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- Drought early warning in Ethiopia
- Women's local knowledge is the key to an early warning system designed to lessen the impact of drought in Ethiopia.
- Hard earth, hard choices
- When drought hits, herders in southern Ethiopia sometimes have no choice but to sell the animals on which they depend.
- More water, more food
- An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
- Climate change wake-up call
- You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
- Ethiopian farmers meet with importers and roasters
- In Addis Ababa, both sides discuss how Ethiopian farmers can gain more control over their coffee names, and get a bigger share of the profits.
- 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 ...
- New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
- 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.
- 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.
- The singing wells of Dubluq
- How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2008
- A root revolution in Cambodia
- 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 ...
- Ethiopians, North American roasters move forward with trademark initiative
- In second meeting in three months, two sides discuss how to implement Ethiopia's control of its coffee brands.
- Pasture pressure
- Erratic rains and encroaching bush limits grasslands for herders in southern Ethiopia.
- Building a better well
- Steady supply of water in rehabilitated well brings joy to a community in southern Ethiopia.
- "Black Gold" illustrates coffee farmers' plight
- Documentary film tells the story through Oxfam's Ethiopian partner.
- Tadesse Meskela helps connect consumers and Ethiopian coffee growers
- Market factors cut coffee farmers out of their fair share of profit for a commodity that's worth an estimated $80 billion a year in retail sales.
- Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
- Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
- Grounds for Change
- Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable ...
- Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
- When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe.
- Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages.
- In Liben, herders find local solutions to local problems
- A community reaches out to Oxfam in the spirit of partnership.
- 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.
- Drought in Ethiopia brings hardship
- Herders and the animals they depend on for survival are suffering through a dry spell.
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- Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
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- 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
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2005
- The Chance to End Poverty
- New well for Neftegna Sefer means rebirth for this village
- In a land of recurrent droughts a clean source of water is an invaluable resource. In Neftegna Sefer in the Bacho district, villagers treat their new well and ...
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