- ACT FAST with Oxfam
- We can beat poverty and hunger—but we’ve got to ACT FAST. When you pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam, you agree to do three things. Each step builds on the power of numbers: 1, 10, 100. And each person who takes the pledge brings us closer to our goal of beating poverty.
- Host an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event
- Raise awareness and help fund Oxfam's work by hosting a Hunger Banquet® in your community! Few experiences bring to life the inequalities in our world more powerfully than an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event. Organizers and participants alike can experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world.
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
- These are extraordinary times
- Oxfam at a glance: Saving lives
- In an emergency, Oxfam’s objective is to save lives.
- Saving Lives
- Disasters, and the way we respond to them, can be catalysts for social change—a chance to create lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.
- Working together to end poverty and injustice
- An overview of Oxfam America and our approach to poverty relief and lasting social change.
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2006
- The Year of Disasters
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2005
- The Chance to End Poverty
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2005
- Aid Working: After the Tsunami
- Collaboration in Crises
- Summary report: Lessons from the Oxfam International tsunami research program
- Tsunami Fund end of program report
- Oxfam's final report on its four-year response to the tsunami disaster of December 2004.
- Listening to disaster-affected communities
- An executive summary of "Collaboration in Crises"
- Reducing Vulnerability to HIV before and after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: An exploration of how the tsunami and its aftermath led to an increase in vulnerability to HIV in coastal India.
- Deepening community engagement
- Tsunami research brief: A study of disaster preparedness programs in Sri Lanka that points to the importance of listening carefully to communities.
- Lessons in disaster management
- Tsunami research brief: An examination of the Sri Lankan government's disaster management policies, which contributed to planning and reform.
- Gender justice in disaster response
- Tsunami research brief: An examination of good practices and challenges for aid providers in promoting gender equity in India during and after the tsunami.
- Sheltering people after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: An assessment of shelter conditions in India that led to the release of government funds for repairs.
- Improving livelihoods after disasters
- Tsunami research brief: Studies of paddy agriculture and the coconut fiber industry in Sri Lanka point to ways aid providers can help improve incomes.
- Oxfam International Third Year Report on the Tsunami Response
- Understanding the Effect of the Tsunami and its Aftermath on Vulnerability to HIV in Coastal India
- A tsunami research journal article
- Gender Mainstreaming During Disasters
- A tsunami research journal article
- Oxfam International Humanitarian Policy Notes
- These policy notes describe key issues for humanitarian organizations in the twenty-first century and provide recommendations derived from our experience working in the field as well as in the policy arena.
- The Coir Industry in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka
- A tsunami research journal article
- Disaster Management Policy and Practice
- A tsunami research journal article
- In harm's way: Oxfam America's game on rethinking natural disasters
- Oxfam America Organizing Guide
- Tips for taking action in your community
- Oxfam America House Party Guide
- Tools for hosting a high-impact event
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The progress of a village in India that participated in a study on rainfall illustrates the value of research in helping farming communities adapt to climate change.
With goods replaced, tsunami survivors search for well-being
One Oxfam research partner explored ways of determining and measuring mental health and well-being after a disaster—a study that gets to the heart of Oxfam's humanitarian mission.
Small business helps recovery on Nias
Oxfam's work to restore clean water and improve livelihoods on the island has become an important element of its tsunami response.
Drawing water to a thirsty village
In the aftermath of the tsunami, Oxfam helped an impoverished farming community in Sri Lanka find a solution to its most devastating chronic emergency: drought.
The perfect knowledge for survival
Focusing first and foremost on villagers' own traditional knowledge, researchers from two Oxfam partners in Sri Lanka, undertook a study aimed at helping communities create effective disaster contingency plans.
Your neighbor's voice: reducing vulnerability to disasters through community radio
A new research center in India develops pilot programs on risk reduction to complement ongoing development work aimed at reducing poverty.
There is nothing that cannot be changed
In the aftermath of the tsunami, some studies focused on issues of particular concern to women.
Sri Lanka paddy research to improve lives of rice farmers
In the aftermath of the tsunami, some studies focused on the issue of how after a disaster an aid agency can help survivors not only restore but improve their incomes.
Taking it into the heart: reducing disaster risks through song and dance
A new center in India develops pilot programs on risk reduction that complement ongoing development work aimed at reducing poverty.
