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- "It's time we learned this lesson"
- One year after the worst flooding in its history, Pakistan is still not prepared for this year’s monsoon floods and other natural disasters.
- Hurricane Sandy lashes Haiti; Oxfam aims to prevent cholera outbreaks
- Authorities issued a state of alert across all 10 departments of the country.
- In the wake of Sandy, Oxfam distributes cholera kits and steps up prevention
- The potential for cholera outbreaks is just one of the concerns Haitians have following the heavy rains.
- Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa Progress Report, July 2011 - July 2012
- Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
- Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
- Sahel food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
- A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season
- In northern Ethiopia, weather insurance offers a buffer against drought
- A growing number of families have signed up for weather insurance to protect their crop investments from insufficient rainfall.
- Haiti podcast: January 17, 2010
- Audio from Louis Belanger, the Humanitarian Media Officer for Oxfam, who is in Port-au-Prince Haiti.
- Haiti podcast: January 26, 2010
- Mark Fried, Oxfam spokesman in Haiti, reporting from a hospital in Port-au-Prince.
- NFL superstars confront drought with visit to East Africa
- Crises in a New World Order: Challenging the humanitarian project
- The growing number of vulnerable people, the rise in disasters, and the failure to put most fragile states on the path to development, will significantly ...
- With irrigation, herders in southern Ethiopia turn to farming
- A small-scale irrigation project along the banks of the Dawa River is helping some herders grow enough food to feed their families--even as drought ravages ...
- Haiti: Reducing the risk of flooding in Artibonite
- A local mayor enlists support from Oxfam to address major flooding in his community in rural Haiti.
- Ethiopian farmers get a payout, easing effects of drought
- With cash from the weather insurance policies they bought through an innovative program, farmers from Tigray can now plan for the future.
- OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
- Africa's last famine?
- A new way of life on the Dawa
- Drought is making it difficult for herding families in southern Ethiopia to earn a living from their livestock. Some people have decided to try a new approach: ...
- Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
- Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.
- Haiti Progress Report 2011
- Two years after the most powerful earthquake in Haiti in 200 years, Oxfam remains committed to rebuilding with the people of Haiti.
- Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald team up with Oxfam
- NFL superstar wide receivers Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens and Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals are teaming up once again on a mission to ...
- In Japan, Oxfam partners support vulnerable groups
- Oxfam working to complement government's efforts
- Solidarity and support in Japan: An interview with Oxfam's Michael Delaney
- Oxfam is working to complement the massive aid effort that the Japanese government has undertaken.
- Disaster unfolds in Japan
- Japan faces multiple emergencies
- Oxfam is not mounting a major humanitarian response to the disasters in Japan, but we are seeking ways to support vulnerable groups through local ...
- Landslide compounds Mexico's flood disaster
- Pakistan floods progress report
- A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
- In a city of water
- Heavy rains in Senegal have turned the low-lying city of Pikine into a lake. Oxfam and a local partner are working to improve the conditions of life for those ...
- Ready or Not
- Pakistan's resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
- In the grip of drought
- Ethiopians find ways to fight back
- Millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa
- Oxfam America is responding to the crisis with emergency assistance that includes food and cash-for-work programs that aim to help about 350,000 people.
- Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
- Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
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