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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 ...
Outfitted with new limbs, hope returns for 100s wounded in Pakistan quake
A workshop to outfit earthquake survivors in Pakistan with artificial limbs has given many people a new lease on life.
New well for Neftegna Sefer means rebirth for this village
In a land of recurrent droughts a clean source of water is an invaluable resource. In Neftegna Sefer in the Bacho district, villagers treat their new well and ...
Moyale Primary School sows seed of peace for the community
A school is the focal point for a community, bringing together ethnic groups in conflict.
Lure of clean water: some displaced Chadians may not return
In temporary settlements in eastern Chad, displaced people have found some comfort in the new things around them: clean water and access to a large market.
Piracy must not overshadow humanitarian crisis at donor meeting
Number of people affected by climate disaster up 54 percent by 2015
Oxfam Impact April 2009
Tackling a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe with clean water—and song
Home is a shelter of straw and plastic
Omar Bukhari Ahmed, his two wives, and their nine children live in a makeshift shelter a few miles from their home in North Darfur while they wait for safety ...
Global ambitions
A steady supply of water expands horizons for farmer in Ethiopia.
From drought to floods: nine months in Ethiopia
One of Oxfam America's humanitarian press officers recounts her time in Ethiopia in 2006.
Floods in Mexico: Punting in a baseball playground
Hundreds of thousands of people living near Mexico's Gulf Coast were displaced when heavy rains pounded the area and rivers overflowed their banks.
Filters improve water quality in Pisco
Clean water reduces risk of disease; many communities accessing treated water for first time.
Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.
A Darfur mother faces bleak choices in camp for 15,000 people
Collecting firewood and fodder are tasks full of risk for this Darfur mother. But without them, she won't be able to care for her family.
Coffee farmers' determination inspires action
Despite challenges, coffee campaign manager finds reasons for hope.
Boredom, worry fill the days for many in Darfur camps
For many of the two million people displaced in Darfur, home is now a crowded camp far from the work and social interactions that once framed their lives.
Eastern DR Congo as bad as 2008, says Oxfam
Agency scales up to provide water and sanitation to 150,000 newly displaced people
After the floods in Mozambique, it's time to build the future
As recurring floods wreck their homes and livelihoods, people in Mozambique are looking to the future and thinking about new ways to avoid disaster.
A journey across Darfur imparts a critical lesson
With gunshots rattling the air, the pleas of Darfur youths take on a whole new urgency.
A bridge to peace
A newly formed Peace Committee helps end the violence that forced thousands of people from their homes in southern Ethiopia.
With early warning, small problems in Ethiopia won't grow
Around the southern Ethiopia border town of Moyale, where herders compete to eke a living from often-parched pasture land, a mysterious disease is slowly ...
Who is Nick Anderson? He's Oxfam America's Youth Ambassador to Darfur
In late July, 2008, Oxfam America sent Nick Anderson, a rising high school senior, to Darfur. His mission was to find a way for American teenagers to connect ...
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 ...
Village wells with hand pumps improve lives of Ethiopian women
Two-hour treks to fetch water several times a day are now a thing of the past for some women in Ethiopia's Bacho district.
Pumps, wells replace hot, dusty trek to haul water
The semblance of disaster
Carrying out realistic disaster simulations is one way Oxfam ensures that its staff members are prepared to respond quickly and effectively.
The second life of litter
Little is wasted in poor Darfur: recycling is a way of life.
Still shell-shocked by hurricane Stan, Guatemalan coffee farmers try to recover
Oxfam provides $100,000 grant to help farmers rebuild.
Aid still at 1993 level despite increase
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