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- Sahel food crisis: Where are we at the end of 2012?
- Feature Story | Dec 14, 2012
- Good rainfall and better harvests have provided some relief, but challenges still remain as families work hard to recover. More »
- With irrigation, herders in southern Ethiopia turn to farming
- Feature Story | Sep 22, 2011
- A small-scale irrigation project along the banks of the Dawa River is helping some herders grow enough food to feed their families--even as drought ravages ... More »
- Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
- Feature Story | Nov 14, 2011
- Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012. More »
- OXFAMExchange, Winter 2012
- Oxfam Exchange | Feb 07, 2012
- What if development took the kind of time and commitment it takes to raise a child? (It does.) More »
- A new way of life on the Dawa
- Video Link | Dec 14, 2011
- 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: ... More »
- East Africa food crisis
- Emergency | Jul 08, 2012
- For many of the 13 million people affected by the food crisis that hit East Africa in mid-2011, the hardship is not over. Though good rains came to many areas ... More »
- Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald team up with Oxfam
- Video Link | Nov 23, 2011
- 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 ... More »
- In the midst of famine, children survive with the help of Oxfam partner SAACID
- Feature Story | Nov 07, 2011
- Community therapeutic care centers across Somalia's capital are admitting more than 3,000 malnourished children every week. More »
- In northern Ethiopia, weather insurance offers a buffer against drought
- Feature Story | Aug 10, 2011
- A growing number of families have signed up for weather insurance to protect their crop investments from insufficient rainfall. More »
- NFL superstars confront drought with visit to East Africa
- Press Release | Mar 16, 2012
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- Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa Progress Report, July 2011 - July 2012
- Research Report | Aug 06, 2012
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- Sahel food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
- Feature Story | May 15, 2012
- A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season More »
- Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
- Feature Story | May 15, 2012
- Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food. More »
- Sahel food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert
- Feature Story | May 17, 2012
- Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis More »
- In Kolda, Senegal, farmers are struggling to feed their families
- Feature Story | Mar 07, 2012
- The last harvest of peanuts, a major cash crop in this region, plummeted by 60 percent leaving families with little money to buy the food they need. More »
- Three signs of hope in Turkana
- Feature Story | Aug 15, 2011
- In the midst of crisis in northern Kenya, some herding communities find ways to break the cycle of drought. More »
- Sahel food crisis: Waiting for water--and the garden to grow--in Burkina Faso
- Feature Story | Jun 11, 2012
- Women in Burkina Faso are growing produce to feed their families and to sell, but getting access to enough water for the enterprise is a daily challenge. More »
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