Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.
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- 1970
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Oxfam America Introducing ACT FAST with Oxfam - watch the video and help us grow the movement! http://www.oxfamamerica.org/actfast
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We can beat hunger and poverty -- but we've got to ACT FAST. Pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam today and help us add 5,000 new people to the movement by November 30. www.oxfamamerica.org/actfast
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In Ethiopia, erratic weather is taking a toll on people’s crops and on the animals on which many herding families depend.
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When there’s no plumbing, no municipal infrastructure, or even a well near by, getting water–especially enough for a whole family–suddenly becomes a grueling and time-consuming task.
Oxfam America We're growing a new movement to beat hunger & poverty - join us! Pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam and help us add 5,000 people to the movement by November 30!
Oxfam America | ACT FAST with Oxfam | Take the pledge and bring us closer to our goal of beating pov
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We can beat poverty and hunger—but we’ve got to ACT FAST. When you pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam, you agree to do three things. Each step builds on the power of numbers: 1, 10, 100. And each person who takes the pledge brings us closer to our goal of beating poverty.
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The crisis in Congo has killed over 5 million people. And a year after major fighting in Goma, east Congo, hit the headlines, the situation in the country has only gotten worse.
You can help by signing a Causes petition which we will give to the UN showing that ordinary people from around the world want the UN peacekeepers in Congo to protect people from violence, not contribute to the escalating humanitarian crisis.
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"To encourage means to impart courage; to embolden; to give support to;
and to foster. Oxfam America’s youth leadership program, the CHANGE
Initiative, lives and breathes this value."
Source: blogs.oxfamamerica.org
The year before I came to graduate school in the United States, I taught English and Social Studies at my old high school in Bombay. On the first day of teacher training, our impassioned headmistress Ms. ...
Oxfam America Meet the Oxfam Action Corps: grassroots activists, based in 13 US cities, who play an increasingly crucial role in Oxfam’s climate change campaign.
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With climate legislation in Congress, and the Copenhagen UN talks fast approaching, the Oxfam Action Corps fight for the people most affected by climate change.
Oxfam America Blog » Blog Archive » In rural Ethiopia, change has opened the door for women like Mer
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A lot has changed in the 25 years since a terrible famine killed about one million Ethiopians. But rural communities still face many problems and that’s why investing in agriculture and rural development is so important.
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Yes, climate change is happening all over the world, but it’s also happening right here at home. This report gives us the tools to pinpoint which communities in the Southeast are most vulnerable to disasters—and it’s not always where you might think.
Oxfam America Take a listen to Oxfam on Marketplace this morning!
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Where climate may hurt U.S. southeast : A report by international-aid agency Oxfam looks at the Southeastern U.S. and its vulnerability to climate change. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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I’m just finishing reading an excellent book by investigative journalist Peter Maass called Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil. It’s about the world’s dependence on oil: the pollution, corruption, compromised ethics, and tragedy of poverty in countries rich with the stuff. ...
Oxfam America Check out our contribution to Blog Action Day: a terrific guest post by Oxfam supporter and musician, Thao Nguyen (of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down). This year's topic? climate change.
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This campaign, this footage, and these women give me pause and then an overwhelming sense of urgency. What stronger kick in the pants could we ask for?
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Terry Steinhour came away from Africa with an understanding that changing policies in a rich nation like the US could not only help family farmers in his own nation. He came away with a conviction that he was part of a broader community.
Oxfam America Read profile in today's Boston Globe on Oxfam's drought insurance program
Boston-based Oxfam America offering insurance policies to world’s poorest farmers - The Boston Globe
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"Irrigation is the only way out," said Abera Tola, Oxfam America's regional director for Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia. "This is why we are focusing on it, to challenge poverty and drought directly." (Dina Rudick/ Globe Staff)
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A Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about water scarcity, climate change, and the threat that water shortages pose to global peace.
