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- Oxfam offers help to Ethiopians scrambling for water
- Feature Story | Oct 30, 2006
- Oxfam's programs are aimed at solutions to the region's severe water shortages. More »
- Oxfam offers water, food, shelter to cyclone survivors in Bangladesh
- News Update | Nov 28, 2007
- As coastal residents return to the devastation left by Sidr, Oxfam launches a major relief effort to help people recover. More »
- Oxfam program head reflects on her years in Darfur
- Feature Story | Nov 05, 2007
- Caroline Nursey has been involved with the humanitarian response in Darfur, Sudan, since the crisis there erupted—first as a regional director and most ... More »
- Oxfam's humanitarian response department expands into public health
- News Update | Jan 18, 2007
- New public health practice is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of the agency's emergency response. The other two components are ... More »
- Pasture pressure
- Feature Story | May 01, 2008
- Erratic rains and encroaching bush limits grasslands for herders in southern Ethiopia. More »
- Pumped up: lake water meets the needs of displaced people
- Feature Story | Jul 16, 2008
- For families crowded into camps for displaced people in Congo, clean water from Lake Kivu helps prevent the spread of disease. More »
- Pumps, wells replace hot, dusty trek to haul water
- Feature Story | Mar 29, 2006
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- Seasonal flooding in Gambella leaves thousands of Ethiopians needing help
- News Update | Oct 24, 2007
- When two rivers spilled their banks, the consequences were severe. More »
- The Andean challenge: getting there and catching your breath
- Feature Story | Apr 02, 2007
- At 16,000 feet above sea level, the air is thin in the mountain hamlets of Peru. Oxfam America and its partner, Asociación Proyección, are reaching out to ... More »
- The Majaz effect
- Feature Story | Oct 11, 2007
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine? More »
- Village wells with hand pumps improve lives of Ethiopian women
- Feature Story | May 27, 2007
- Two-hour treks to fetch water several times a day are now a thing of the past for some women in Ethiopia's Bacho district. More »
- Volunteers in Darfur camps help improve health conditions for everyone
- Feature Story | Jun 21, 2007
- Helping prevent the spread of waterborne diseases among 400,000 displaced people in camps scattered across Darfur and Chad is no small task. Volunteers are ... More »
- More water, more food
- Audio Slideshow Link | Oct 30, 2008
- An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke. More »
- Saving lives: Oxfam partners take center stage
- Oxfam Impact | Mar 31, 2012
- Oxfam invests in the strengths of local communities and partners. When rainfall from a tropical depression triggered a massive emergency in El Salvador, our ... More »
- 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 ... More »
- Medhin Reda's best asset is her own hard work
- Feature Story | Oct 14, 2009
- This farmer is trading her labor for an insurance premium to cover her teff. More »
- The new adaptation marketplace
- Briefing Paper | Sep 15, 2009
- Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth More »
- Gebru Kahsay relies on rain but has the security of insurance
- Feature Story | Oct 14, 2009
- If harvests fail because of poor rain, some teff farmers in Ethiopia now have a back-up plan. More »
- When water speaks
- Feature Story | Dec 18, 2009
- When 16 aid agencies were expelled from Darfur in March 2009, Oxfam America stepped in with programs to protect the health and well-being of hundreds of ... More »
- Weather insurance offers Ethiopian farmers hope—despite drought
- Feature Story | Oct 14, 2009
- For the first time, poor farmers can now buy insurance for teff, a staple grain that feeds their families. More »
- People-centered resilience
- Briefing Paper | Nov 16, 2009
- Working with vulnerable farmers towards climate change adaptation and food security More »
- Climate change wake-up call
- Video Link | May 25, 2010
- 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 ... More »
- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Captured in photos
- Audio Slideshow Link | Feb 12, 2010
- One month after the earthquake, Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, and relief materials–as well as cash payments for work—to thousands who ... More »
- Selas Samson Biru faces uncertainty with the seasons
- Feature Story | Oct 14, 2009
- But with weather insurance she doesn't have to worry so much about her teff harvest. More »
- First phase of Haiti rehabilitation to focus on water, sanitation, and shelter
- Feature Story | Feb 03, 2010
- Early assessments help Oxfam plan out the first six months of our post-earthquake assistance. 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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