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"It's time we learned this lesson"
One year after the worst flooding in its history, Pakistan is still not prepared for this year’s monsoon floods and other natural disasters.
Saving Lives 24/7
Oxfam is helping people survive catastrophes like hurricanes and earthquakes, and the dangerous upheavals of war. Learn about Saving Lives 24/7.
Sahel food crisis
Poor and erratic rains, failed harvests, and soaring food prices set the stage for a severe food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa in 2012, placing ...
Speaking up for North Carolina's tobacco pickers
Many still face unhealthy and difficult working conditions; Oxfam and partners helped them make their case to companies in 2012.
Hurricane Sandy lashes Haiti; Oxfam aims to prevent cholera outbreaks
Authorities issued a state of alert across all 10 departments of the country.
In the wake of Sandy, Oxfam distributes cholera kits and steps up prevention
The potential for cholera outbreaks is just one of the concerns Haitians have following the heavy rains.
Food-for-work program allows families in El Salvador to recover from disaster, prepare for future emergencies
Oxfam America, together with five local organizations and the World Food Programme, helped communities recover from one emergency while they prepare for future ...
Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
Sahel food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season
Haiti podcast: January 17, 2010
Audio from Louis Belanger, the Humanitarian Media Officer for Oxfam, who is in Port-au-Prince Haiti.
Haiti podcast: January 26, 2010
Mark Fried, Oxfam spokesman in Haiti, reporting from a hospital in Port-au-Prince.
Crises in a New World Order: Challenging the humanitarian project
The growing number of vulnerable people, the rise in disasters, and the failure to put most fragile states on the path to development, will significantly ...
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.
Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.
Haiti Progress Report 2011
Two years after the most powerful earthquake in Haiti in 200 years, Oxfam remains committed to rebuilding with the people of Haiti.
In Japan, Oxfam partners support vulnerable groups
Oxfam working to complement government's efforts
Solidarity and support in Japan: An interview with Oxfam's Michael Delaney
Oxfam is working to complement the massive aid effort that the Japanese government has undertaken.
Disaster unfolds in Japan
Japan faces multiple emergencies
Oxfam is not mounting a major humanitarian response to the disasters in Japan, but we are seeking ways to support vulnerable groups through local ...
Landslide compounds Mexico's flood disaster
Pakistan floods progress report
A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
In a city of water
Heavy rains in Senegal have turned the low-lying city of Pikine into a lake. Oxfam and a local partner are working to improve the conditions of life for those ...
Oxfam praises new bill to restore Gulf Coast communities, ecosystems and create jobs post-oil spill
Ready or Not
Pakistan's resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections in the United States
In the grip of drought
Ethiopians find ways to fight back
Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
The Right to Survive
The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
Exposed: Social vulnerability and climate change in the US Southeast
The new adaptation marketplace
Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
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