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- Small loans make a big difference for women in Afghanistan
- Oxfam America's sister organizations are working hard to help women in drought-prone areas of Afghanistan find ways to improve their lives.
- Big challenges in Haiti
- Raymond C. Offenheiser, Oxfam America’s president, just returned from a visit to Haiti, and offers his analysis of the challenges facing the country and ...
- Helping Haiti through the power of community
- From bake sales to skydiving, Oxfam America supporters found creative ways to join the relief effort.
- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: New beginnings
- The Haitian people have begun tackling the hard work of recovery. Many are eager to contribute, looking for opportunities to earn money, to meet people's basic ...
- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Scaling up
- An estimated one million people in and around Port-au-Prince have lost their homes, forcing many into makeshift temporary camps. Oxfam is providing essentials ...
- Haiti earthquake one month later: Aid agency says ‘still a mountain to climb’ in Haiti
- Oxfam America accepts ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ funds to support recovery work in Haiti
- First phase of Haiti rehabilitation to focus on water, sanitation, and shelter
- Early assessments help Oxfam plan out the first six months of our post-earthquake assistance.
- Oxfam urges quick action on Haiti trade bill
- Haiti no longer grows much of its own rice
- Once almost self-sufficient, Haiti now imports 80 percent of the rice it consumes. A dramatic cut in import tariffs led to a drop in national rice production.
- Getting water to a Haitian hospital
- At a university hospital in Port-au-Prince, clean water has made all the difference to staff trying to keep conditions clean and reduce the risk of infection.
- Reducing vulnerability to HIV before and after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: An exploration of how the tsunami and its aftermath led to an increase in vulnerability to HIV in coastal India.
- Reconstructing Haiti
- A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
- Oxfam comments on Haiti government announcement of new camps for displaced people
- Oxfam relief efforts continue in Haiti
- Clean water and sanitation prevent disease and save lives after disaster strikes
- During disasters, water and sanitation systems often collapse. Repairs can take time—time that people who depend on them to stay alive don’t have.
- Radiohead Concert to Benefit Oxfam America’s Work in Haiti
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Oxfam humanitarian response in Haiti - interviews available this weekend
- Avoiding a food crisis in rural Haiti
- Oxfam’s Yves Gattereau talks about how the January 2010 earthquake poses a threat to the country’s already shaky food supply.
- “Our entire world has changed”
- Yolette Etienne, Oxfam’s country director in Haiti, lost her mother in the earthquake a week ago. She buried her the next day and went to work. Caroline Gluck ...
- Video: Making the water flow
- Oxfam distributes water to thousands of displaced Haitians.
- A grim scene
- Oxfam's Caroline Gluck reports from Port-au-Prince.
- Video: The need for water is acute
- Without water, people cant last much beyond three days. Thats why Oxfam focuses much of its emergency response on rushing to provide survivors with a safe ...
- Video: Haiti at risk
- Just under 80% of Haiti's 9.6 million people live on less than $2 per day. About half of Haiti's population lacks clean drinking water. These images, taken in ...
- Haiti at risk
- A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
- Martina's story
- Martina Longom campaigned for and helped to build a borehole to make collecting water easier in Caicaoan village, Uganda.
- Sharon's story
- Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
- Muriel's story
- Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
- Sahena's story
- Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
- Stop Violence Against Women
- Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices. Salvadoran ...
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