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Ghana adopts West African mining principles
After almost two years of its enactment by West Africa’s regional body, Ghana joins Senegal in adopting the principles on mining in the region.
Video appeal: Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson urges listeners to donate to Oxfam America's Haiti Earthquake Response Fund.
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.
From relief to recovery
Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti
Ghosts of Christmas past
Protecting Congolese civilians from the LRA
Community-based human rights impact assessments: Practical lessons
Report from an international meeting, Canada 2010
Relief agency hails Obama's historic endorsement of indigenous people's rights
Big challenges remain for managing Ghana's oil future
Background
Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, some progress has been made in Afghanistan, such as in health and education. Yet overall progress has been slow and ...
Oxfam prepares for powerful storm heading for Haiti
Struggling with a cholera outbreak and massive displacement from the January earthquake, Haitians could face more suffering from tropical storm Tomas.
Oxfam works to stem spread of cholera in Port-au-Prince camps for displaced people
With cases of cholera confirmed in the capital city, Oxfam redoubles its efforts to halt the epidemic.
Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Captured in photos
One month after the earthquake, Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, and relief materials–as well as cash payments for work—to thousands who ...
In border village in Gambia, hardships hit everybody
ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa.
Some justice for a palm tree
Inadvertent destruction of an oil palm tree leads to highest compensation ever.
Oxfam calls for community rights improvements as IFC reviews standards
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
Cambodia sees Oxfam as a partner in petroleum lawmaking process
Public forum on extractive industries attracts attention of national government.
Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
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