Disaster Response

Fostering regional disaster risk governance in South Asia

Disaster risk governance is key to effective planning, financing, implementation, and monitoring of progress towards resilience. While local context matters, there is growing evidence on the transboundary and regional context of disaster and climate risks. For example, the 2017 South Asian floods...

After Ompong landfall in Tuguegerao City. Photo: April Abello-Bulanadi/Oxfam Philippines

Oxfam and local partners witness Ompong’s “destructive force”– disaster preparedness committees activated

The joint assessment teams of Oxfam and its partner, Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC), witnessed the destructive force of Ompong, known internationally as Super Typhoon Mangkhut.

Oxfam is providing clean drinking water and tarpaulin shelther sheets to survivors of the 2018 Lombok earhquake

Oxfam Provides Drinking Water and Shelter to Thousands as 600,000 are Hit by Indonesia Earthquake

Oxfam is providing clean drinking water and tarpaulin shelter sheets to 5,000 survivors as a devastating 7-Richter magnitude earthquake, the second within a week, hit Lombok Island in Indonesia earlier today.

Oxfam in Asia - Press Release - AMCDRR 2018

To stem tide of disasters, empower local orgs, communities in Asia—Oxfam

Oxfam calls on government leaders gathering at the 8th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR 2018), in Mongolia, to build on the gains of the work to combat disasters in the last few years, and protect the future of Asia.

Asia: Rising economic star or poster child for disaster?

To protect the future of Asia, leaders attending the 8th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in Mongolia this week should strengthen the ability of local organizations and communities to deal with disasters, invest in social safety nets, and pour more funds into...