Articles

Farmers battle effects of changing seasons
Feature Story | Nov 28, 2007
In Papua New Guinea, generations of farming knowledge can no longer guarantee subsistence farmers a stable food supply.

Floods in Mexico: Punting in a baseball playground
Feature Story | Nov 08, 2007
Hundreds of thousands of people living near Mexico's Gulf Coast were displaced when heavy rains pounded the area and rivers overflowed their banks.

A day in the life of an 18-year-old at Kalma camp
Feature Story | Nov 08, 2007
A young woman named Halwa talks about how she passes the long days at Kalma camp—the temporary home for tens of thousands of displaced people in Darfur.

Oxfam program head reflects on her years in Darfur
Feature Story | Nov 05, 2007
Caroline Nursey has been involved with the humanitarian response in Darfur, Sudan, since the crisis there erupted—first as a regional director and most recently as the country program manager. Now, after 18 months in that latter post, she has handed the job to a successor. Here, in an interview with Alun McDonald, Oxfam's press officer in Khartoum, Nursey reflects on the challenges and accomplishments of one of the largest relief efforts in the world.

UN report: Cambodia's rural people among its poorest
Feature Story | Nov 01, 2007
Oxfam partner, CEDAC, responds through programs that teach farmers how to save and improve their agricultural production.

"Without land there is no life"
Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
Elba Flores, head of research at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), describes the struggle of the Chiquitano people to overcome racism.

"This is the future"
Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano people of eastern Bolivia now have legal title to their ancestral territory, Monte Verde.

Like the baobabs, cereal banks help Gambians weather hard times
Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the consequences of conflict.

Gambian villagers find hope in easy-to-fix hand pumps
Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
Through a series of emergency programs, Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the consequences of conflict.

Filters improve water quality in Pisco
Feature Story | Oct 16, 2007
Clean water reduces risk of disease; many communities accessing treated water for first time.

Research in action
Feature Story | Oct 12, 2007
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, Oxfam has been supporting research institutes in the affected region to study important issues related to emergency response and reducing disaster risks.

The Majaz effect
Feature Story | Oct 11, 2007
What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?

Dead fish and acid pollution point to cyanide in stream
Feature Story | Oct 04, 2007
Farmers in Ghana affected by chemical spill call on government to investigate and punish polluters.

A bridge to peace
Feature Story | Oct 03, 2007
A newly formed Peace Committee helps end the violence that forced thousands of people from their homes in southern Ethiopia.

Feeding a nation
Feature Story | Oct 01, 2007
With financial support from Oxfam America, our partner in Cambodia is teaching farmers how to raise rice yields and use extra profits to improve everyday life.

In Nicaragua, Oxfam provides aid to people hit hard by Felix
Feature Story | Sep 27, 2007
Emergency supplies help people in remote areas of Nicaragua get their lives back in order.