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- Haiti podcast: January 26, 2010
- Mark Fried, Oxfam spokesman in Haiti, reporting from a hospital in Port-au-Prince.
- Saving lives: Oxfam partners take center stage
- Oxfam invests in the strengths of local communities and partners. When rainfall from a tropical depression triggered a massive emergency in El Salvador, our ...
- Crises in a New World Order: Challenging the humanitarian project
- The growing number of vulnerable people, the rise in disasters, and the failure to put most fragile states on the path to development, will significantly ...
- Haiti: Reducing the risk of flooding in Artibonite
- A local mayor enlists support from Oxfam to address major flooding in his community in rural Haiti.
- At the heart of the El Salvador flood response: partnership
- When a major storm strikes El Salvador, preparedness and local partnerships make all the difference.
- With insurance, loans, and confidence, this Ethiopian farmer builds her resilience
- Selas Samson Biru is using her entrepreneurial spirit--and the security she has from her insurance--to build a more secure future for her family.
- Counting on the rain to continue—or weather insurance to help cover losses
- 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
- "Anything can happen," says Alemu Tadesse. And that's why he is investing in weather insurance for some of his crops.
- Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
- Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.
- Haiti Progress Report 2011
- Two years after the most powerful earthquake in Haiti in 200 years, Oxfam remains committed to rebuilding with the people of Haiti.
- In Japan, Oxfam partners support vulnerable groups
- Oxfam working to complement government's efforts
- Solidarity and support in Japan: An interview with Oxfam's Michael Delaney
- Oxfam is working to complement the massive aid effort that the Japanese government has undertaken.
- Disaster unfolds in Japan
- Japan faces multiple emergencies
- Oxfam is not mounting a major humanitarian response to the disasters in Japan, but we are seeking ways to support vulnerable groups through local ...
- Landslide compounds Mexico's flood disaster
- Pakistan floods progress report
- A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
- In a city of water
- Heavy rains in Senegal have turned the low-lying city of Pikine into a lake. Oxfam and a local partner are working to improve the conditions of life for those ...
- Ready or Not
- Pakistan's resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
- A tiny seed and a big idea
- Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
- Weather insurance offers Ethiopian farmers hope—despite drought
- For the first time, poor farmers can now buy insurance for teff, a staple grain that feeds their families.
- Hardest hit: Ethiopia
- A women-led early warning system helps herding families in the southern part of the country find ways to cope with drought.
- In the grip of drought
- Ethiopians find ways to fight back
- Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
- Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
- The Right to Survive
- The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- A fresh look at the green economy
- Jobs that build resilience to climate change
- Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
- Learn how four communities around the world are fighting back against climate change, and how you can help.
- After the quake: Preventing disease
- Oxfam has built latrines and bathing stalls, and provided basic necessities, such as soap and toothbrushes to thousands of people living temporarily in camps, ...
- Earthquake in Haiti Fact Sheet
- In the months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Oxfam's urgent mission has been to help the people of Port-au-Prince, and beyond, meet their basic ...
- Pakistan Floods Fact Sheet
- In the aftermath of the devastating floods, Oxfam and our partners have launched a rapid-relief effort to reach more than one million people with essential aid.
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