Announcements and information about the work of our members and partners.
On January 27, a powerful tornado ripped through Havana Cuba for the first time in the city’s history, damaging basic infrastructure and destroying homes in five of the city’s municipalities. The Humanitarian Coalition, working through Oxfam Canada and with support from the Canadian government, is responding to the needs of residents in the hardest hit neighbourhoods.
HC members responded to the Rohingya Crisis by providing assistance to refugees in Cox’s Bazar and in communities on both sides of the border.
Canada is providing clean water and sanitation support to residents in Somaliland after an entire year’s worth of rain fell in just one day.
More than 165,000 people in Ethiopia are dealing with extensive flash flooding
The flooding and high winds damaged more than 1,500 homes and destroyed large tracks of farmland and crops.
Earthquake survivors in Papua New Guinea are receiving life-saving aid from Canada.