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MEDIA ADVISORY: Oxfam humanitarian response in Haiti - interviews available this weekend
Avoiding a food crisis in rural Haiti
Oxfam’s Yves Gattereau talks about how the January 2010 earthquake poses a threat to the country’s already shaky food supply.
“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 ...
Oxfam distributes water to thousands of displaced Haitians.
A grim scene
Oxfam's Caroline Gluck reports from Port-au-Prince.
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 ...
Just under 80% of Haiti's 9.6 million people live on less than $2 per day. About half of Haiti's population lacks clean drinking water. These images, taken in ...
Haiti at risk
A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
A day in the life of an 18-year-old at Kalma camp
A young woman named Halwa talks about how she passes the long days at Kalma camp—the temporary home for tens of thousands of displaced people in Darfur.
A Darfur camp of mud bricks feels permanent
A surge in building homes from mud bricks has eased a housing shortage, but accelerated a water shortage in western Sudan.
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Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves.
Home is a shelter of straw and plastic
Omar Bukhari Ahmed, his two wives, and their nine children live in a makeshift shelter a few miles from their home in North Darfur while they wait for safety ...
A Darfur mother faces bleak choices in camp for 15,000 people
Collecting firewood and fodder are tasks full of risk for this Darfur mother. But without them, she won't be able to care for her family.
Boredom, worry fill the days for many in Darfur camps
For many of the two million people displaced in Darfur, home is now a crowded camp far from the work and social interactions that once framed their lives.
An Oxfam well driller hunts for water
Under a scorching sun, Oxfam well drillers attempt to find new sources of water for people in Sudan.
A journey across Darfur imparts a critical lesson
With gunshots rattling the air, the pleas of Darfur youths take on a whole new urgency.
With Oxfam's help, women become entrepreneurs in Khartoum market
Oxfam's partner helps women in Khartoum launch businesses that support their families.
Who is Nick Anderson? He's Oxfam America's Youth Ambassador to Darfur
In late July, 2008, Oxfam America sent Nick Anderson, a rising high school senior, to Darfur. His mission was to find a way for American teenagers to connect ...
Volunteers in Darfur camps help improve health conditions for everyone
Helping prevent the spread of waterborne diseases among 400,000 displaced people in camps scattered across Darfur and Chad is no small task. Volunteers are ...
The second life of litter
Little is wasted in poor Darfur: recycling is a way of life.
Rebuilding lives in Darfur
Responding to the emergency needs of the people.
Oxfam program head reflects on her years in Darfur
Caroline Nursey has been involved with the humanitarian response in Darfur, Sudan, since the crisis there erupted—first as a regional director and most ...
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