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- "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.
- 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 ...
- Sewing for Change
- Women from small savings groups win their share of a national bid.
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- Signs point to success: reducing disaster risks in El Salvador
- Thorough planning helps everyone reach safety in emergencies, even in the poorest communities.
- 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.
- I feel my heart beating
- Storm in El Salvador rivals Hurricane Mitch in intensity
- Preparedness helps Oxfam respond quickly to Salvador emergency
- Oxfam and our local partners began helping communities prepare long before devastating floods and landslides.
- The faces of Hurricane Ida
- Survivors of the flooding in El Salvador, brought by Hurricane Ida, recount their escapes and face their losses.
- Verapaz: four days after the landslide
- With her camera, Oxfam America's Tjarda Muller records the devastation in one community in El Salvador following torrential rains.
- El Salvador: "We spent the whole day evacuating people."
- "People had to go up on the roofs, or they hung from the walls of houses that have broken glass. There were so many injured people." This is the testimony of ...
- 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.
- In El Salvador, USAID program grows a new generation of rural entrepreneurs
- By building on local knowledge—and adapting to local conditions—USAID and Fintrac help farming communities overcome poverty.
- 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
- Field Report from El Salvador
- Smart Development in Practice Series
- Early rains reveal vulnerability of many communities in El Salvador
- The rainy season has only just begun and El Salvador is already mourning its first landslide victims.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
- Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
- Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
- Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- Holding onto the mangroves
- In some areas around Acajutla, El Salvador, mangrove forests have been severely reduced—replaced by fill and the simple homes of some of the country's poorest ...
- A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
- Una vida diferente: women create a different life
- A campaign in El Salvador to reduce violence against women is forcing people to take a hard look at their culture and painful history of violence.
- The semblance of disaster
- Carrying out realistic disaster simulations is one way Oxfam ensures that its staff members are prepared to respond quickly and effectively.
- Profile: Gilma Molina de Vasquez
- How one woman redefined her relationship with her husband and family to become a community leader.
- Oxfam Impact April 2008
- Where the ground remembers the rain
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