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- G8 to poor countries: It’s not you, it’s me
- May 19, 2012
- Oxfam: G8 food security alliance answers question hungry people have not asked
- May 18, 2012
- Afghan security forces need urgent reforms
- May 17, 2012
- Oxfam America files lawsuit against Securities and Exchange Commission
- May 16, 2012
- Bold food security initiative needed from G8
- May 16, 2012
- Oxfam announces Baaba Maal as its new Global Ambassador
- May 16, 2012
- Imminent rains will jeopardize response to Sudans conflict, aid agencies warn
- May 15, 2012
- Activists urge local partnerships for global aid
- May 08, 2012
- Oxfam ambassador Kristin Davis: Honor a mother in your life by helping another mom
- May 04, 2012
- Oxfam America expands Rural Resilience Initiative to West Africa with support from the Rockefeller Foundation
- May 03, 2012
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- LTE: Conflict in Sudan
- New York Times, May 10, 2012 - Article quotes OA president Ray Offenheiser
- G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty
- Voice of America, May 04, 2012 - Article quotes OA director of policy & research Gawain Kripke
- Oxfam: South Sudan Refugees Face Water Shortages
- Associated Press, Apr 27, 2012 - Article quotes Oxfam head of Oxfam's operations in Jamam, Pauline Ballaman
- Water In The Time Of Cholera: Haiti's Most Urgent Health Problem
- NPR, Apr 12, 2012 - Article quotes OA humanitarian response specialist Kenny Rae
- The Legal vs. the Illegal Arms Trade
- New York Times, Apr 06, 2012 - Article quotes OA's Scott Stedjan
Reports Subscribe | View All
- Sowing seeds
- May 16, 2012
- Sahel food crisis
- Apr 10, 2012
- Saving Money and Lives: The Human Side of U.S. Food Aid Reform
- Mar 29, 2012
- A Shift in Focus: Putting the interests of Somali people first
- Feb 21, 2012
- Left behind by the G20?
- Jan 19, 2012
Videos and slideshows View All
Sahel food crisis puts 18 million people at risk
May 22, 2012
Oxfam Action Corps volunteers fight hunger
May 15, 2012
West Africa food crisis 2012:15 million at risk
Apr 23, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Baaba Maal speaks out on the Sahel
Apr 02, 2012
When I'm hungry, my heart beats quickly
Mar 30, 2012
The Sahel: a food crisis looms
Mar 06, 2012
Working together to end poverty and injustice
Feb 21, 2012
Oxfam America hosts NGO gathering with PM of Haiti
Feb 13, 2012
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As food crisis looms, the lean season hits early in northern Senegal
An Oxfam team assesses the conditions around a group of small villages where many of the food reserves are now exhausted.
News updates Subscribe | View All
- Food security concerns at World Food Day events in Ghana
- Oct 14, 2011
- A new law changes the landscape for Peru's indigenous people
- Sep 02, 2011
- Guatemalan human rights and environmental advocates under threat
- Aug 31, 2011
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