- Tell President Obama that we need a global development strategy
- President Obama recently released a plan to address the Millennium Development Goals – but this is only a stepping stone in the fight to end global poverty. What we really need is a Global Development Strategy to guide efforts to end global poverty. Without it, we will come up short.
- Don't cut ordinary Haitians out of planning Haiti's future!
- World leaders and financiers will meet in New York this month to map out Haiti's reconstruction. But community leaders and poor people from Haiti haven't yet been invited. Call on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push the meeting's organizers to give Haitian citizens and community leaders a seat at the table and a voice in the deliberations. It's a major chance to turn things around for Haiti.
- Afghanistan: People First
- Eight years and 30 billion dollars later Afghanistan is still one of the poorest places on Earth with nearly half of Afghans living in poverty. While international support has improved the lives of Afghans, we still have a long way to go to meet basic needs across the country. It’s time to think about development based on Afghans' needs first rather than on military objectives and exit strategies.
- Tell your senators to co-sponsor the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009
- Right now, the US foreign aid agency needs help. Until it is strengthened and rebuilt, American efforts to relieve global poverty will suffer.
- Learn more about what Oxfam is advocating in foreign aid reform
- Read "Ownership in practice: The key to smart development"
- Learn how aid works
- Read "Foreign Aid 101," Oxfam America's primer on aid.
- Tell Congress to co-sponsor the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act of 2009
- We need to stand up for the millions of people around the world who face hunger on a daily basis.
- Tell your representative to become a co-sponsor of the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (HR 2139)
- This is our best chance to improve the way we tackle global poverty. But the bill won't pass without broad Congressional support.
- Join the Aid Reform campaign mailing list
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Two promises kept on fight against poverty, one more left to go
Aug 02, 2010 -
Oxfam supports US Global Health Initiative emphasis on comprehensive health care
Jul 18, 2010 -
Oxfam reaction to G8 communique
Jun 26, 2010 -
Oxfam welcomes Global Health Initiative announcement
Jun 18, 2010 -
National Security Strategy shifts from military might to increased cooperation and development
May 27, 2010 -
Oxfam America urges the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pass Haiti Empowerment Bill
May 25, 2010 -
Not just more, better: improving aid to the developing world
May 21, 2010 -
New global education fund needed for 72 million children
Jan 20, 2010 -
Former Afghan finance minister calls for greater foreign aid transparency
Nov 19, 2009 -
US Senate’s commitment to aid reform critical to success for Shah and USAID
Nov 17, 2009
- Control: Letting countries lead
- AidNow series
- Capacity: Helping countries lead
- AidNow series
- Information: Letting countries know what donors are doing
- AidNow series
- Guidance to the Global Health Initiative on implementing country ownership
- AidNow series
- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):The Road Forward for the U.S.
- This paper outlines key recommendations on each of the eight MDGs that we strongly believe the U.S. Government should include in its promised plan.
- Information: Let countries know what donors are doing
- In trying to improve US foreign aid, Oxfam America believes that we must listen to the people who know aid best: those who receive and deliver aid.
- Can aid for food security show the way for broader aid reform?
- AidNow series
- Rescuing Education for All
- How reform of the Fast Track Initiative should lead to a Global Fund for Education
- Why are humanitarian advocates leading on aid reform?
- AidNow series
- Transparency is happening right now: USAID and Indonesia's national budget
- AidNow series
- Oxfam America House Party Guide
- Tools for hosting a high-impact event
- Oxfam America Organizing Guide
- Tips for taking action in your community
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the well-being of millions more people.
- Aid to Haiti
- In the wake of Haiti how can we improve aid to developing countries. A discussion with leading development experts on promoting recipient country ownership and building more effective institutions.
- Seizing opportunities to enhance US aid effectiveness: The state of play and ways forward
- This panel considers three important policy processes now underway, and the historic opportunity they offer to reshape US foreign assistance and global development policy.
- Predictable, multiyear aid is life-saving in difficult contexts
- An interview with Melissa Phillips, NGO Secretariat Coordinator in Juba, Southern Sudan.
- Bring US Foreign Assistance into the 21st Century
- This short video was produced by our partners at the Center for Global Development.
- Sustainable Security
- Oxfam America president Raymond C. Offenheiser discusses how 21st century sustainable security requires working together across borders for joint solutions to global challenges.
- Oxfam America President Ray Offenheiser on Bloggingheads.tv
- Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch and The American Prospect, chats with Ray Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, about how we can bring US foreign assistance and foreign aid practices into the 21st century.
- Reform US Foreign Aid Policy
- US foreign aid has saved millions of lives and helped millions more overcome poverty. Yet foreign aid is still under-performing and often fails to reach the people who need it most.
- Can Country Ownership Work?
- Field Perspectives on Health Systems Strengthening
- Aid and anti-corruption
- Join Oxfam America and leading developing world voices for a discussion on how U.S. foreign aid can produce better results by promoting country ownership and bolstering anti-corruption efforts.
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In El Salvador, USAID program grows a new generation of rural entrepreneurs
By building on local knowledge—and adapting to local conditions—USAID and Fintrac help farming communities overcome poverty.
Oxfam's policy advisor, Matt Waldman, talks about how we can make aid more effective in Afghanistan.
Building on strength in Afghanistan
Far from hopeless, the Afghan people are determined to build a peaceful future—and US foreign aid can help.
Listening and learning to improve aid
As part of the Listening Project, Oxfam America talks to community members about their experiences with international aid—and gains some valuable insights.
