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- Losing the family farm
- During US tour, Thai farmers warn Americans what's at stake if the US-Thai Free Trade Agreement is approved.
- Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru
- Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes.
- Interview: Victor Campos
- Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
- Interview: Mario Rodriguez
- Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
- Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
- Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- Food on the table and savings on hand
- An innovative agriculture technique is producing 50-150 percent more rice and increasing the incomes of more than 80,000 people.
- Guardians of culture hold key to change
- Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society.
- Going organic to cope with a changing climate
- To protect their crops from drought and pests, small-scale farmers in The Philippines are pioneering new organic farming techniques.
- Global ambitions
- A steady supply of water expands horizons for farmer in Ethiopia.
- Filters improve water quality in Pisco
- Clean water reduces risk of disease; many communities accessing treated water for first time.
- Feeding a nation
- With financial support from Oxfam America, our partner in Cambodia is teaching farmers how to raise rice yields and use extra profits to improve everyday life.
- Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
- By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.
- Dream of rights for women
- The vision of equity drives new effort to defend rights and defeat HIV/AIDS.
- Crossing the cultural divide
- In the mountains of Peru, indigenous leaders are taking a multicultural approach to overcoming centuries of racism and discrimination—and fighting poverty.
- Coffee farmers demand role in international organization
- Small growers seek help from ICO to resolve economic problems of rising debt and lower prices for their product.
- Cambodian rice farmers go organic
- As health food's popularity grows, an Oxfam partner in Cambodia establishes the first certified organic rice mill in the country.
- Balancing culture, new law in Mozambique
- Educating traditional leaders builds respect for women and their rights in the new Family Law.
- A race against time in Mudzi
- In the arid northeast corner of Zimbabwe, Oxfam America comes through for farmers in crisis.
- A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
- A lesson in rights
- A crowded urban school benefits from strong ideals of peace, citizenship, and human rights.
- A good daughter
- Single mother, Minor Chisero, describes how her family is juggling their food needs, school fees, and health care expenses, while caring for her chronically ...
- Zimbabwe looks to new domestic violence law
- Women's Coalition writes a progressive law and pushes it through Parliament.
- Una vida diferente: women create a different life
- A campaign in El Salvador to reduce violence against women is forcing people to take a hard look at their culture and painful history of violence.
- Still shell-shocked by hurricane Stan, Guatemalan coffee farmers try to recover
- Oxfam provides $100,000 grant to help farmers rebuild.
- Seed program and family gardens help farmers in Zimbabwe
- Erratic rains and a tough economy challenge farmers, but seeds to plant and extra vegetables over the winter help them survive.
- Resistance in Central America
- Central Americans worked hard to change the content of DR-CAFTA, as well as the way it was being negotiated.
- Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
- How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader.
- Partners in Central America and US unite to fight DR-CAFTA
- Oxfam America supports groups in North and South, which participate in lobby visits and farmer exchanges.
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- Oxfam in East Africa
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