Feature stories

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.

Giving their lives to stop a gold mine in El Salvador
Feature Story | Nov 03, 2011
Award-winning environmental leader Francisco Pineda on the fight to protect his country's land and water--and the high price of victory.

Nine hectares of hope: an irrigation project promises better harvests for Ethiopian farmers
Feature Story | Nov 02, 2011
With the help of an Oxfam partner, local farmers have tapped well water to nourish their fields in the Central Rift Valley.

Oxfam takes the fight against cholera to rural Haiti
Feature Story | Oct 31, 2011
In remote communities where the risk of death by cholera is heightened by rugged terrain, Oxfam is making water safer.

Business partnership promotes resilience and environmental preparedness
Feature Story | Oct 28, 2011
PREP is a partnership formed to address the risks and opportunities climate change poses to businesses and communities.

Where there's water, there's hope: Tapping the potential of a river in West Arsi
Feature Story | Oct 24, 2011
For more than 400 farmers along the Gurracho River, water now flows in abundance to their fields through a new irrigation system.