Feature stories

As food crisis looms, the lean season hits early in northern Senegal
Feature Story | Feb 02, 2012
An Oxfam team assesses the conditions around a group of small villages where many of the food reserves are now exhausted.

Counting on the rain to continue—or weather insurance to help cover losses
Feature Story | Feb 02, 2012
For Ethiopian farmer Gidey Mehari, when the opportunity to buy weather insurance for his crops arose, he jumped at the chance.

Doubling his weather insurance, this Ethiopian farmer is happy for the security it provides
Feature Story | Feb 02, 2012
"Anything can happen," says Alemu Tadesse. And that's why he is investing in weather insurance for some of his crops.

Haiti: a grain milling operation offers an economic lifeline for women
Feature Story | Jan 06, 2012
To help tackle unemployment and ensure families have access to food, Oxfam is working with a women's group to modernize and expand a service center.

La Oroya, Peru: Poisoned town
Feature Story | Nov 30, 2011
American-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable.

Haiti: Reducing the risk of flooding in Artibonite
Feature Story | Nov 21, 2011
A local mayor enlists support from Oxfam to address major flooding in his community in rural Haiti.

Ethiopian farmers get a payout, easing effects of drought
Feature Story | Nov 17, 2011
With cash from the weather insurance policies they bought through an innovative program, farmers from Tigray can now plan for the future.

Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
Feature Story | Nov 14, 2011
Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.

In the midst of famine, children survive with the help of Oxfam partner SAACID
Feature Story | Nov 07, 2011
Community therapeutic care centers across Somalia's capital are admitting more than 3,000 malnourished children every week.