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- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- BP oil spill: Voices from the Gulf Coast
- Loyde Duncan talks about his life as a fisherman off the coast of Louisiana and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
- 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.
- Bold commitment to innovation
- Le Ngoc Thach made a commitment–and a guarantee–to help farmers grow more rice.
- The ones who feed the world
- During a US speaking tour organized by Oxfam, four international farmers find common ground with their Iowa counterparts.
- 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 ...
- What Happened at the G20?
- Initial analysis of the London summit
- 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.
- Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
- Gulf Coast government guide
- A Directory of the National, State, and Local Officials Representing Coastal Mississippi
- Prone to fierce storms, Bangladesh works to improve its preparedness
- A native of Bangladesh, Latif Khan has lived through many cyclones—and has spent much of his professional life working on ways to help prevent the death and ...
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the ...
- The Andean challenge: getting there and catching your breath
- At 16,000 feet above sea level, the air is thin in the mountain hamlets of Peru. Oxfam America and its partner, Asociación Proyección, are reaching out to ...
- 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
- Instead of tea: Respect
- A savings group in Senegal breeds entrepreneurs and independence on just a few cents a week.
- 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.
- Oxfam Optimistic on Progress Between Starbucks and Ethiopia on Trademarking Initiative
- 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
- Travelling down West Salvation Road
- Travel in Darfur requires patience and time. Often, riding on the back of a donkey is the most reliable way to get where you want to go.
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