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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.
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 ...
British High Court freezes mine company assets
Monterrico Metals will be required to compensate injured people and their communities if courts in the UK find the company responsible for human rights ...
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 ...
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.
Muriel's story
Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
Giada de Laurentiis marks World Food Day with trip to Peru
Why should water, sanitation, and hygiene advocates lead on aid reform?
AidNow series
Climate change affecting Peru right now
Farmers report changing weather and negative effects on livelihoods.
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.
Oxfam calls for an end to violence in the Peruvian Amazon
Aid agency urges US government to help resolve the crisis
Oxfam: More than 3 million face death while Berlusconi and the G8 fiddle
New irrigation channel changes lives in Shasha Korke
An improved system to share water helps Ethiopian farmers switch to growing fruit and vegetables, improving health and increasing incomes.
Oxfam calls on mining company to respect human rights
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 ...
Resource revenues elusive in Peru
Money from mines and pipelines is hard to track, and not obviously helping the poorest people in the country.
Fighting cholera, Oxfam helps clinics in Congo with clean water
Outbreaks of cholera are just one of the consequences of Congo's underinvestment in everything from roads to health clinics to clean water.
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.
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 ...
Peru overturns decrees, starts dialogue
The government of Peru and indigenous citizens to move from conflict to dialogue on land rights and the best way to consult native people as they work to ...
The singing wells of Dubluq
How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
Oxfam calls for an investigation of alleged torture of 28 in Peru
A new report and photographs show participants in peaceful march in 2005 were detained and mistreated by mine company security and police.
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 ...
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