaking to Oxfam Communications Officer at Rumbek County Headquarters. Photo Credit Yangi/Oxfam

“After loosing four sons to conflict I decided to be peace ambassador in my community,” Luony Mungu

When conflict erupts in an area, it leaves an immerse damage where many people lose their lives, many families get displaced, leaving them susceptible to all dangers.For communities to start…

42-year-old Nyawouw Mayok, a female leader at Gambella refugee camp, engages in a discussion with a group of women outside her house, addressing pertinent issues affecting women in the camp. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Empowered Woman - Nyawouw's advocacy for women and girls in Tierkidi refugee camp

In the heart of Tierkidi, a refugee camp nestled in Gambella in Western Ethiopia, a group of men gather next to a grass-thatched hut called “tukuls” in South Sudan. They are in a deep discussion…

Nyajany Gatwech is one of the refugees who was displaced from the South Sudan conflict and now lives in Gambella Refugee camp in Ethiopia. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Surviving the odds - Nyajany hopes for a future where everyone thrives

In Tierkidi refugee camp, in Gambella, Western Ethiopia, 29-year-old Nyajany Gatwech prepares her routine trip to go to the market and buy vegetables that she sells to refugees from South Sudan. The…

Nyathak Chuol, refugee mother of six and a self-trained engineer at Pinyudo Camp in Gambella, Western Ethiopia oversees an EU and Oxfam-funded solar-powered water point, a lifeline for thousands of refugees Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/Oxfam

One refugee’s commitment to ensuring water access for fellow refugees in Gambella

At Pinyudo, a refugee camp in Gambella, Western Ethiopia next to a solar-powered water tank , Nyathak is busy assembling a generator. As she fidgets with the intricate machinery , she manoeuvres some…

Nyalok, single mother of two and living as a refugee with a disability from a past accident, fled the turmoil of South Sudan in 2014. In Gambella, she is now making improvements to the small hut which she and her family calls home. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Strength under the sun - A refugee's story of Hope

Under the 38 °C hot sun, Nyalok Alo, 27 is hard at work. With purpose etched on her face, she mixes sand and water to cement the front of her makeshift home at Kule refugee camp in Gambella, Western…

49 year-old Gebrezgabiher Habtu stares at his crops after they all failed due to the ongoing drought in Tigray. CREDIT: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Survival hangs in the balance for farmers in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Gebrezgabiher Habtu, is busy clearing his land in preparation for yet another attempt at farming. With only a handful of onion, tomato, and sorghum seeds he has left, Gebrezgabiher remains hopeful…

Mustafe Ahmed, Livelihoods and Economic Growth Coordinator of Oxfam Somali Program shows the scale of the greenhouse. The capital investment including the materials use for constructing one greenhouse is $7000. Each greenhouse has been planted with 1,000 units of tomatoes. Photo credit: Ahmed Osman/ Oxfam

Beyond marathon responses, we need sustainable & integrated solutions

Janice Ian Manlutac & Mustafa Ahmed

Faced with drought and conflicts, Somali communities and Oxfam are testing new approaches to restore community infrastructures such as social water and community managed greenhouses to prepare,…

Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in the mountains of Tigray. Photo credit: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Strength amid the turmoil in Tigray: one woman’s struggle to survive conflict, lack of food in northern Ethiopia

In the mountains of Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in Kola Tembien, about 100 kilometers west of the region’s capital Mekele. “I enjoyed a…