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- Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
- "My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
- On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
- Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ...
- Like the baobabs, cereal banks help Gambians weather hard times
- Oxfam America and its local partners are helping Gambians in the North Bank and Western divisions of the country plan for bouts of destructive weather and the ...
- Interview: Victor Campos
- Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
- Interview: Mario Rodriguez
- Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
- Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
- Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- Food on the table and savings on hand
- An innovative agriculture technique is producing 50-150 percent more rice and increasing the incomes of more than 80,000 people.
- Holding onto the mangroves
- In some areas around Acajutla, El Salvador, mangrove forests have been severely reduced—replaced by fill and the simple homes of some of the country's poorest ...
- A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
- Una vida diferente: women create a different life
- A campaign in El Salvador to reduce violence against women is forcing people to take a hard look at their culture and painful history of violence.
- The semblance of disaster
- Carrying out realistic disaster simulations is one way Oxfam ensures that its staff members are prepared to respond quickly and effectively.
- Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
- How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader.
- Partners in Central America and US unite to fight DR-CAFTA
- Oxfam America supports groups in North and South, which participate in lobby visits and farmer exchanges.
- Oxfam Impact April 2008
- Where the ground remembers the rain
- President Saca speaks out against mining in El Salvador
- El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca announced that his government would not give out any mining permits in El Salvador.
- Hope against hunger in Congressional action
- Central American mining could undermine economic well-being
- Oxfam urges informed public debate over costs and benefits
- Metals, mining, and sustainable development in Central America
- An assessment of benefits and costs
- July was Darfur's worst-ever month for violence toward aid workers
- Zimbabweans face grim hunger season
- Rich nations face 'credibility crunch' says Oxfam, as leaders meet to tackle global crises
- Oxfam America announces Giada De Laurentiis as new Ambassador
- New hope on the Global Food Crisis: Oxfam praises bill to address food security
- International relief and development agency Oxfam America applauds Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Robert Casey (D-PA) for introducing new legislation to ...
- Millions more Ethiopians going hungry as aid effort stalls
- Oxfam calls for rich countries to redouble the aid effort to avert disaster.
- Food price crisis offers lessons for new trade and agriculture policies
- Oxfam report outlines policies that increase vulnerabilities for some and help other developing countries fare better.
- Farm Bill Subsidies Could Instead Feed Millions
- Oxfam calls on Congress to stop pandering to wealthy farmers
- Afghanistan: Time running out to avert winter of hunger
- Millions of Afghans face food shortages; mortality rates for women and children could rise.
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