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- 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.
- Hardest hit: Ethiopia
- A women-led early warning system helps herding families in the southern part of the country find ways to cope with drought.
- In the grip of drought
- Ethiopians find ways to fight back
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
- The power of resilience
- With wood scarce in Darfur, a new stove promises good things for women and the environment
- Fuel-efficient stoves that burn less wood will benefit both women in Darfur and the environment there.
- When water speaks
- When 16 aid agencies were expelled from Darfur in March 2009, Oxfam America stepped in with programs to protect the health and well-being of hundreds of ...
- What’s in a stove?
- In Darfur, fuel-efficient stoves benefit the environment and much more.
- Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
- Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- More rice for people, more water for the planet
- System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
- Water is life
- High in the cloud forest of Piura, local communities understand the importance of the area's water and medicinal plants. They warn the proposed Rio Blanco ...
- 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.
- Sisters on the Planet 1-minute PSA
- Fight hunger. Invest in women. Watch Oxfam's video featuring the Sisters on the Planet ambassadors, then sign up as a Sister (or a Brother) at ...
- Honoring women, fighting hunger
- This spring, thousands of supporters joined Oxfam in celebrating 100 years of International Women's Day. Check out photos from your events around the country.
- Saving for Change members celebrate International Women’s Day
- In El Salvador, opportunities to save and invest in small businesses come with training and reflection on food.
- Fighting destiny
- A heroine considers her role in re-aligning attitudes in Peru.
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- 100th anniversary of International Women's Day celebrated with 100 events across the country
- After the quake: Preventing disease
- Oxfam has built latrines and bathing stalls, and provided basic necessities, such as soap and toothbrushes to thousands of people living temporarily in camps, ...
- The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
- More that 15 percent of all Salvadorans don't consider acts of sexual violence a crime, according to a public opinion poll about gender-based violence.
- Now, the world is without me
- An investigation of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- Zero cholera!
- Oxfam’s aggressive approach to stopping cholera in Haiti includes going from field to field with important information to help farmers stay healthy.
- House by house, latrine by latrine, Haitians fight cholera in Petite Riviere
- Oxfam's program aims to help 125,000 people in Artibonite Province.
- One step forward in campaign to end violence against women
- El Salvador’s legislative assembly passes new law regarding violence against women.
- Setting a good example
- Jesus Nazareno’s anti-discrimination ordinance is a model for others in the area.
- "La Ruta del Arte" an artistic way to prevent gender-based violence
- Music, dance, theatre, and painting help teach young people how to stop violence against women and girls in El Salvador.
- The injustice of racism
- How racism and discrimination contribute to poverty for indigenous people in Peru.
- Local approach to fighting racism
- Start with helping people confront their own attitudes, then change local laws to protect basic rights.
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