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Sahel food crisis puts 18 million people at risk

You have the power to change the future. Now is the time to act, and ensure that families in the Sahel region of West Africa get the help they need to weather this crisis.

In Peru, women confront climate change with traditional gardens

Can ancient knowledge help solve today’s problems? Indigenous women in the Amazon believe that it can—and to prove it, they’re going back to their roots.

West Africa food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert

Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis

West Africa food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012

A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season

West Africa food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages

Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.

Oxfam Action Corps volunteers fight hunger

Join Oxfam volunteers around the US as we take action to end global hunger and poverty.

West Africa food crisis 2012:15 million at risk

As a funding for the crisis lags, millions of people will be left hungry in the coming months unless the gap is filled.

Q&A: La Oroya's future

A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La Oroya is far from over.

Food Games

When kids play with their food it's cute. When Washington does, it costs lives. Tell Washington to stop playing with food aid: www.oxfamamerica.org/foodaid

Baaba Maal speaks out on the Sahel

The Senegalese singer, Baaba Maal, calls on the world to respond to a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa.

When I'm hungry, my heart beats quickly

In the face of a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, Oxfam is supporting an array of projects, including women-run cooperative market gardens.

In Kolda, Senegal, farmers are struggling to feed their families

The last harvest of peanuts, a major cash crop in this region, plummeted by 60 percent leaving families with little money to buy the food they need.

The Sahel: a food crisis looms

Low rainfall, poor harvests, and high prices are creating serious problems for herders and farmers in West Africa.

In Cambodia, System of Rice Intensification helps families climb out of poverty

Low-cost agricultural techniques help a farmer achieve a six-fold increase in annual production in one small field, and become a leader in the community.

Working together to end poverty and injustice

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice.

Oxfam America hosts NGO gathering with PM of Haiti

Just before his resignation, the Prime Minister joined a discussion about the challenges of governance and development in Haiti.

Struggle in Sahel: 'If there's no pasture, nothing works'

'We've stayed on our ancestors' land and we've put up with everything, but if rain doesn't come, life would turn into a nightmare," says Koubra Hamid.