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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.
Building Common Ground
How shared attitudes and concerns can create alliances between African-Americans and Latinos in a post-Katrina New Orleans
Oxfam in the Horn of Africa
Drought. Conflict. Low crop prices. These are among the realities that poor people across the Horn of Africa face on a daily basis. But with new tools for ...
New report documents the fading of the American dream
New index is a single measure of well-being for all Americans based on indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.
Group lives up to its name: Coastal Women for Change
Gulf Coast women join together to talk about what was happening in their community, what issues and problems they faced, and how these could be addressed.
A Portrait of Mississippi
Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
West Africa asks, "Where is my gold?"
Oxfam America and leading civil society organizations in West Africa are launching a week of action aimed at raising public awareness about the mining industry ...
A new phase of the struggle in South Africa
Gerard Payne of the AIDS Consortium is helping community organizations become stronger and more effective in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Training and jobs to empower rural women
The construction of greenhouses creates employment, which empowers them economically, while training leads to the emergence of new women leaders.
Fighting malaria is fighting poverty
Organizing women in Saving for Change groups helps them to reduce the threat of malaria.
Research that could save lives: HIV and the tsunami disaster
In southern India, vulnerability to HIV spiked in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami.
Research in action
Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, Oxfam has been supporting research institutes in the affected region to study important issues related to ...
Communities fight against AIDS in South Africa
Local organizations help people with HIV and AIDS learn to live positively.
Cuba: Emerging from the crisis
After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
Oxfam in Cuba
After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
Hope for rural Afghans
Education is the basis for a rural development project that has helped put food on the table for people in the Daikundi and Bamiyan provinces, where ...
Oxfam offers water, food, shelter to cyclone survivors in Bangladesh
As coastal residents return to the devastation left by Sidr, Oxfam launches a major relief effort to help people recover.
Oxfam launches emergency action plan in China earthquake zone
Earthquake survivors need clean water, food, medicine, clothing, and blankets.
Oxfam is sending $1 million of relief supplies to China
With water and sanitation services, Oxfam works to help prevent an outbreak of disease among earthquake survivors in China.
New attention on ChevronTexaco case
President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
In Liben, herders find local solutions to local problems
A community reaches out to Oxfam in the spirit of partnership.
In cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh, worst may be yet to come
As Bangladesh begins to recover from Cyclone Sidr, a changing climate means that more disasters lie ahead.
In Cambodia, climate extremes threaten an ancient community
Unpredictable floods are destroying the rice crops of the Cham people, forcing families to migrate in a search for survival.
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