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Ethiopian farmers get a payout, easing effects of drought
With cash from the weather insurance policies they bought through an innovative program, farmers from Tigray can now plan for the future.
Where there's water, there's hope: Tapping the potential of a river in West Arsi
For more than 400 farmers along the Gurracho River, water now flows in abundance to their fields through a new irrigation system.
OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
Africa's last famine?
Counting on the rain to continue—or weather insurance to help cover losses
For Ethiopian farmer Gidey Mehari, when the opportunity to buy weather insurance for his crops arose, he jumped at the chance.
Doubling his weather insurance, this Ethiopian farmer is happy for the security it provides
"Anything can happen," says Alemu Tadesse. And that's why he is investing in weather insurance for some of his crops.
New campaign calls on oil industry and Securities and Exchange Commission to support transparency law
Fighting hunger in Mogadishu
In Somalia, Oxfam's partner SAACID is saving the lives of thousands of children.
Drought is making it difficult for herding families in southern Ethiopia to earn a living from their livestock. Some people have decided to try a new approach: ...
In the midst of famine, children survive with the help of Oxfam partner SAACID
Community therapeutic care centers across Somalia's capital are admitting more than 3,000 malnourished children every week.
Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.
Case Study: Bolivian Government Consultation with the Guaraní Indigenous Peoples of Charagua Norte and Isoso
Proposed hydrocarbons exploration project in San Isidro Block Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Prior Consultation: The Situation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
This study illustrates the barriers to exercising the right to prior consultation and consent in each of these four countries, and is intended to encourage ...
Indigenous Maya people in western Guatemala are calling on the government to suspend operations at the Marlin Mine, and investigate violent human rights ...
Looking them in the eye
In Ghana, a young woman learns to lead in a village flooded by water draining from an underground mine shaft.
Knowledge is power
Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice.
Leadership from the bottom up
Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills.
Outwitting the fox: Women join forces to tackle poverty
Oxfam’s Coco McCabe reports from Ethiopia on the efforts of a group of women in the Shashemene district to pool their resources and strengthen their community. ...
Cholera outbreak in Mogadishu: Oxfam airlifts 52 tons of supplies
Oxfam praises new bill to restore Gulf Coast communities, ecosystems and create jobs post-oil spill
Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons
But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest.
Weather insurance offers Ethiopian farmers hope—despite drought
For the first time, poor farmers can now buy insurance for teff, a staple grain that feeds their families.
Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work
This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff.
Protect Community Rights and Resources Fact Sheet
Over 60 percent of the world's poorest people live in countries rich in natural resources—but they rarely share in the wealth. Too often, poor communities have ...
World's newest famine declared in Somalia
A women-led early warning system helps herding families in the southern part of the country find ways to cope with drought.
Ethiopians find ways to fight back
Millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa
Oxfam America is responding to the crisis with emergency assistance that includes food and cash-for-work programs that aim to help about 350,000 people.
Part two of Oxfam's Darfur Q&A series. Mike Delaney, Oxfam's Director of humanitarian response, and Scott Stedjan, our Senior policy advisor, answer your ...
Part one of Oxfam's Darfur Q&A series. Mike Delaney, Oxfam's Director of humanitarian response, and Scott Stedjan, our Senior policy advisor, answer your ...
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