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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.
Disaster Management Policy and Practice
A tsunami research journal article
Majora Carter: ‘Women represent a new vision’
The environmental justice advocate talks with Oxfam about poverty here and abroad, the need for climate change adaptation, and why women can lead the way in ...
Small loans make a big difference for women in Afghanistan
Oxfam America's sister organizations are working hard to help women in drought-prone areas of Afghanistan find ways to improve their lives.
Reducing vulnerability to HIV before and after disasters
Tsunami research brief: An exploration of how the tsunami and its aftermath led to an increase in vulnerability to HIV in coastal India.
Haiti at risk
A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
Martina's story
Martina Longom campaigned for and helped to build a borehole to make collecting water easier in Caicaoan village, Uganda.
Sharon's story
Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
Muriel's story
Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
Sahena's story
Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
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 ...
Modern urban Latin music to prevent gender violence
Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices.
Oxfam Impact July 2009
A quarter million now Saving for Change
Women in Mali lead Saving for Change
An innovative savings and loan program is helping people work their own way out of extreme poverty. Women in Mali are leading the way as the program expands to ...
Rape, attack, torture surge in eastern Congo, says new Oxfam survey
Cuba: Weathering the Storm
Lessons in risk reduction
The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
A tsunami research journal article
Lessons in disaster management
Tsunami research brief: An examination of the Sri Lankan government's disaster management policies, which contributed to planning and reform.
Deepening community engagement
Tsunami research brief: A study of disaster preparedness programs in Sri Lanka that points to the importance of listening carefully to communities.
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 ...
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.
Such important work
The Advanced Center for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction (ACEDRR) explores new ways of helping impoverished communities improve their resilience to future ...
OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
These are extraordinary times
Rape: one global step toward stopping it
A new bill proposes a five-year strategy to address violence against women in countries around the world, particularly during times of conflict and ...
Eyewitness in Congo: Godefroid Marhegane
A first-hand account from staff member Godefroid Marhegane, who lives in Goma with his wife and six children.
Taking steps toward gender equity
In Tamil Nadu, India, Oxfam study finds approaches that work.
Disaster resilience is useful now
Because disasters and development are intricately linked, disaster risk reduction projects can improve people's day to day lives.
Take Action: Democratic Republic of Congo
According to Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief in DRC from 2003-06, casualties in Congo amount to "a tsunami every month, year in and year out, for the ...
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