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I feel my heart beating
Storm in El Salvador rivals Hurricane Mitch in intensity
Getting water to a Haitian hospital
At a university hospital in Port-au-Prince, clean water has made all the difference to staff trying to keep conditions clean and reduce the risk of infection.
Reconstructing Haiti
A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Oxfam relief efforts continue in Haiti
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.
Radiohead Concert to Benefit Oxfam America’s Work in Haiti
MEDIA ADVISORY: Oxfam humanitarian response in Haiti - interviews available this weekend
Avoiding a food crisis in rural Haiti
Oxfam’s Yves Gattereau talks about how the January 2010 earthquake poses a threat to the country’s already shaky food supply.
“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 ...
A grim scene
Oxfam's Caroline Gluck reports from Port-au-Prince.
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 ...
Video: Haiti at risk
Just under 80% of Haiti's 9.6 million people live on less than $2 per day. About half of Haiti's population lacks clean drinking water. These images, taken in ...
Haiti at risk
A country already struggling to overcome poverty reels.
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 ...
Food crisis in Guatemala
Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
The water started to rise, and it did not stop
Three major storms struck Haiti in the space of two weeks, leaving devastation in their wake. Oxfam is providing relief supplies and clean water to those in ...
Emergency update: storms in Haiti
Oxfam continues to address water and sanitation problems in areas hit by hurricanes.
After the storms, travel is almost impossible in remote areas of Haiti
Olbert Nicolas, Oxfam's disaster risk reduction project officer describes his expedition from the water-logged Nippes Department to Port-au-Prince.
Cuba: Weathering the Storm
Lessons in risk reduction
OXFAMExchange Spring 2008
Raising a generation without fear
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 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.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2003
Red Tomato, ethnic discrimination and the Mayan defense, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, and community radio breathes life into democracy in Senegal
OXFAMExchange Fall 2003
Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later
OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
OXFAMExchange Fall 2004
Troubled Waters: Focus on Oxfam's water and sanitation work
Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
"My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
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