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- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Captured in photos
- One month after the earthquake, Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, and relief materials–as well as cash payments for work—to thousands who ...
- 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’s in a bar of soap
- In the crowded camps of Pakistan, parents talk to Oxfam's Jane Beesley about the importance and challenges of keeping their families clean.
- Oxfam's humanitarian response department expands into public health
- New public health practice is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of the agency's emergency response. The other two components are ...
- What Happened at the G20?
- Initial analysis of the London summit
- Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
- Questions and answers on Novartis and the Glivec patent case in India
- 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 ...
- Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health
- 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 ...
- Improving the wells improves community health in flood-prone parts of El Salvador
- Capped wells lined with a volcanic-rock filter provide families in Salvadoran communities with clean drinking water.
- Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
- Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
- Instead of tea: Respect
- A savings group in Senegal breeds entrepreneurs and independence on just a few cents a week.
- Hardest hit: El Salvador
- “Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
- Oxfam Optimistic on Progress Between Starbucks and Ethiopia on Trademarking Initiative
- Humanitarian crisis imminent in Somali refugee camp, Oxfam warns
- The long road home
- As the rainy season approaches, providing emergency shelter materials to those who have lost their houses is one of Oxfam's top priorities.
- 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.
- A journey to Zimbabwe with Emile Hirsch
- As the fight against cholera continues in Zimbabwe, a public health worker documents her travels alongside the actor and Oxfam Ambassador.
- A Seat at the Table
- Step into the world where food is often scarce and difficult decisions have to be made every day.
- Multi-agency report reveals disparity in living conditions for Louisianans
- Oxfam reaction to WTO judgment on US cotton subsidies
- Why should water, sanitation, and hygiene advocates lead on aid reform?
- AidNow series
- Lessons on how PEPFAR can be integrated into a country's own health system
- PEPFAR's evolving role in Mozambique is a model for countries that have only just begun to hold donors accountable to their national health priorities.
- Climate change affecting Peru right now
- Farmers report changing weather and negative effects on livelihoods.
- In Mudzi, shortages of fuel and medicine compound challenges of tackling cholera epidemic
- Numerous challenges confront aid workers as they race to stem the spread of cholera in Zimbabwe.
- New report reveals shared experiences of African Americans and Latinos
- Fighting cholera, Oxfam helps clinics in Congo with clean water
- Outbreaks of cholera are just one of the consequences of Congo's underinvestment in everything from roads to health clinics to clean water.
- 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.
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- Loss of a leader in Ghana May 17, 2013
- Simple and Effective: System of Rice Intensification in Vietnam May 16, 2013
- Salvadoran activist to DC policymakers: “We are on a journey together.” May 16, 2013
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- With paper and pen, capturing a refugee’s reality May 15, 2013
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