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Oxfam, local advocates protest plan to cut housing money
Using money earmarked for housing restoration is not the way to pay for a port expansion—not when hurricane victims still have no real homes to move into.
Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
Learn how four communities around the world are fighting back against climate change, and how you can help.
The rains have come, but food crisis continues to afflict West Africa, hitting Chad hard
With harvests still weeks away, Oxfam is increasingly concerned about the situation in western Chad.
The ones who feed the world
During a US speaking tour organized by Oxfam, four international farmers find common ground with their Iowa counterparts.
Spiraling Food Prices Tipping Millions in East Africa Towards Catastrophe
Oxfam appeals for immediate action to avert disaster while there is still time.
Impact of climate change on response providers and socially vulnerable communities in the US
Federal disaster programs, plans, and policies seldom address climate change or social vulnerability. Homeland security policy could be revised to accommodate ...
Community-based human rights impact assessments: Practical lessons
Report from an international meeting, Canada 2010
A house for Miss Betty
An innovative housing program in the US Gulf Coast led by Oxfam America partner TRAC is taking housing in flood-prone areas to new heights.
Climate change wake-up call
You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
In villages of Niger, hunger weakens people and animals
Rains are desperately needed for farmers across the Sahel. But in some places, the rain will also make it very difficult to deliver vital aid.
100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms
Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform.
Gulf Coast government guide
A Directory of the National, State, and Local Officials Representing Coastal Mississippi
Oxfam finds some local solutions to food crises
In Gambia, Pakistan, and Niger, Oxfam and its local partners have responded to food shortages with tools adapted to local conditions.
Fighting off starvation in Zimbabwe
After a poor harvest and subsequent drought depleted food supplies, Oxfam partners distributed food and seeds to reduce the need for future aid.
Fishermen prepare for the worst with BP oil spill
Gulf Coast communities deal with the spill's impact on livelihoods and worry about the recovery process.
Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
Resilience and determination
Gulf Coast organizations defending worker and immigrant rights in the aftermath of Katrina
Rallying for rights
Farmworkers in North Carolina take their case to RJ Reynolds.
Hardest hit: Louisiana
A house built on pilings – a lift house – can withstand hurricane-force winds and rains.
Business poised to push governments on climate deal
New tool helps communities focus on human rights
A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
Biloxi braces for an uncertain future
In a city already battling poverty and a legacy of severe hurricanes, the BP oil spill could bring a different kind of disaster.
OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
The tipping point in Guatemala
In Baja Verapaz Oxfam and local partners are helping small farmers cope with a food crisis that could have been prevented.
Ten Point Plan to Change Course in Afghanistan
Oxfam America's memo to President Obama
Haiti no longer grows much of its own rice
Once almost self-sufficient, Haiti now imports 80 percent of the rice it consumes. A dramatic cut in import tariffs led to a drop in national rice production.
A perfect storm is driving millions into poverty
More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and ...
Changing the way Americans prepare for the worst
What if we could pinpoint who’d be hardest hit by disasters? Thanks to social vulnerability mapping, we can.
Sharon's story
Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
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