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Small investments, big changes
Oxfam America's Saving for Change program in Mali is helping more than 24,000 women save money, invest in small businesses, and become more active in their ...
Fighting malaria is fighting poverty
Organizing women in Saving for Change groups helps them to reduce the threat of malaria.
Numbers don't lie
Early success of innovative finance program impresses experts in Mali.
Research that could save lives: HIV and the tsunami disaster
In southern India, vulnerability to HIV spiked in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
Research in action
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, Oxfam has been supporting research institutes in the affected region to study important issues related to ...
Communities fight against AIDS in South Africa
Local organizations help people with HIV and AIDS learn to live positively.
Joanna Manu: community activist in Ghana
Joanna Manu learns how to defend her rights and stands firm in protecting the environment in her community.
Rethinking culture: changing practices and proverbs in Oromiya
Oxfam offers water, food, shelter to cyclone survivors in Bangladesh
As coastal residents return to the devastation left by Sidr, Oxfam launches a major relief effort to help people recover.
Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
Oxfam launches emergency action plan in China earthquake zone
Earthquake survivors need clean water, food, medicine, clothing, and blankets.
Oxfam is sending $1 million of relief supplies to China
With water and sanitation services, Oxfam works to help prevent an outbreak of disease among earthquake survivors in China.
New attention on ChevronTexaco case
President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
Feeding Zimbabwe: Association of Women's Clubs
The 60,000-member association purchases and distributes grain to the most vulnerable communities.
Banking on a future
In a community where women previously were not consulted on business decisions, today they are ensuring economic and food security for themselves and their ...
A day in the life of an 18-year-old at Kalma camp
A young woman named Halwa talks about how she passes the long days at Kalma camp—the temporary home for tens of thousands of displaced people in Darfur.
UN-backed military operation in eastern Congo likely to cause widespread suffering for thousands of civilians warns Oxfam
Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict
Pumped up: lake water meets the needs of displaced people
For families crowded into camps for displaced people in Congo, clean water from Lake Kivu helps prevent the spread of disease.
As food prices rise, Oxfam programs help decrease worry
Combining two different programs, farmers are learning to share information, save profits, and grow more rice.
Zimbabwe's new prime minister says humanitarian crisis is a top priority
Oxfam's Caroline Gluck attended the swearing-in ceremony of Zimbabwe's new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai on February 11.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
OXFAMExchange Fall 2002
What's in your coffee? Oxfam's coffee campaign. Plus Afghanistan, Make Trade Fair campaign, and the Hopi people's struggle for clean, safe drinking water.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves.
Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
"My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
New well for Neftegna Sefer means rebirth for this village
In a land of recurrent droughts a clean source of water is an invaluable resource. In Neftegna Sefer in the Bacho district, villagers treat their new well and ...
New laws and new-found respect for women in Mozambique
Legal reforms help widows provide for their children, and will change the status of women.
Oxfam Impact April 2009
Tackling a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe with clean water—and song
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