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- 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.
- Cuba: Weathering the Storm
- Lessons in risk reduction
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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
- The singing wells of Dubluq
- How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
- Disaster resilience is useful now
- Because disasters and development are intricately linked, disaster risk reduction projects can improve people's day to day lives.
- 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 ...
- As Climate Change Campaign takes off, organizers and volunteers mobilize
- Walk for Climate Justice explains impacts of climate change on poor people.
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2007
- Moving Toward Lasting Solutions in Gambia
- Pasture pressure
- Erratic rains and encroaching bush limits grasslands for herders in southern Ethiopia.
- Building a better well
- Steady supply of water in rehabilitated well brings joy to a community in southern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- First the rivers, then the forests: a fragile balance
- Rural communities are struggling to survive as they lose their resources one at a time.
- Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
- Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
- Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
- Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
- The Majaz effect
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
- Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
- When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe.
- 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 offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
- Oxfam America launches new initiative on reducing disaster risks
- Developing strong programs in disaster risk reduction is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of Oxfam America's work on emergencies.
- New attention on ChevronTexaco case
- President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
- Improvements big and small in East Asia
- Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise.
- Green Watershed wins second award of the year
- Oxfam partner in China wins water conservation-themed competition.
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