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- Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons
- But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest.
- Gebru Kahsay relies on rain but has the security of insurance
- If harvests fail because of poor rain, some teff farmers in Ethiopia now have a back-up plan.
- Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work
- This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff.
- In the grip of drought
- Ethiopians find ways to fight back
- Saving Lives
- Disasters, and the way we respond to them, can be catalysts for social change—a chance to create lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
- The power of resilience
- In harm's way: Oxfam America's game on rethinking natural disasters
- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- More water, more food
- An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the ...
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
- Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
- Humanitarian crisis imminent in Somali refugee camp, Oxfam warns
- Travelling down West Salvation Road
- Travel in Darfur requires patience and time. Often, riding on the back of a donkey is the most reliable way to get where you want to go.
- New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
- Empty promises
- What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
- 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 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 ...
- Oxfam boosts aid effort to thousands fleeing new fighting in Somalia
- In Ethiopia, hunger lurks as rain begins to fall
- 4.6 million people now need emergency assistance as drought and high food prices take their toll.
- Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
- When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe.
- In a Chad camp, gluey porridge sustains the Aboubakars
- Travelling through 24 countries, the authors of a book called 'Hungry Planet: What the World Eats' learn from the Aboubakars about the hardships in a Chad ...
- Banking on a future
- In a community where women previously were not consulted on business decisions, today they are ensuring economic and food security for themselves and their ...
- 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.
- Drought in Ethiopia brings hardship
- Herders and the animals they depend on for survival are suffering through a dry spell.
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2004
- Troubled Waters: Focus on Oxfam's water and sanitation work
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2005
- Come Together: Building a movement to overcome poverty and change the world
- 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.
- Lure of clean water: some displaced Chadians may not return
- In temporary settlements in eastern Chad, displaced people have found some comfort in the new things around them: clean water and access to a large market.
- 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.
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