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Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
The Majaz effect
What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe.
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.
New attention on ChevronTexaco case
President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
Improvements big and small in East Asia
Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise.
Green Watershed wins second award of the year
Oxfam partner in China wins water conservation-themed competition.
Green Watershed earns top honors
Oxfam partner wins award for sustainable development project in China.
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.
A Darfur camp of mud bricks feels permanent
A surge in building homes from mud bricks has eased a housing shortage, but accelerated a water shortage in western Sudan.
Chile: Struggling for the right to decide
Farmers use the law to defend their water and their rights—but can't block a massive tailings dam.
Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict
Drought in Ethiopia brings hardship
Herders and the animals they depend on for survival are suffering through a dry spell.
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.
Conflict surrounds expansion of Peru gold mine
Local communities turn to legal measures to protect land, water.
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 Winter 2003
Mary Robinson on human rights, functional literacy in West Africa, and saving the family farm
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
OXFAMExchange Fall 2004
Troubled Waters: Focus on Oxfam's water and sanitation work
OXFAMExchange Fall 2005
The Chance to End Poverty
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.
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.
Lure of clean water: some displaced Chadians may not return
In temporary settlements in eastern Chad, displaced people have found some comfort in the new things around them: clean water and access to a large market.
Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru
Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes.
Oxfam Impact April 2009
Tackling a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe with clean water—and song
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