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- 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 ...
- A source of income, funded by savings
- Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam ...
- A race that together we're winning
- Oxfam's water and sanitation program in Haiti has so far reached more than 300,000 people. Engineer Kenny Rae tells the story of one team's work in the ...
- A place to call home?
- A new camp in Haiti provides safety but no clear future.
- Sewing for Change
- Women from small savings groups win their share of a national bid.
- In camps, concerns about the future
- As floodwaters displace communities in Pakistan, Oxfam provides clean water and sanitation to hundreds of thousands living in tent camps. But it's crucial that ...
- Drawing water to a thirsty village
- In the aftermath of the tsunami, Oxfam helped an impoverished farming community in Sri Lanka find a solution to its most devastating chronic emergency: ...
- 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 ...
- Fixing up the land, little by little
- Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- 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 ...
- After the China quake: Rebuilding schools, reducing risks
- By providing temporary, earthquake-resistant schools, Oxfam will help restore education and a sense of normalcy to the lives of children in the quake-stricken ...
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- 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 ...
- For architect, supporting the poor is best kind of building
- Indira Aryarathne of the Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development investigated the role of women in disaster risk reduction programs in Sri Lanka.
- Signs point to success: reducing disaster risks in El Salvador
- Thorough planning helps everyone reach safety in emergencies, even in the poorest communities.
- 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.
- Along the coast of El Salvador, families take steps to cope with climate change
- Oxfam and other aid groups is working with local activists to bring issues to the attention of the Salvadoran government.
- Tropical storm Agatha leaves more than 170 dead and 100 missing in Central America
- The rainy season has only just begun in Central America, but tropical storm Agatha has already lashed Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
- 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.
- Hardest hit: El Salvador
- “Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
- In Peru, farmers and shopkeepers wonder how they will begin again after destructive rains
- Heavy rainfall in Peru has caused flooding and left widespread damage, including the destruction of homes, crops, and small businesses.
- Rains across Peru destroy crops, small businesses, and thousands of homes
- Oxfam partner works to install toilets and distribute hygiene kits to families living in temporary shelters.
- Oxfam emergency response experts assess quake in Chile
- The five-member team, including water engineers, will be ready to help local partners who can respond to the 8.8-magnitude temblor.
- 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.
- Tsunami warning passes as staff move in to Chile
- 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.
- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Scaling up
- An estimated one million people in and around Port-au-Prince have lost their homes, forcing many into makeshift temporary camps. Oxfam is providing essentials ...
- I feel my heart beating
- Storm in El Salvador rivals Hurricane Mitch in intensity
- Reconstructing Haiti
- A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
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