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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.
Microinsurance builds resilience after tsunami
Fishing families in Andhra Pradesh, India are relying on microinsurance to keep them out of debt to money lenders and help them save a little of what they earn.
Understanding the Effect of the Tsunami and its Aftermath on Vulnerability to HIV in Coastal India
A tsunami research journal article
The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
A tsunami research journal article
Improving livelihoods after disasters
Tsunami research brief: Studies of paddy agriculture and the coconut fiber industry in Sri Lanka point to ways aid providers can help improve incomes.
Camp conditions in Somalia are among worst this aid worker has ever seen
Shelter, clean water, food, medicine—all of these are needed in camps for displaced people in Somalia.
One researcher's method: ask the people who know best
In Sri Lanka, Chamindra Weerackody carried out research on community mental health and well-being that has implications for aid providers in future emergencies.
Just a boy: meeting child soldiers in eastern Congo
Humanitarian press officer Rebecca Wynn reports from eastern Congo, where a wave of violence has forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes since ...
Zimbabwe: hopes for a better 2009
A new year's celebration hardly masks the troubles countless people face in a country crippled by hyperinflation and a cholera outbreak.
In grip of Cholera, Zimbabwe marshalls messengers to spread the word on hygiene
Zimbabwe launches a nationwide blitz to control, cure, and eliminate the disease.
The singing wells of Dubluq
How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
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