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- A race that together we're winning
- Oxfam's water and sanitation program in Haiti has so far reached more than 300,000 people. Engineer Kenny Rae tells the story of one team's work in the ...
- With 17 guests, one Haitian family reflects the struggles of many in the months since the quake
- In the town of Saint Michel, the Perards have opened their doors to a stream of relatives and friends who fled the destroyed capital.
- A place to call home?
- A new camp in Haiti provides safety but no clear future.
- In camps, concerns about the future
- As floodwaters displace communities in Pakistan, Oxfam provides clean water and sanitation to hundreds of thousands living in tent camps. But it's crucial that ...
- Tired and soaked: delivering aid in Upper Swat
- Qasim Berech, a public health specialist with Oxfam in Pakistan, wrote to us of his team’s journey to an isolated city in Upper Swat.
- What’s in a bar of soap
- In the crowded camps of Pakistan, parents talk to Oxfam's Jane Beesley about the importance and challenges of keeping their families clean.
- Life on the edge in Layyah camp
- In a district of Pakistan where thousands have lost their homes to flooding, an Oxfam partner organization provides hygiene kits and other essential aid.
- Drawing water to a thirsty village
- In the aftermath of the tsunami, Oxfam helped an impoverished farming community in Sri Lanka find a solution to its most devastating chronic emergency: ...
- Oxfam's humanitarian response department expands into public health
- New public health practice is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of the agency's emergency response. The other two components are ...
- Oxfam warns of severe health crisis in Pakistan as flood funding stalls
- Fixing up the land, little by little
- Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- Prone to fierce storms, Bangladesh works to improve its preparedness
- A native of Bangladesh, Latif Khan has lived through many cyclones—and has spent much of his professional life working on ways to help prevent the death and ...
- 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 ...
- Collaboration in Crises
- Summary report: Lessons from the Oxfam International tsunami research program
- For architect, supporting the poor is best kind of building
- Indira Aryarathne of the Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development investigated the role of women in disaster risk reduction programs in Sri Lanka.
- Calling Caylloma: mountain radio connects far-flung herders
- A newly installed network allows Peruvian herders to call for help fast.
- Forecasting a better future
- The progress of a village in India that participated in a study on rainfall illustrates the value of research in helping farming communities adapt to climate ...
- Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
- Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
- Oxfam America to promote the rights of communities impacted by oil, gas, and mining development
- Aid group calls for mandatory disclosure legislation
- Disaster Management Policy and Practice
- A tsunami research journal article
- New tool helps communities focus on human rights
- A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
- Oxfam urges foreign ministers to cancel Haiti's debt
- International Labour Organization urges suspension of mining operations in Guatemala
- UN bodies push the government on rights violations in mining cases.
- Humanitarian crisis imminent in Somali refugee camp, Oxfam warns
- In Peru, farmers and shopkeepers wonder how they will begin again after destructive rains
- Heavy rainfall in Peru has caused flooding and left widespread damage, including the destruction of homes, crops, and small businesses.
- Rains across Peru destroy crops, small businesses, and thousands of homes
- Oxfam partner works to install toilets and distribute hygiene kits to families living in temporary shelters.
- In the Media: What Oxfam is saying about Haiti
- Get the latest information about the situation on the ground.
- Oxfam emergency response experts assess quake in Chile
- The five-member team, including water engineers, will be ready to help local partners who can respond to the 8.8-magnitude temblor.
- Tsunami warning passes as staff move in to Chile
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