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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 ...
Reconstructing Haiti
A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Oxfam relief efforts continue in Haiti
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 ...
Haiti at risk
A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
Changing the way Americans prepare for the worst
What if we could pinpoint who’d be hardest hit by disasters? Thanks to social vulnerability mapping, we can.
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.
The water started to rise, and it did not stop
Three major storms struck Haiti in the space of two weeks, leaving devastation in their wake. Oxfam is providing relief supplies and clean water to those in ...
Emergency update: storms in Haiti
Oxfam continues to address water and sanitation problems in areas hit by hurricanes.
After the storms, travel is almost impossible in remote areas of Haiti
Olbert Nicolas, Oxfam's disaster risk reduction project officer describes his expedition from the water-logged Nippes Department to Port-au-Prince.
Why should water, sanitation, and hygiene advocates lead on aid reform?
AidNow series
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.
New report reveals shared experiences of African Americans and Latinos
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.
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.
Sheltering people after disasters
Tsunami research brief: An assessment of shelter conditions in India that led to the release of government funds for repairs.
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.
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 ...
An Oxfam partner tackles hurricane disasters—past, present, and future
Oxfam's local partner TRAC is joining hands with other agencies to ensure that hurricane Gustav recovery efforts are fair, coordinated, and forward-thinking.
After the storm: Oxfam takes stock, rushes in aid
Gustav hit trailers and vulnerable homes the hardest.
Some people dread evacuations almost as much as hurricanes
Leaving home in advance of a storm is costly and exhausting. Facing the prospect of having to do it more than once in short order makes some residents think ...
The singing wells of Dubluq
How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
Taking steps toward gender equity
In Tamil Nadu, India, Oxfam study finds approaches that work.
OXFAMExchange Winter 2006
The Year of Disasters
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