Oxfam America http://www.oxfamamerica.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. Sustainable Security http://www.oxfamamerica.org/multimedia/video/sustainable-security Oxfam America president Raymond C. Offenheiser discusses how 21st century sustainable security requires working together across borders for joint solutions to global challenges. ]]> No publisher Center for American Progress aid reform peace and security 2009-06-08T17:07:36Z Video Link OXFAMExchange Fall 2007 http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/fall-2007 Moving Toward Lasting Solutions in Gambia Lasting solutions take time, and part of our challenge is to help find answers that anticipate future hardships—a broken pump, a refugee crisis—and allow people to prepare for them. Showing up with water or food addresses immediate problems but does nothing to improve things long-term. A water pump that can easily be repaired or a cereal bank that holds grain against future shortages is a different approach to meeting needs. It's an Oxfam approach—one that empowers local people by giving them control. In this issue of Exchange, we present two such success stories alongside two recent major campaign victories: the groundbreaking Starbucks case and a landmark win for indigenous Bolivians. All of these stories fulfill our desire for change and, in reality, all were or were part of long-term efforts.

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