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OXFAMExchange, Winter 2012
What if development took the kind of time and commitment it takes to raise a child? (It does.)
In need of a better WASH: Water, sanitation, and hygiene policy issues in post-earthquake Haiti
This research initiative examined Haiti’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector before and following the January 12, 2010 earthquake, and the work of ...
Women living with uncertainty and high food prices
The constant rise in the price of staples affects women in El Salvador on a daily basis. With gardens, some women have found a way to ease the burden.
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.
OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
Africa's last famine?
Interactive map reveals “pressure points” of food price spikes on poor communities around the world
Food price spikes
After decades of progress, the number of people without enough to eat has reversed course and is increasing. It could soon top one billion. That's more than ...
People-centered resilience
Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
After the quake: Preventing disease
Oxfam has built latrines and bathing stalls, and provided basic necessities, such as soap and toothbrushes to thousands of people living temporarily in camps, ...
Zero cholera!
Oxfam’s aggressive approach to stopping cholera in Haiti includes going from field to field with important information to help farmers stay healthy.
House by house, latrine by latrine, Haitians fight cholera in Petite Riviere
Oxfam's program aims to help 125,000 people in Artibonite Province.
Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Captured in photos
One month after the earthquake, Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, and relief materials–as well as cash payments for work—to thousands who ...
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 ...
Improving the wells improves community health in flood-prone parts of El Salvador
Capped wells lined with a volcanic-rock filter provide families in Salvadoran communities with clean drinking water.
Along the coast of El Salvador, families take steps to cope with climate change
Oxfam and other aid groups is working with local activists to bring issues to the attention of the Salvadoran government.
Hardest hit: El Salvador
“Healthy wells,” tightly sealed to keep out contamination after floods, provide clean drinking and cooking water for families.
The tipping point in Guatemala
In Baja Verapaz Oxfam and local partners are helping small farmers cope with a food crisis that could have been prevented.
First phase of Haiti rehabilitation to focus on water, sanitation, and shelter
Early assessments help Oxfam plan out the first six months of our post-earthquake assistance.
Haiti no longer grows much of its own rice
Once almost self-sufficient, Haiti now imports 80 percent of the rice it consumes. A dramatic cut in import tariffs led to a drop in national rice production.
Clean water and sanitation prevent disease and save lives after disaster strikes
During disasters, water and sanitation systems often collapse. Repairs can take time—time that people who depend on them to stay alive don’t have.
“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 ...
Video: The need for water is acute
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 ...
Food crisis in Guatemala
Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
Empty promises
What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
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 ...
OXFAMExchange Spring 2008
Raising a generation without fear
Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
OXFAMExchange Fall 2002
What's in your coffee? Oxfam's coffee campaign. Plus Afghanistan, Make Trade Fair campaign, and the Hopi people's struggle for clean, safe drinking water.
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