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- In a Chad camp, gluey porridge sustains the Aboubakars
- Travelling through 24 countries, the authors of a book called 'Hungry Planet: What the World Eats' learn from the Aboubakars about the hardships in a Chad ...
- 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 ...
- As food prices soar, hunger and unrest prompt global concern
- A convergence of factors, including high energy and fertilizer costs, sent global food prices spiraling upward in the spring of 2008, forcing families to make ...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Working harder, eating less
- Cambodia's people work more but eat less to cope with rising prices.
- 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.
- Cuba: Going Against the Grain
- A Billion Hungry People
- Governments and aid agencies must rise to the challenge
- 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 2003
- Red Tomato, ethnic discrimination and the Mayan defense, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, and community radio breathes life into democracy in Senegal
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2003
- Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later
- 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 ...
- Movie helps farmers learn new "language" to grow more rice
- Oxfam and partner CEDAC produce new instructional video on cutting-edge agriculture technique.
- Like the baobabs, cereal banks help Gambians weather hard times
- Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the ...
- 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.
- Oxfam Impact April 2009
- Tackling a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe with clean water—and song
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- With Oxfam's help, women become entrepreneurs in Khartoum market
- Oxfam's partner helps women in Khartoum launch businesses that support their families.
- Volunteers in Darfur camps help improve health conditions for everyone
- Helping prevent the spread of waterborne diseases among 400,000 displaced people in camps scattered across Darfur and Chad is no small task. Volunteers are ...
- Meeting humanitarian needs on the Kenya border with Somalia
- 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.
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