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Women's local knowledge is the key to an early warning system designed to lessen the impact of drought in Ethiopia.
When drought hits, herders in southern Ethiopia sometimes have no choice but to sell the animals on which they depend.
An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
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 ...
Food crisis grips Sahel region of West Africa, 10 million affected
Poor rains last year reduced the size of harvests and dried out pastureland across the region.
In villages of Niger, hunger weakens people and animals
Rains are desperately needed for farmers across the Sahel. But in some places, the rain will also make it very difficult to deliver vital aid.
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 ...
100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms
Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform.
Gulf Coast government guide
A Directory of the National, State, and Local Officials Representing Coastal Mississippi
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.
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.
Fishermen prepare for the worst with BP oil spill
Gulf Coast communities deal with the spill's impact on livelihoods and worry about the recovery process.
Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
Resilience and determination
Gulf Coast organizations defending worker and immigrant rights in the aftermath of Katrina
Rallying for rights
Farmworkers in North Carolina take their case to RJ Reynolds.
In response to drought, communities grow drought-resistant crops, raise alternative livestock breeds, and use water from a new reservoir.
A house built on pilings – a lift house – can withstand hurricane-force winds and rains.
“Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
Business poised to push governments on climate deal
New tool helps communities focus on human rights
A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
Biloxi braces for an uncertain future
In a city already battling poverty and a legacy of severe hurricanes, the BP oil spill could bring a different kind of disaster.
OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
In northern Peru, small-scale farmers can earn more by growing organic products. They say the rush to mine for copper in the mountains above their farms would ...
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.
Ten Point Plan to Change Course in Afghanistan
Oxfam America's memo to President Obama
First phase of Haiti rehabilitation to focus on water, sanitation, and shelter
Early assessments help Oxfam plan out the first six months of our post-earthquake assistance.
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