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Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup
In this report, Oxfam calls for the major players in the coffee industry to support a Coffee Rescue Plan to overcome the current crisis and create a more ...
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.
Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
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.
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.
Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to ...
OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
These are extraordinary times
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.
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 South America
To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
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 ...
Backroom Deals Enable DR-CAFTA to Pass
Bad Trade Agreement Could Devastate Agriculture, Deepen Poverty in Central America
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.
Farmers in the US speak out
Farmers in the US and Central America had similar concerns about DR-CAFTA.
A popular campaign
US-based activists played a significant role in forcing Congress to examine the merits of DR-CAFTA.
Cultivating Poverty
The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold
Fairness in the Fields
A vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
How Does the USDA Farm Bill Proposal Measure Up?
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 ...
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.
Little progress at the G8 in Japan
In the end, the results fell short of what the world's poorest people require.
Ethiopians, North American roasters move forward with trademark initiative
In second meeting in three months, two sides discuss how to implement Ethiopia's control of its coffee brands.
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.
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