- Interactive map reveals “pressure points” of food price spikes on poor communities around the world
- Pakistan: Three months after clashes began, Oxfam International emphasizes need for voluntary and safe returns of displaced people
- New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
- Climate impacts could reverse progress in the fight against global poverty
- Oxfam: More than 3 million face death while Berlusconi and the G8 fiddle
- Pakistan faces greatest internal displacement of people in its history; Oxfam doubles aid effort
- Grave concerns over conditions for civilians who escaped Sri Lanka's war zone
- Thousands at risk as families flee Pakistan conflict
- Oxfam International aids thousands displaced by Sri Lankan conflict
- Troop surge in Afghanistan must not endanger civilians, warn aid agencies
- Pakistan Floods Fact Sheet
- In the aftermath of the devastating floods, Oxfam and our partners have launched a rapid-relief effort to reach more than one million people with essential aid.
- Pakistan floods progress report
- A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
- People-centered resilience
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security
- Protect and serve or train and equip?
- US security assistance and protection of civilians
- Missing pieces? Assessing the impact of humanitarian reform in Pakistan
- Empty promises
- What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
- Suffering the Science
- Climate change, people, and poverty
- Caught in the Conflict
- Civilians and the international security strategy in Afghanistan
- Field report from Afghanistan
- Smart Development in Practice series
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Perceptions of Poverty from the "Poor," Conceptions of Poverty from the "Poor"
- This executive summary presents the broader lessons from APPPA's findings and documents a sample of the vast selection of personal understandings of poverty from people living in Afghanistan. By providing these first-hand perspectives, the APPPA aims to contribute to increasingly relevant, effective poverty reduction projects.
- Falling Short
- The prospects for peace in Afghanistan are being undermined because Western countries are failing to deliver on their promises of aid to the tune of $10 billion and because aid going to the country is used ineffectively, according to this report by ACBAR, an alliance international aid agencies--including Oxfam--working in Afghanistan.
- Community Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
- A case for a national strategy
- Afghanistan: Development and Humanitarian Priorities
- Oxfam International Third Year Report on the Tsunami Response
- Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific
- The fifth report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development.
- 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
- 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
- Afghanistan Education Report Card
- Pakistan Floods Fact Sheet
- In the aftermath of the devastating floods, Oxfam and our partners have launched a rapid-relief effort to reach more than one million people with essential aid.
- In harm's way: Oxfam America's game on rethinking natural disasters
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the well-being of millions more people.
- Education for girls: 'Our future depends on it'
- In Afghanistan, education for girls is crucial to the future development of the country.
- A better future
- Oxfam has helped women in a remote part of Afghanistan open a bakery—to earn an income and improve their lives.
- Disaster in Pakistan: Oxfam responds
- People who lost everything to the Pakistan floods are now facing a growing health crisis in the crowded tent camps. Oxfam is rushing crucial supplies of clean water and sanitation materials to those in need, but time - and funding - is short.
- Kabul conference messages
- On 20 July, world leaders will meet to dicsuss the future of Afghanistan at the Kabul Conference. Oxfam asked ordinary Afghans what they want to come out of the talks.
- Climate change wake-up call
- You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the poorest people hardest.
- A perfect storm is driving millions into poverty
- More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and economic pressures, 40 years of progress against extreme poverty is at risk. Oxfam is ready with innovative programs that can save lives.
- TCK TCK TCK - It's Time to Act on Climate Change
- With only 100 days to go until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to hammer out a global climate change treaty, Oxfam has launched a new video with Oxfam Ambassador and Hollywood actor Gael Garcia Bernal.
- Sahena's story
- Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
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Food price spikes
After decades of progress, the number of people without enough to eat has reversed course and is increasing. It could soon top one billion. That's more than one in seven people going to bed hungry. Today. In the 21st century.
Tired and soaked: delivering aid in Upper Swat
Qasim Berech, a public health specialist with Oxfam in Pakistan, wrote to us of his team’s journey to an isolated city in Upper Swat.
Life on the edge in Layyah camp
In a district of Pakistan where thousands have lost their homes to flooding, an Oxfam partner organization provides hygiene kits and other essential aid.
Oxfam responds to Cyclone Aila
Massive floods have driven millions from their homes in Bangladesh and eastern India, and drinking water is in short supply.
Small loans make a big difference for women in Afghanistan
Oxfam America's sister organizations are working hard to help women in drought-prone areas of Afghanistan find ways to improve their lives.
Life in the camps in Pakistan
Though safe from the fighting, those who fled to camps face hardship and deprivation.
Forecasting a better future
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.
New ways to cope with flooding along Sri Lankan river
In the aftermath of the tsunami, some of Oxfam's research initiatives focused on issues of particular concern to women.
In retirement, Fernando finds a golden opportunity helping coir workers
Four years after the tsunami, the women are earning double and in some cases triple what they made before.
For architect, supporting the poor is best kind of building
Indira Aryarathne of the Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development investigated the role of women in disaster risk reduction programs in Sri Lanka.
One researcher's method: ask the people who know best
In Sri Lanka, Chamindra Weerackody carried out research on community mental health and well-being that has implications for aid providers in future emergencies.
Such important work
The Advanced Center for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction (ACEDRR) explores new ways of helping impoverished communities improve their resilience to future emergencies.
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