Feature stories

Cambodian fishers work to protect floating villages
Feature Story | Jan 05, 2006
Oxfam partner trains community leaders to negotiate development on Tonle Sap Lake.

In a Chad camp, gluey porridge sustains the Aboubakars
Feature Story | Dec 28, 2005
Travelling through 24 countries, the authors of a book called 'Hungry Planet: What the World Eats' learn from the Aboubakars about the hardships in a Chad refugee camp.

Notes from the Big Show
Feature Story | Dec 12, 2005
Oxfam America's Gawain Kripke traveled to Hong Kong for the World Trade Organization's meeting in December.

Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
Feature Story | Sep 15, 2005
New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.

Farmers in the US speak out
Feature Story | Aug 11, 2005
Farmers in the US and Central America had similar concerns about DR-CAFTA.

Improvements big and small in East Asia
Feature Story | Jul 21, 2005
Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise.

"An energizing experience"
Feature Story | Jul 19, 2005
Sharing this experience with some of the most impassioned and successful activists from across the United States refueled my own activist energy.

Djimon Hounsou learns how US subsidies affect Africa
Feature Story | Jul 01, 2005
In June 2005, Academy Award-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou took a fact-finding mission to Mali on behalf of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. Oxfam's Lyndsay Cruz traveled with the actor from Benin and wrote this three-day diary of their trip.

Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
Feature Story | Mar 30, 2005
Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.