Climate change and ongoing conflicts have made Pre-Crisis Market Analysis (PCMA) an essential feature of Oxfam’s humanitarian work. Corrie Sissons and Daniel Pasquini share how PCMA exercises have helped Oxfam …
Reaching refugees and boosting small businesses in Bangladesh
Corrie SissonsBy providing emergency cash or vouchers Oxfam can help people in crisis to get desperately needed food and other items, while boosting local businesses at the same time. Corrie Sissons …
South Sudan: though famine has ceased hunger has spread
Corrie SissonsAs war torn South Sudan reaches its sixth birthday is there any cause for celebration? Tragically not much, as Corrie Sissons explains. Although there is no longer a technical ‘famine,’ …
The value of vouchers: Innovation and empowerment in Iraq
Corrie SissonsCorrie Sissons introduces a new e-voucher technology helping to meet the unique needs of households living through the Iraq crisis. The changing nature of humanitarian crises in a modern world …
CLARA: How a livelihoods and risk assessment tool is supporting women’s economic empowerment
Corrie SissonsThere are more than 3.3 million displaced people in Iraq. Women and girls, and their ability to participate in livelihoods, have been particularly affected by this displacement. In this blog …
Iraq: preparing for a predictable crisis
Corrie SissonsLEARNING: The Iraqi army’s planned and ongoing counter-offensive against ISIS is likely to lead to the displacement of between 500,000 and 1.5 million people from the city of Mosul and …