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Fight poverty. Prevent disasters.
Video Link | Apr 06, 2010
What makes a disaster? Is it the event itself -- the earthquake, tsunami, or flood? No. It's the tragic consequences: the immense number of lives lost, the people hurt, and communities destroyed.

Aid to Haiti
Video Link | Mar 25, 2010
In the wake of Haiti how can we improve aid to developing countries. A discussion with leading development experts on promoting recipient country ownership and building more effective institutions.

Water is life
Video Link | Mar 08, 2010
High in the cloud forest of Piura, local communities understand the importance of the area's water and medicinal plants. They warn the proposed Rio Blanco copper mine would be catastrophic to the fragile environment here.

Lifeblood at risk
Video Link | Mar 08, 2010
In northern Peru, small-scale farmers can earn more by growing organic products. They say the rush to mine for copper in the mountains above their farms would contaminate the region and put their futures at risk.

Copper in the Clouds
Video Link | Mar 02, 2010
In Peru, local governments, community leaders, and farmers say the proposed Rio Blanco Copper Mine would be devastating to local communities. Where drinking water is scarce, pollution could lead to an environmental disaster.

Standing up for justice
Video Link | Mar 02, 2010
In 2005, thousands of unarmed Peruvians peacefully protested against the Rio Blanco Copper Mine. Cleofé Neyra describes how she and 27 others were tortured and their struggle to defend their land and human rights.

From Congo with love
Video Link | Feb 12, 2010
Photographer Rankin found humanity in abundance on his return to Congo in 2009 when he asked villagers to tell him about the people and things they love.

Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: New beginnings
Video Link | Feb 04, 2010
The Haitian people have begun tackling the hard work of recovery. Many are eager to contribute, looking for opportunities to earn money, to meet people's basic needs—opportunities like assembling family kits.