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- Oxfam International Third Year Report on the Tsunami Response
- Update on protection of civilians in eastern Congo's peace process
- His childhood lost to war, teenager starts new life in Congo
- A former child soldier, this young man now supports himself as a furniture-maker in a small shop in Goma.
- Microinsurance builds resilience after tsunami
- Fishing families in Andhra Pradesh, India are relying on microinsurance to keep them out of debt to money lenders and help them save a little of what they earn.
- Understanding the Effect of the Tsunami and its Aftermath on Vulnerability to HIV in Coastal India
- A tsunami research journal article
- The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
- A tsunami research journal article
- Gender Mainstreaming During Disasters
- A tsunami research journal article
- Sheltering people after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: An assessment of shelter conditions in India that led to the release of government funds for repairs.
- Lessons in disaster management
- Tsunami research brief: An examination of the Sri Lankan government's disaster management policies, which contributed to planning and reform.
- Improving livelihoods after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: Studies of paddy agriculture and the coconut fiber industry in Sri Lanka point to ways aid providers can help improve incomes.
- Gender justice in disaster response
- Tsunami research brief: An examination of good practices and challenges for aid providers in promoting gender equity in India during and after the tsunami.
- Deepening community engagement
- Tsunami research brief: A study of disaster preparedness programs in Sri Lanka that points to the importance of listening carefully to communities.
- Listening to disaster-affected communities
- An executive summary of "Collaboration in Crises"
- An open letter to the President
- Oxfam President Raymond C. Offenheiser appeals to President Obama to focus on key poverty-related issues.
- Camp conditions in Somalia are among worst this aid worker has ever seen
- Shelter, clean water, food, medicine—all of these are needed in camps for displaced people in Somalia.
- Such important work
- The Advanced Center for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction (ACEDRR) explores new ways of helping impoverished communities improve their resilience to future ...
- An Oxfam partner tackles hurricane disasters—past, present, and future
- Oxfam's local partner TRAC is joining hands with other agencies to ensure that hurricane Gustav recovery efforts are fair, coordinated, and forward-thinking.
- After the storm: Oxfam takes stock, rushes in aid
- Gustav hit trailers and vulnerable homes the hardest.
- Some people dread evacuations almost as much as hurricanes
- Leaving home in advance of a storm is costly and exhausting. Facing the prospect of having to do it more than once in short order makes some residents think ...
- Rape: one global step toward stopping it
- A new bill proposes a five-year strategy to address violence against women in countries around the world, particularly during times of conflict and ...
- Eyewitness in Congo: Godefroid Marhegane
- A first-hand account from staff member Godefroid Marhegane, who lives in Goma with his wife and six children.
- Escalation of the crisis in Congo: November 2008
- A fresh wave of conflict in eastern Congo has forced a new round of displacement and violence.
- Just a boy: meeting child soldiers in eastern Congo
- Humanitarian press officer Rebecca Wynn reports from eastern Congo, where a wave of violence has forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes since ...
- The war just got closer
- Humanitarian press officer Rebecca Wynn reports from eastern Congo, where a wave of violence has forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes since ...
- An aid worker's diary from Congo
- Helen Hawking, Oxfam's public health coordinator in eastern Congo, relates her day-by-day experiences coping with the crisis.
- Zimbabwe: hopes for a better 2009
- A new year's celebration hardly masks the troubles countless people face in a country crippled by hyperinflation and a cholera outbreak.
- In grip of Cholera, Zimbabwe marshalls messengers to spread the word on hygiene
- Zimbabwe launches a nationwide blitz to control, cure, and eliminate the disease.
- Disaster resilience is useful now
- Because disasters and development are intricately linked, disaster risk reduction projects can improve people's day to day lives.
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2006
- The Year of Disasters
- Building Common Ground
- How shared attitudes and concerns can create alliances between African-Americans and Latinos in a post-Katrina New Orleans
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