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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.
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.
Tropical storm Agatha leaves more than 170 dead and 100 missing in Central America
The rainy season has only just begun in Central America, but tropical storm Agatha has already lashed Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Hardest hit: Vietnam
In response to drought, communities grow drought-resistant crops, raise alternative livestock breeds, and use water from a new reservoir.
Hardest hit: Louisiana
A house built on pilings – a lift house – can withstand hurricane-force winds and rains.
Hardest hit: El Salvador
“Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
Lifeblood at risk
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 tipping point in Guatemala
In Baja Verapaz Oxfam and local partners are helping small farmers cope with a food crisis that could have been prevented.
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.
I feel my heart beating
Storm in El Salvador rivals Hurricane Mitch in intensity
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.
In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
Clean water and sanitation prevent disease and save lives after disaster strikes
During disasters, water and sanitation systems often collapse. Repairs can take time—time that people who depend on them to stay alive don’t have.
“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 ...
Video: The need for water is acute
Without water, people cant last much beyond three days. Thats why Oxfam focuses much of its emergency response on rushing to provide survivors with a safe ...
A perfect storm is driving millions into poverty
More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and ...
Preparedness helps Oxfam respond quickly to Salvador emergency
Oxfam and our local partners began helping communities prepare long before devastating floods and landslides.
The faces of Hurricane Ida
Survivors of the flooding in El Salvador, brought by Hurricane Ida, recount their escapes and face their losses.
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.
El Salvador: "We spent the whole day evacuating people."
"People had to go up on the roofs, or they hung from the walls of houses that have broken glass. There were so many injured people." This is the testimony of ...
Food crisis in Guatemala
Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
Stop Violence Against Women
Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices. Salvadoran ...
Why should water, sanitation, and hygiene advocates lead on aid reform?
AidNow series
Following the money in Latin America
Where revenue from mining and oil comes from—and where it goes—can be hard to determine in Latin America.
CIFCA mission confirms human rights violations in Honduras
An international human rights mission that traveled to Honduras confirmed violations of human rights after the coup d'état that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
As villagers flee new fighting in Congo, Oxfam works to bring them clean water
Many are now sheltering with host families and often crowded into single-room houses with poor access to clean water and sanitation.
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.
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.
Oxfam: More than 3 million face death while Berlusconi and the G8 fiddle
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