- Tell Congress: Don't cut aid. It's working.
- American poverty-fighting assistance saves lives and helps millions of people lift themselves out of poverty, all for less than 1% of the federal budget. Cutting aid won't close the budget gap -- but it will close the door on a better future for the world's most vulnerable communities. Speak up with us now: Tell Congress to oppose any cuts to lifesaving foreign aid.
- Speak up now: Be a voice for peace in Sudan and South Sudan
- After a year of independence in South Sudan, the world’s newest country is in the midst of deepening humanitarian disaster. We’re standing with the people of Sudan and South Sudan for stability, development and a lasting peace. Join us.
- Ask President Obama to make the Arms Trade Treaty bulletproof!
- The irresponsible arms trade fuels serious human rights abuses, armed violence, poverty, and conflict around the world. In many areas of the world, armed conflict and poverty go hand-in-hand. Tell President Obama and his negotiating team you want a robust arms trade treaty that puts human rights first.
- Support effective, efficient aid programs – they save lives.
- Right now, forty percent of the world’s population – more than 2.5 billion people – live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 per day. The persistence of global poverty poses a challenge to the security, prosperity and values of the United States. Cuts to the world's most vulnerable communities have real impacts. Tell Congress we won't stand by while they make cuts that will cost lives.
- Fight hunger: Invest in women farmers!
- The people who grow the world’s food are going hungry. Women grow the majority of food in developing countries, but due to unequal access to resources like land and credit, they can’t feed their families. Today, almost one in every six people worldwide suffer from hunger, a problem expected to worsen as climate change disrupts weather and farming cycles.
- 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.
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- Darfur Crisis Fact Sheet
- An overview of the continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
- US Gulf Coast Recovery Program Fact Sheet
- An overview of Oxfam America's continuing effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast
- Haiti Progress Report 2010: Summary
- Oxfam's relief operation in Haiti following the January 2010 quake has been one of the organization's largest and most complex efforts. This report summarizes our progress.
- Oxfam Fact Sheet: Food Crisis in East Africa
- Across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, a severe drought and food crisis have ensnared more than 13 million people. Get the facts and find out what you can do to help.
- Crisis in Darfur
- In Darfur, Sudan, few of those who were uprooted by conflict a decade ago feel safe to return to their villages, and violence is still driving people from their homes.
- Haiti Progress Report 2011: Summary
- This report summarizes Oxfam's continued response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
- Earthquake in Haiti Fact Sheet
- In the months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Oxfam's urgent mission has been to help the people of Port-au-Prince, and beyond, meet their basic needs—not only to ensure their survival but to uphold their dignity.
- Food crisis in West Africa
- The Sahel region of West and Central Africa is in the grip of a food crisis. Oxfam and our partner organizations are working throughout the region to get help to struggling communities.
- Getting It Right
- Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives, yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade.
- The truth about the Arms Trade Treaty
- Get the facts on an international treaty that will keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers around the globe.
- Mali's Conflict Refugees
- Responding to a growing crisis
- Summary: Mali's Conflict Refugees
- Responding to a growing crisis
- Viv Tankou Moun
- Viv Tankou Moun (a Kreyol phrase meaning "to live like a human being") is a survey of 16 camps of Haitian people displaced by the 2010 earthquake. This is an executive summary of the survey results in French followed by English.
- Salt in the Wound
- The urgent need to prevent forced evictions from camps in Haiti
- Commodities of War
- Communities speak out on the true cost of conflict in eastern DRC
- Planting Now (2nd edition): Summary
- Revitalizing agriculture for reconstruction and development in Haiti
- Planting Now (2nd edition)
- Revitalizing agriculture for reconstruction and development in Haiti
- 'We are prepared'
- In Peru’s biggest city, where earthquakes are a constant threat, Oxfam helps women and young people learn how to protect their families.
- Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa Progress Report, July 2011 - July 2012
- Haiti land rights, land tenure, and urban recovery
- More than two years after the earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) remain in tents and informal settlements in the earthquake zone. The reasons for this vary, but land rights and land tenure are central.
- Tackling the food deficit in the world's newest country
- A year after South Sudan became the world's newest nation, half of its 9.7 million citizens are struggling to meet their basic food needs. Internal conflict, clashes with Sudan, poor harvests, and complex population movement have all contributed to the current crisis.
- Hygiene promotion: determining what works
- In the aftermath of disasters, Oxfam undertakes a host of hygiene-promotion activities in order to prevent the outbreak and spread of disease. But which are the most effective?
- Saving lives: Oxfam partners take center stage
- Oxfam invests in the strengths of local communities and partners. When rainfall from a tropical depression triggered a massive emergency in El Salvador, our approach was put to the test.
- A Shift in Focus: Putting the interests of Somali people first
- More than six months after the UN declared a famine, Somalia is still in the throes of its worst humanitarian crisis in decades, with 31 per cent of the population estimated to be in crisis.
- Fighting hunger in Mogadishu
- In Somalia, Oxfam's partner SAACID is saving the lives of thousands of children.
- 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 increase needs.
- A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa
- More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late.
- 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.
- Haiti: The slow road to reconstruction
- Two years after the earthquake
- 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 the WASH cluster following the earthquake, in the context of effectiveness, equity, and accountability.
- A place at the table
- Safeguarding women's rights in Afghanistan
- Promoting the accountability of the Afghan National Security Forces
- Follow up briefing to No Time to Lose report
- Saving lives, seeking solutions
- Oxfam America's response to drought in Ethiopia, 2008-2011
- Pakistan floods progress report
- A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
- Ready or Not
- Pakistan's resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
- In war-torn Darfur, a stove with a mission
- For the women of Darfur who live in camps for displaced people, simply feeding a family can present extraordinary risks.
- No Time to Lose
- Promoting the Accountability of the Afghan National Security Forces
- Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) quarterly report: October 2010–December 2010
- Rural resilience series
- High Stakes
- Girls' Education in Afghanistan
- Whose Aid is it Anyway? Politicizing aid in conflicts and crises
- Six months into the floods
- Resetting Pakistan's priorities through reconstruction
- Beyond Sudan's big day
- What next for one of the least developed places on earth?
- From relief to recovery
- Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti
- Haiti Progress Report 2010
- Oxfam was one of the first agencies to respond to the devastating earthquake in Haiti--one of the largest and most complex emergency programs that Oxfam has ever been involved in.
- Ghosts of Christmas past
- Protecting Congolese civilians from the LRA
- Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) quarterly report: July - September 2010
- In this report we share detailed information on the results of this second annual offering of weather insurance, integrated into the government's social safety net for the most vulnerable populations in drought-prone Ethiopia.
- No will, no way
- US-funded security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Nowhere to Turn
- The Failure to Protect Civilians in Afghanistan
- A fresh look at the green economy
- Jobs that build resilience to climate change
- From the ground up
- Strategies for scaling up community-based disaster risk reduction
- Impact of climate change on response providers and socially vulnerable communities in the US
- Federal disaster programs, plans, and policies seldom address climate change or social vulnerability. Homeland security policy could be revised to accommodate climate change impacts on socially vulnerable populations.
- Now we know
- A collaboration between local citizens’ committees and officials in Peru shows how communities can create lasting change by holding governments accountable.
- Planting Now
- Agricultural challenges and opportunities for Haiti's reconstruction
- Pakistan floods crisis: response hindered by lack of funds as public health crisis looms
- Oxfam is advocating for the leadership, coordination, and funding levels that this huge emergency requires.
- HARITA progress report: Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
- Rural resilience series
- HARITA Project Report: Nov 2007 - Dec 2009
- Rural resilience series
- Promises, promises
- A briefing paper for the Kabul Conference on Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Reintegration Briefing Note
- Yellow alert: Taking action to prevent disasters
- Months of community education and preparation saved lives when floods struck El Salvador.
- Now, the world is without me
- An investigation of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- Reconstructing Haiti
- A summary of recommendations for moving forward following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
- Why are humanitarian advocates leading on aid reform?
- AidNow series
- Rescuing the Peace in Southern Sudan
- The next 12 months will be critical for the future of Sudan. As the country marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended a devastating civil war, southern Sudan has seen a major upsurge in violence.
- The Cost of War
- Afghan experiences of conflict, 1978-2009
- Protect and serve or train and equip?
- US security assistance and protection of civilians
- Band aids and beyond
- Oxfam calls for a shake-up in the way the world deals with food crises in Ethiopia and beyond.
- Missing pieces? Assessing the impact of humanitarian reform in Pakistan
- A Portrait of Louisiana
- Louisiana Human Development Report 2009
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
- Waking the Devil
- The impact of forced disarmament on civilians in the Kivus
- Building Common Ground
- How shared attitudes and concerns can create alliances between African-Americans and Latinos in a post-Katrina New Orleans
- The Aftershock of Cyclone Nargis
- Credit Crunch in the Delta
- One Year On
- Oxfam reports on its emergency and reconstruction projects
- The Right to Survive
- The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
- Caught in the Conflict
- Civilians and the international security strategy in Afghanistan
- Oxfam Impact April 2009
- Tackling a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe with clean water—and song
- Meeting humanitarian needs on the Kenya border with Somalia
- Collaboration in Crises
- Summary report: Lessons from the Oxfam International tsunami research program
- Ten Point Plan to Change Course in Afghanistan
- Oxfam America's memo to President Obama
- A Portrait of Mississippi
- Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
- Oxfam Impact January 2009
- Altering the course of water—and women's lives.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health
- Out of Site
- Building better responses to displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by helping host families
- For a Safer Tomorrow
- This report, based on Oxfam International's experience in most of the world's conflicts, sets out an ambitious agenda to protect civilians in times of warfare.
- Mission incomplete
- Why civilians remain at risk in eastern Chad
- Mirror on America
- How the state of Gulf Coast recovery reflects on us all—Oxfam's report on the status of Gulf Coast recovery three years later.
- Oxfam Impact April 2008
- Where the ground remembers the rain
- In Her Own Words
- Iraqi women talk about their greatest concerns and challenges.
- Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
- A case for a national strategy
- Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities
- Oxfam International Third Year Report on the Tsunami Response
- Sink or Swim
- Why Disaster Risk Reduction is central to surviving floods in South Asia
- Rising to the humanitarian challenge in Iraq
- Oxfam Impact April 2007
- MIRA makes a difference
- Between Hope and Fear in Northern Uganda
- Challenges on the ground and an urgent need for peace
- 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
- A Fragile Future
- Why scaling down MONUC too soon could spell disaster for the Congo
- Oxfam International Humanitarian Policy Notes
- These policy notes, which are updated regularly, 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.
- Arms Without Borders
- Why a globalized trade needs global controls
- Free, Quality Education for Every Afghan Child
- With the establishment of democracy, the main symbol of Afghanistan's regeneration lay in the dream of educating every child–boy and girl. However, there remain many obstacles to achieving this dream.
- 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
- Oxfam Impact September/October 2006
- Rebuilding the Gulf Coast: A Year Later
- Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises
- An unfolding tragedy on the Gulf Coast
- Causing Hunger
- An overview of the food crisis in Africa
- Consequences of the Proliferation and Misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict
- Oxfam Impact Special Report
- Oxfam in East Africa
- Cuba: Weathering the Storm
- Lessons in risk reduction
- Afghanistan Education Report Card
- Crisis in Darfur
- In Darfur, Sudan, few of those who were uprooted by conflict a decade ago feel safe to return to their villages, and violence is still driving people from their homes.
- Rebuilding our economy, restoring our environment
- How the emerging restoration economy offers new and expanded opportunities for Gulf Coast businesses and communities
- Food crisis in West Africa
- The Sahel region of West and Central Africa is in the grip of a food crisis. Oxfam and our partner organizations are working throughout the region to get help to struggling communities.
- Haiti Progress Report 2011: Summary
- This report summarizes Oxfam's continued response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
- Oxfam Fact Sheet: Food Crisis in East Africa
- Across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, a severe drought and food crisis have ensnared more than 13 million people. Get the facts and find out what you can do to help.
- Recommendations to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
- Enhancing the resilience of the most vulnerable communities and building the restoration economy
- Haiti Progress Report 2010: Summary
- Oxfam's relief operation in Haiti following the January 2010 quake has been one of the organization's largest and most complex efforts. This report summarizes our progress.
- Darfur Crisis Fact Sheet
- An overview of the continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
- Earthquake in Haiti Fact Sheet
- In the months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Oxfam's urgent mission has been to help the people of Port-au-Prince, and beyond, meet their basic needs—not only to ensure their survival but to uphold their dignity.
- In harm's way: Oxfam America's game on rethinking natural disasters
- US Gulf Coast Recovery Program Fact Sheet
- An overview of Oxfam America's continuing effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast
- Take Action: Democratic Republic of Congo
- According to Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief in DRC from 2003-06, casualties in Congo amount to "a tsunami every month, year in and year out, for the last six years." Yet since Egeland made this statement in 2005 about the crisis in Congo, the situation remains grim, and the Congolese people are being subjected to unrivaled brutality.
- Hunger in the Sahel
- Farmers, herders, and displaced people in West Africa are struggling to survive a food crisis.
- Senegal: Food crisis response
- Bad weather and a poor harvest have left farmers in eastern Senegal short on food and seeds. Oxfam America is working with local groups to help growers plant, and survive the lean season while their crops grow.
- A new well for Nawoyatir
- Helen Ewoton used to walk an hour and a half each way to fetch water for her family. Now, her village in Kenya has its own newly drilled well--thanks to Oxfam.
- Survival strategies in the Sahel
- In the Sahel region of West Africa, where more than 18 million people are facing a food crisis, people in Burkina Faso are digging for flecks of gold to sell. What they earn is enough to buy only a small amount of food.
- Sahel food crisis puts 18 million people at risk
- You have the power to change the future. Now is the time to act, and ensure that families in the Sahel region of West Africa get the help they need to weather this crisis.
- West Africa food crisis 2012:15 million at risk
- As a funding for the crisis lags, millions of people will be left hungry in the coming months unless the gap is filled.
- When I'm hungry, my heart beats quickly
- In the face of a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, Oxfam is supporting an array of projects, including women-run cooperative market gardens.
- The Sahel: a food crisis looms
- Low rainfall, poor harvests, and high prices are creating serious problems for herders and farmers in West Africa.
- A new way of life on the Dawa
- Drought is making it difficult for herding families in southern Ethiopia to earn a living from their livestock. Some people have decided to try a new approach: irrigated farming. And they are tapping the Dawa river for water.
- Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald team up with Oxfam
- NFL superstar wide receivers Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens and Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals are teaming up once again on a mission to bring attention to the ongoing drought in East Africa.
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