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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.
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.
Troop surge in Afghanistan must not endanger civilians, warn aid agencies
Caught in the Conflict
Civilians and the international security strategy in Afghanistan
Rankin in Congo: 'Their humanity was what I wanted people to notice'
In 2009, celebrity photographer Rankin returned to Congo where he captured the love stories and portraits of people struggling through years of conflict in the ...
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 ...
Reconstructing Haiti
A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Oxfam relief efforts continue in Haiti
“Our entire world has changed”
Yolette Etienne, Oxfam’s country director in Haiti, lost her mother in the earthquake a week ago. She buried her the next day and went to work. Caroline Gluck ...
Haiti at risk
A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies.
The struggle continues in Ghana
Members of a farmers’ group continue their long struggle to claim their rights in court, but one farmer loses everything in a surprise legal move.
Changing the way Americans prepare for the worst
What if we could pinpoint who’d be hardest hit by disasters? Thanks to social vulnerability mapping, we can.
Protect and serve or train and equip?
US security assistance and protection of civilians
Verapaz: four days after the landslide
With her camera, Oxfam America's Tjarda Muller records the devastation in one community in El Salvador following torrential rains.
President Karzai’s new government must deliver on schools, midwives and police say aid agencies
The water started to rise, and it did not stop
Three major storms struck Haiti in the space of two weeks, leaving devastation in their wake. Oxfam is providing relief supplies and clean water to those in ...
Emergency update: storms in Haiti
Oxfam continues to address water and sanitation problems in areas hit by hurricanes.
After the storms, travel is almost impossible in remote areas of Haiti
Olbert Nicolas, Oxfam's disaster risk reduction project officer describes his expedition from the water-logged Nippes Department to Port-au-Prince.
Crisis in Honduras: Oxfam expresses concerns
Following the arrest and expulsion of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on June 29, Oxfam is closely following events in the country.
Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
New report reveals shared experiences of African Americans and Latinos
Oxfam calls on mining company to respect human rights
Cuba: Weathering the Storm
Lessons in risk reduction
Update on protection of civilians in eastern Congo's peace process
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.
Sheltering people after disasters
Tsunami research brief: An assessment of shelter conditions in India that led to the release of government funds for repairs.
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.
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