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Rural women farmers rally for food security in El Salvador
Healthy food and a sustainable way to produce it were among the goals of women who marched on World Food Day in San Salvador.
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?
Working with women
Empowered women can change the world. At Oxfam America, that truth informs all our work, from our response to humanitarian emergencies to our campaigns for ...
People-centered resilience
Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
Learn how four communities around the world are fighting back against climate change, and how you can help.
Saving for Change members celebrate International Women’s Day
In El Salvador, opportunities to save and invest in small businesses come with training and reflection on food.
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, ...
The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
More that 15 percent of all Salvadorans don't consider acts of sexual violence a crime, according to a public opinion poll about gender-based violence.
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.
One step forward in campaign to end violence against women
El Salvador’s legislative assembly passes new law regarding violence against women.
"La Ruta del Arte" an artistic way to prevent gender-based violence
Music, dance, theatre, and painting help teach young people how to stop violence against women and girls in El Salvador.
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 ...
A source of income, funded by savings
Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Stop Violence Against Women
Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices. Salvadoran ...
Modern urban Latin music to prevent gender violence
Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices.
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 ...
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